VM Sakai Meeting 4/19/06
Chris - Evaluations developed w/Vermont 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 out on web services out put from eval data to generate bar graph ratings for more efficient data delivery using Flash remoting. Prototype of evals - possible to replace Crystal reports. Dave & Chris related business uses of Flex seen at MAX conference
Eval reports available to staff and faculty for review of teaching methods effectiveness.
IE - 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 - bug in firefox; if div is used more than once, may generate black lines - collision of namespace.
2.1.2 - release date for VM? For fall release - 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 vs. db changes.
Chris - planning underway for faculty training
Rick - Will not be generating Captivate for tools VM is not using
Need to reevaluate content of Captivates after code upgrades.
Keith - Ilios instructor swapping done; moving forward with CAF requirements; will talk to Chris & Ray about using web services in CF to share out Ilios data
Dave - working on content archiving; cleanup of existing course content used in iWeb;
Chris - gCalendar, calendar.google.com - checking out the gui and usefulness
Phil - trying out implementation of simple list (white list) in 2.1.2 local version.
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 views