VM Developers Meeting
Beau - Slowdown in receivership of new prod servers - will probably launch for Spring pilot on current production server
Chris - Roles for spring for users - student, TA, instructor
Need to drop users and rerun after Scott fixes email bug
Setup of home page w/geckomail as a web content tool
Redirects from student pages (in iWeb) to cere.vetmed.ucdavis.edu
Ray - Gradebook issue (per Mon. Team Lead meeting) - ability to export grades for import into MyUCDavis. Created an export which meets the my excel format; will talk w/Scott about replacing cere version of export w/locally-built format.
Existing processes include excel format to my import anyway.
Ray spoke to Brian D. about my import/export process - Beau would like the outside url
Keith - Ilios: course curriculum management system from UCSF; has course forms for CAF data. Menu built for Ilios web pages w/rudimentary permissions; reorder offering, sessions, date/time, etc. for curriculum managers. Time to start showing Erin soon.
(Being converted from asp to cfm and feature expansion w/MSSQL Server) Will coordinate w/Chris and Ray (tables-in progress)
Not anticipating a system to system link to sakai by spring, so Chris will manage import/export for spring pilot courses.
Phil has joined VM
CERE Implementation Meeting
Ray - Roles table has curriculum support role for tool exposure
(Talked to Tom A. re: Cygnet; faculty discussions w/in VM re: podcasting)
Rick - update on Captivate videos; reviewing core list and first draft scripts; by eow or Monday will have a few videos
Chris B. & Jan - possibly using Captivate about converting pdf's, spec. ppt to students prior to the lecture (workflow) by converting to pdf; w/f with student labor; delivery to student when ppt file is too big; ask faculty to move 100 MG ppt to pdf; puts onus on faculty; Cap. would be an easy way to train faculty;
Training issues: pwd protection of images; website & movies; SourceForge pdf creator on most new faculty machines; image settings, copyright; multiple needs i.e., both 6-per page printout + single slide Flash displays for lecture content; need to identify exceptions which require special handling by CALF; recommended settings for images; preparing faculty w/knowledge and tools to do the process efficiently and smoothly; Help web page w/downloadable tools for manipulation; training the students how to view the files (in OneNote, etc.)
Discussion of learning methods and content design; printing methods, student vs faculty needs;