Courses (skeleton sites) are to be created either on an individual basis (on demand), or in a batch based on termcode. The batching feature should create a minimal skeleton of a site in order for our UC Davis providers to be activated. Providers being activated allows us to add rosters dynamically, and assign roles to users who log in.
Documentation
Requirements
- Create course sites from external Banner Data
- Courses can be created in a certain time frame (e.g. 3 weeks before term starts, etc.)
- Add a certain subset of pages and respective tools to those course sites created
- Enable the ability for rosters to be dynamically generated from the course site (e.g. allow CourseManagementProvider to find members and fill in the rosters dynamically)
Functional Specifications
Overview of process and implementation
Batching Mechanism
Chron jobs based on Quartz, using the sakai scheduler tool, is the strategy for batch loading course sites. This mechanism allows sakai administrators to run the course batch creation script at any time interval, and update or create sites without a major impact on the users. Using the scheduler process reduces SmartSite downtime.
SVN Revision Numbers
- r752-767 from sakai-core-2-1-x-contenthosting, patched to sakai-core-2-1-x-scottdev (r797) allows configuration of a user who runs the batching of courses (instead of admin)
- r768-779 from sakai-core-2-1-x-contenthosting, patched to sakai-core-2-1-x-scottdev (r798), allows configuration to dynamically load a list of crns as a "white list"
- r780-787 from sakai-core-2-1-x-contenthosting, patched to sakai-core-2-1-x-scottdev (r799-811), configures sites to have a list of tools based on the default set defined by SmartSite project/program management (e.g. Kirk)
--added Jon's patch of the web content tool that links to support information for SmartSite. (r800-811 sakai-core-2-1-x-scottdev)
--added message center (r800-802 sakai-core-2-1-x-scottdev)
Source Code
- Main Source: https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucdsakai/branches/sakai-core-2-1-x/
- Scott's Branch maintained with batching mods: https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucdsakai/branches/sakai-core-2-1-x-contenthosting, which became https://mware.ucdavis.edu/svn/ucdsakai/branches/sakai-core-2-1-x-scottdev
Default Tool/Pages Set
The default pages and tools that are given to course sites during the batch process is the following, which matches the Communications documentation in Confluence at: https://confluence.ucdavis.edu:8443/confluence/display/UCDSAKAI/Class+and+Project+Site+Requests
- Home
- Syllabus
- Schedule
- Announcements
- Resources
- Assignments
- Tests & Quizzes
- Gradebook
- Drop Box
- Chat Room
- Email Archive
- Site Info
- Wiki
- Support & Training
- Message Center
- Modules
- Help