VM Sakai VetMed Developers Meeting 4/19/06
Chris - Evaluations developed w/Vermont are now in review; gathering student feedback on current evaluations to determine if additional questions are needed.
http://confluence.ucdavis.edu:8080/confluence/x/9Rw
Flex - trying it Evaluation information stored in Confluence
- trying Flex out on web services
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- output from
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- evaluation data to generate bar graph ratings. Testing for more efficient data delivery using Flash remoting.
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- Tests are prototype of eval reports - possible
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- they may replace Crystal reports. Dave & Chris related business uses of Flex seen at MAX conference
Eval reports are available to staff and faculty for review of teaching methods effectiveness.
Rick - Comment on evaluation reports
interface - several search fields don't indicate what their purpose is. Chris working on GUI
Possible IE bug on tablets/side note - when testing wireless, download dropped, ; old version of IE on tablets; Firefox & Safari okay; , need to determine if this is a browser or wireless issue.
Rick - Interface - several search fields don't indicate what their purpose is.
Beau - Another bug noted in firefoxFirefox; if named div is used more than once, may generate black lines - collision of namespace.
2.1.2 - release date for VM? For fall Fall 2007 release - , team will wait until June to determine whether fall release will be on 2.2 or 2.1.2 with determining factor being change base - code (fairly easy to live with) vs. db database (more difficulty structural changes.Chris - planning underway for faculty training)
Rick - Will not be generating Captivate movies only for tools VM is not using
using; limited availability to UCD team. Need to reevaluate content of Captivates after code upgrades.
Keith - Ilios instructor swapping done; moving forward with CAF requirements; will . Will talk to Chris & Ray about using web services in CF to share out Ilios data.
Dave - working Working on content archiving; cleanup of existing course content used in iWeb;.
Chris - Of interest - gCalendar, calendar.google.com - ; checking out the gui and usefulness.
Phil - trying out implementation of simple list (admin user white list) in 2.1.2 local version.
Lessons learned: when installing on Linux/macs - don't use tilda ~ , builds another maven directory!
Scott - Programmer's cafe may be useful for building new tools, but familiarity w/sakai roadmap, ie layout of tools is important
Installing on Linux/macs - don't use tilda ~ , builds another maven directory.Brian/Sandra on viewsvery important in learning tool development.