[sakai2-tcc] Preview of Upgrade Survey

[Anthony Whyte]

Re: additional questions and data use.

1. BasicLTI.  I think it would be useful to have a sense of the degree to which the spec has penetrated the community and the kinds of integrations that have been configured.

2.  In-house vs vendor upgrade.  Who does the work may well influence the pace of local upgrade planning and execution.   Then again, perhaps not.  Gathering general data on this question could yield interesting insights.

Of course, now that I look again at the survey I see we are missing an important question--one that asks about the frequency of upgrades across a given period.  

Something like:

The CLE team is considering instituting shorter release cycles featuring more frequent maintenance releases.  How many opportunities do you have to upgrade your CLE installation in a given year?
  Once a year
  Twice a year
  Three times a year
  Four times a year
  No limits on the number of upgrades we can perform

We should ask this question (in one form or another).

3. Contrib.  Always good to know the community's favorite contrib tools.  The list I provided is a quick knock-off, it is by no means exhaustive.

You should check with Aaron as to whether or not there is a 10 question limit to the survey.  If we are limited to the basic plan there is a limit to the number of questions we can ask.


On Jan 18, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Neal Caidin wrote:

> I think just because there was so much back and forth, I lost track. Hard to keep "requirements traceability" on email threads. That's my excuse. There's always an excuse ;-)
> 
> Do you know how we would use the data collected?
> 
> Is the list of contrib tools complete? 
> 
> -- Neal
> 
> On Jan 18, 2013, at 12:09 PM, Anthony Whyte <arwhyte at umich.edu> wrote:
> 
>> I suggested three sets of other questions, two involving contrib tool usage, two involving BasicLTI usage and one asking if an organization's upgrade will be handled in-house or via a vendor.
>> 
>> Any reason why they are not included in the survey?  If I had to choose between them I'd prefer to capture data on BasicLTI usage first, vendor assistance second and contrib adoption third.
>> 
>> Anth
>> 
>> 
>>> II.  Additional suggested questions (not sure if we are limited to 10 questions on the "Basic" plan):
>>> 
>>> Do you add contrib tools to your production installation?
>>>   Yes
>>>    No
>>>    Unsure
>>> 
>>> Please list the contrib tools you utilize.
>>>   Assignment2
>>>   BigBlueButton 
>>>   Clog
>>>   Gradebook2
>>>   iTunesU
>>>   JForum
>>>   Kaltura
>>>   Melete
>>>   Mneme
>>>   Sign up
>>>   Yaft
>>>   etc. . . .
>>>   Other
>>> 
>>> Note.  Checkboxes for the options.
>>> 
>>> Have you integrated your Sakai CLE installation with any third-party apps utilizing BasicLTI?
>>>    Yes
>>>    No
>>>    Unsure
>>> 
>>> What BasicLTI integrations have you configured?
>>> 
>>> Note.  Textbox short answer.
>>> 
>>> Do you plan to utilize in-house staff or the services of a third-party vendor when performing your next CLE upgrade? 
>>>   We will do it ourselves.
>>>   A third-party vendor will perform the upgrade.
>>>   I'd rather not say.
>>> 
>>>  
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Anth
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 18, 2013, at 11:51 AM, Neal Caidin wrote:
>> 
>>> I hope this link works. It should take you to a preview of the survey.
>>> 
>>> Thanks to everyone for the input, and special thanks to Anth for the wording on a couple of key questions.
>>> 
>>> Alan, I added a question that relates to community connection that may fit well in the survey (uh oh, scope creep!).  See what you think.
>>> 
>>> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?PREVIEW_MODE=DO_NOT_USE_THIS_LINK_FOR_COLLECTION&sm=k9jAoowiQWlWZBMtA16M6SqcHghw9Q3O30D92kXEwCU%3d
>>> 
>>> When I get the TCC blessing, I'll send this out next week, probably Tuesday/Wednesday. (That's also the time I figure to announce 2.9.1 plans to the community, by coincidence. I don't think the two messages will get muddled, do you?)
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Neal Caidin
>>> 
>>> Sakai CLE Community Coordinator
>>> nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
>>> Skype: nealkdin
>>> AIM: ncaidin at aol.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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