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Importing/Exporting
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In
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a
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recent
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Faculty-Mentoring-Faculty
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meeting,
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one
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of
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the
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topics
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that
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got
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the
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most
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play
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was
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how
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frustrating
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it
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was
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that
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each
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time
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a
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new
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system
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came
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in,
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the
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faculty
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lost
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all
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the
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work
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they'd
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done
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in
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the
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previous
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system,
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and
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there
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was
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some
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concern
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about
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whether
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it
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would
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be
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possible
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to
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get
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this
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same
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data
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out
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of
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SmartSite,
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when
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and
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if
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it's
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retired
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in
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favor
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of
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the
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next
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system.
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It's
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not
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surprising
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then
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that
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the
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biggest
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issue
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UC
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Davis
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is
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currently
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confronting
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in
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this
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space
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is
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introducing
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the
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ability
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to
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bring
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existing
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quizzes
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and
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tests
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built
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using
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MyUCDavis
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Quizbuilder
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into
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SmartSite,
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and
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then
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to
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take
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SmartSite
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tests
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and
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quizzes
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and
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export
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them
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in
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some
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kind
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of
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standard
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format.
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This
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is
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the
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work
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that
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Lisa's
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been
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doing.
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Currently,
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it's
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possible
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to
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import
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assessments
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from
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MyUCDavis,
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with
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some
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limitations.
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It's
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also
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possible
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to
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export
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Samigo
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assessments
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and
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pass
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them
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around
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between
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individuals
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then
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later
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to
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import
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them
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back
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into
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Samigo,
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to
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facilitate
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sharing
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of
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quiz
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materials
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within
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departments.
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Because
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of
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the
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awkwardness
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of
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authoring
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assessments
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within
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Samigo,
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we
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expect
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there
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to
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be
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significant
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faculty
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interest
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in
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ways
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to
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import
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simple
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text
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documents
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and/or
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existing
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tests
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and
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quizzes
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authored
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in
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richer
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tools
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like
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Respondus.
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Other
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institutions
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have
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brought
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up
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similar
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requests,
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but
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it
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doesn't
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seem
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like
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this
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is
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a
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priority
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for
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the
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Stanford
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folks
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yet.
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Another
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big
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win
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in
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the
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importing/exporting
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space
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would
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be
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to
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find
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ways
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to
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bring
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outside
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content
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from
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textbook
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publishers
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into
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Samigo,
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so
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faculty
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could
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make
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use
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of
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prewritten
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assessments
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and
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problem
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sets.
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There
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are
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several
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different
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threads
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going
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on
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in
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this
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area,
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probably
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the
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most
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extensive
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work
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is
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being
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done
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by
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the
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Sakai
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Foundation
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Working
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Group
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on
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Content
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Management,
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in
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particular
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with
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Sakai's
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implementation
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of
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the
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Common
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Cartridge
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standard,
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but
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all
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this
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stuff
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is
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probably
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several
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releases
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out
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into
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the
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future.
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The
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advantage
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of
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the
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Common
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Cartridge
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standard
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is
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also
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clear
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on
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the
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exporting
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side,
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because
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it
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provides
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a
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content
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package
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format
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into
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which
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SmartSite
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tests
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&
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quizzes
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could
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be
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output
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for
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later
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migration
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into
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other
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systems.
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Limitations:
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- Can't
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- export
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- question
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- pools
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- yet,
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- except
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- with
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- workaround
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- – create
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- a
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- quiz
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- that
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- pulls
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- a
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- random
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- selection
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- from
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- a
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- pool,
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- when
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- exported
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- it
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- exports
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- all
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- questions.
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- Bug
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- fix
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- may
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- make
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- that
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- no
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- longer
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- work.
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- Calculated
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- questions
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- can't
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- be
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- imported
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- from
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- MyUCDavis
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- Also,
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- some
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- functionality
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- that's
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- currently
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- available
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- in
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- MyUCDavis
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- will
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- be
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- lost
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- in
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- Samigo,
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- as
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- documented
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- in
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- this
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- analysis
- e.g.
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- Matching
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- questions
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- in
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- other
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- systems
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- have
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- distractors
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- There
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- seems
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- to
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- be
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- an
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- upper
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- limit
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- on
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- the
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- number
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- of
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- questions
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- that
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- can
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- be
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- viewed
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- in
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- a
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- question
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- pool
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- (around
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- 900)
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- – this may be an authoring limitation as well
- Need ability to import simpler text formats SAK-2965
Some things that are ahead in the import/export space:
On the horizon:
- First thing: import question pools, which will take exported quizzes from Samigo. Key thing is that you can export a quiz and hand it to somebody else (share with other faculty), import to pool. Main thing, initially.
- Second thing: export question pools and collections from MyUCDavis (new feature for MyUCDavis).
Futuristic:
- In design phase: importing Respondus quizzes or question pools – the advantage of R. is that it's a nice authoring environment - desktop app, less than $100 a copy.
- QTI: Interoperability standard. Predecessor to Common Cartridge. Distinct from Zach's effort to implement CC. Part of Sakai's committment to IMS standards for compatibility.
- Consider expanding QTI import/export to look at IMS Content Packaging – includes capability to import/export media with a quiz, possibly importing/exporting subpools. Still gathering use cases from the community for this.
- Common Cartridge: Still unclear when this will be incorporated into Sakai Foundation core. Prob. sign. work to draw into our world. But, it could make it possible to bring in various outside data...
Outside tool from Sakai Foundation, does migration via SiteInfo, long-term effort to bring in textbook publisher data, etc.
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