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Sakai 2.6 Overview

Sakai 2.6 Overview. Peter A. Knoop Sakai Foundation / University of Michigan. What’s in Sakai 2.6?. Sakai 2.6 Overview Task Level - Jira (issue tracking) Change Log View - Subversion or SVN (source repository) Cross-Project Enhancements Tool and Service Enhancements Beyond 2.6…

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Sakai 2.6 Overview

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  1. Sakai 2.6 Overview Peter A. Knoop Sakai Foundation / University of Michigan

  2. What’s in Sakai 2.6? • Sakai 2.6 Overview • Task Level - Jira (issue tracking) • Change Log View - Subversion or SVN (source repository) • Cross-Project Enhancements • Tool and Service Enhancements • Beyond 2.6… • Sakai 2.7 • Sakai 3 29-Apr-2009

  3. 29-Apr-2009

  4. Sakai 2.6 – Jira 29-Apr-2009

  5. Sakai 2.6 – SubversionSource Code Repository • 2.6.x Maintenance Branch • Branched from trunk on 06-Oct-2009 • Trunk moving on for 2.7 (Enhancements & Bugs) • Bug Fixes from trunk merged to 2.6.x (and 2.4.x and 2.5.x) as appropriate • 2.6.0 Release Branch • Branched from 2.6.x on 21-Apr-2009 • 2.6.x moving on for 2.6.1 • Blocker Bug Fixes from 2.6.x merged to 2.6.0 29-Apr-2009

  6. Sakai 2.6 Overview Cross-Project Activities Tools Services 29-Apr-2009

  7. Cross-Project Activities • Kernel • Kernel 1.0.0 (or “K1“) released October 2008 • Centralize common, core services into a kernel project, separate from Sakai project. • Bugs addressed in Kernel Maintenance Releases; most recent is Kernel 1.0.6 for use by Sakai 2.6.0. • Enhancements to K1 occurring in Kernel trunk (Kernel 1.1) for Sakai 2.7 29-Apr-2009

  8. Cross-Project Activities • User Experience (UX) • No major changes from 2.5; enables re-use of much 2.5 documentation. • Accessibility • Minor improvements in some JSF tags for keyboard accessibility. 29-Apr-2009

  9. Cross-Project Activities • Internationalization & Localization • Support for localized tool names (page names not currently localized). • Localized date-time picker for velocity-based tools (e.g., Announcement, Assignment, Schedule, and Resources). • Localized start-of-week. • Language Translations: • With limited UX changes, many translations carryover. • Work ongoing… 29-Apr-2009

  10. Cross-Project Activities • Support for using db2 and WebSphere. • Testing • Improvements to Sakai integration test support. • Performance • Implementation of a working, proof-of-concept generic Sakai performance testing environment, including data. • Establish baseline tests for tools and build a test results library for comparisons among releases. 29-Apr-2009

  11. Session Time-Out Alert 29-Apr-2009

  12. View site as if in a different role, a.k.a. Student View 29-Apr-2009

  13. View site as if in a different role, a.k.a. Student View 29-Apr-2009

  14. Assignments • Refactored db to improve performance. • Moved selected meta data from XML blob into table columns; provided supporting migration code. • Support for multiple submissions of an assignment on an assignment-wide basis. • Improved cross-tool integration; when an Assignment opens, expose link to the Assignment in Schedule and Announcement items. 29-Apr-2009

  15. Assignments – Custom Fields Support for custom fields, with timing and role control over when and who can view them. 29-Apr-2009

  16. Assignments – Model Answer 29-Apr-2009

  17. Assignments – Private Note 29-Apr-2009

  18. Assignments – All-Purpose Item 29-Apr-2009

  19. Blog (Provisional Tool) Replaced rendering framework with wicket. Improved performance of db layer. 29-Apr-2009

  20. Calendar Summary / Schedule Added indicator with number of events to each calendar day. Event description is now rich-text. Improved performance; tool loads faster. 29-Apr-2009

  21. Schedule – iCal Integration 29-Apr-2009

  22. Citations Helper New configuration option for maximum number of databases to search simultaneously. Support for populating direct vendor URLs from Search Library Resources and RIS import. General user interface improvements. 29-Apr-2009

  23. Email Archive Performance improvements for handling a large number of messages in the archive. 29-Apr-2009

  24. Gradebook – Add Multiple Items 29-Apr-2009

  25. Messages Added ability to reply-all. Option to turn off 'send to email' option in message composition for a site. 29-Apr-2009

  26. OSP (Portfolios) Improvements to UX. Ability to edit and delete feedback and evaluations. Aggregation of Evaluations across sites via My Workspace. Better group awareness and filtering in Wizards tool. Ability to apply an OSP Style to more screens of a Matrix. Ability to control allowed general and item-specific feedback (0, 1, many) in Matrices and Wizards. 29-Apr-2009

  27. Preferences Customize Tabs is now the default initial page; page order defined via property. 29-Apr-2009

  28. Preferences – Customize Tabs 29-Apr-2009

  29. Resources Notification for items with release dates at release time. Zip/Unzip support (2.6.1?) 29-Apr-2009

  30. Wiki Added WYSIWYG editor (2.6.1?) 29-Apr-2009

  31. Tests & Quizzes (a.k.a.Samigo) Allow editing a published assessment. Ability to release assessments to groups. 29-Apr-2009

  32. User Membership (Provisional Tool) Include the created and last modified date on the screen and in the CSV export. 29-Apr-2009

  33. User Membership (Provisional Tool) Filter searching and viewing of users to only those users with the same named usertype(s). 29-Apr-2009

  34. Worksite Setup/Site Info Support for creating sites from templates. Added option to import and replace (with deep-delete) content from another site. Support for optional survey questions during setup. Improved support for adding multiple instances of a tool (e.g., Chat) to a site. Enhanced group creation; ability to add a role or a provider id to a group. 29-Apr-2009

  35. WYSIWYG Widget (FCKeditor) • FCKeditor upgrade to version 2.6.2, which brings in bug fixes and better Safari support. • Upgrade to FCKeditor 2.6.4 coming… • Optional FCKeditor plug-in to allow users to embed entities (e.g., Simple Page Tool – a Contrib tool). 29-Apr-2009

  36. Deprecated Tools • Presentation • Mailtool • Mailsender (Contrib) replacing Mailtool • A major re-write of the tool. • Switched from JSF to RSF. • Improved recipient selection, email validation, and group awareness. • Need to gain experience with it. 29-Apr-2009

  37. Tools with Bug-Fixes only for 2.6 • Announcements • Chat • Help • Linktool • Login • Membership • Metaobj • MOTD (Message-of-the-Day) • MyWorkspace • News (RSS) • On-Line • Podcasts • Post'em • PreferAble • Presence • Reset Password • Roster • Search • Section Info • SUTool • Syllabus • Tab Management • Users • Web Content • Worksite Information 29-Apr-2009

  38. Services with Bug-Fixes only for 2.6 • Access • Alias • Authz • Build • Calendar • Content-Review • Courier • Database • Entity • Event • IMSTI • JCR • Memory • Portlet • Privacy • Profile • Quartz Scheduler • Realms • Reports • Rights • Site • Sites • Skins • Test Harness • Tool • Util • Velocity • WebDAV • WSRP 29-Apr-2009

  39. Services moved to Kernel 1.0 • alias • authz • cluster • component • content • db • email • entity • event • JCR • memory • site • tool • user • util 29-Apr-2009

  40. Sakai 2.6 Service Enhancements • citations • Support for Serials Solutions 360 Search metasearch engine. • Support for returning direct vendor URLs from Search Library Resources and RIS import. • cluster [Kernel] • Improved performance by switching to JMS-based implementation. 29-Apr-2009

  41. Sakai 2.6 Service Enhancements • component [Kernel] • Support for more flexible configuration of components. • content (Content Hosting Service) [Kernel] • Added hooks for virus-scanner service. • Optional JCR implementation: testing and migration. • course-management • Allow administrative control over which Academic Sessions are current or active. 29-Apr-2009

  42. Sakai 2.6 Service Enhancements • Email [Kernel] • Refactored email service. • emailtemplateservice • Initial implementation of an email templating service. • entitybroker • Added bug report emails. • Added REST support. • JSF • Improved formatting and accessibility of ToolBar tag. 29-Apr-2009

  43. Sakai 2.6 Service Enhancements • Web Services • Added IP Address Filtering. • Added many new web services… 29-Apr-2009

  44. Selected Contrib Projects • Assignments2 • BlogWOW • Terracotta • Conditional Release • Elluminate • Feed Tool • Gradebook2 • Leaderboard • Learning Log • News Feeds • OpenSyllabus • QNA • Role Play • Sakai Admin X • SENRG • Sign-up • Simple Page Tool • Skin Manager • SMS • Solo • Textbook • Timeline • Wimba • Etc. 29-Apr-2009

  45. Sakai 2.6 Summary • Builds on stability, robustness, and performance of Sakai 2.5. • Change from 2.5 to 2.6 is less than 2.4 to 2.5. • Lots of great, mostly minor enhancements. • Mostly similar UX to 2.5. • Official Release late April/early May 2009. • Support with Maintenance Branch and Maintenance Releases through early 2011. 29-Apr-2009

  46. Sakai Releases • Sakai 2.x Series • 2.4 • 2.4.x support ending soon… • 2.5 • 2.5.5 Maintenance Release coming late April/early May 2009 • 2.5.x support through early 2010 • 2.6 • 2.6.0 Official Release late April/early May 2009 • 2.6.x support through early 2011 • 2.7 (Last 2.x Release) • Remains Kernel 1 based, no new UX (?) • 2.7.0 Official Release early 2010 • Sakai 3.x Series • 3.0 • Moving to Kernel 2 based; new UX • Early, partial functionality releases starting late 2009/early 2010? • 3.0.0 Official Release 2011/2012? 29-Apr-2009

  47. Sakai 2.7? • Who is it for? • Existing deployers interested in maintaining a 2.x experience, with some enhancements, thru 2012. • Expected to be last release in 2.x series. • For new pilots, eventually will recommend starting with Sakai 3.x, rather than 2.x (late 2009?) 29-Apr-2009

  48. Sakai 2.7? • Tentative Plans • Minor enhancements to tools and services already underway • Forums • Profile • Tests & Quizzes • Assignments • Portfolio (OSP) • Other? • Leveraging 3.0-targeted work on UX Improvement Project and Page Authoring? 29-Apr-2009

  49. Sakai 3.x • The future of Sakai… • Key organizations and committers are focusing more and more on Sakai 3.x. • Early release (late 2009/early 2010?) – initially focused sub-set of capabilities to meet early adopters’ needs: • University of Cambridge • Georgia Tech University • Official 3.0 release for community (2011/2012?) 29-Apr-2009

  50. Sakai 3.x • Tentative Roadmap • Based on Kernel 2 • UX Improvement project • Page Authoring • Content Management • Support for groups outside of site context • Simple URLs • Social networking capabilities • Support for legacy Sakai experience to ease transition • Migration from 2.x to 3.x • Improved ease-of-development 29-Apr-2009

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