Migration Schedule
Preparing to move to 2.1.2 from CERE 2.1.1x with Melete
Remaining considerations: Defining user types - no additions currently; Showstopper issues worked out - may have other, less critical issues to test.
Cross-listed courses? The goal is to point the user to whichever instance holds the parent site (SmartSite or CERE?)
If course instructor is not a VM instructor, not sure how to manage redirection, but "site not found" message is not desirable. There is no representation in Banner of parent course, i.e., cross-listed courses are all siblings. Suggestion that it might be possible to tweak view to identify parent course. While it may be desirable to redirect to campus, campus sites are not up yet, and not sure how redirect will be managed. Chris/Beau
Scheduling and Evaluations
Web Services working for add/update/delete/batch for scheduling Ilios to CERE. Almost ready for testing. Scott/Keith
Evaluation status: Preview templates, questions and templates are well-managed. There is a date and term handling logic issue. Wire frames indicate independent, but related (to course term) dates are needed for evaluation term, e.g., some courses may have a shorter evaluation period (date range) than others. For campus adoption, variable open/close dates are desirable. Need to further discuss final design scheme re: dates.
Phil - Currently working on answer handling code; need to review storage and reporting needs with Chris before moving forward.
Training
Rick/Dave - Upcoming training session 7/6/06. Recent staff training meeting was very interactive, received lots of feedback. Will come up with FAQ's based on staff comments - including course and scheduling management questions. Perhaps a top-level training resources site for staff & faculty. Rick is working on add'l Captivate movies based on ET tech tips and will share large amount of that content w/main campus.
Staff attending the training sessions are often new to CALF resources and web content for course support. Discussion of unified Help site for staff, faculty, etc. pointing to CERE website, i.e., generic top-level help with links to various systems. Pointers to staff for the proper system for making specific changes, i.e., for syllabus, for course leaders, for scheduling or other course support information. Chris is working on access/permissions model with Jan to identify and diagram authoratative source - this would be the ideal source for pointer information.
Servers and Systems
Beau - setup CERE training for Rick/Dave. Firewall for training. Need to determine which tools will be available - identify and implement roles from granular control document (which may have drifted in use since documents origin.) Will create a course w/appropriate tools - default set for production launch - prior to tomorrow's training session. Will most likely implement Message Center (not Discussion tool) for advanced training later. Will eliminate tools not to be used or supported. Limit access for training and production.
Expect more questions on course tool usage from faculty than staff.
Beau to get Samigo patches from Thomas for upload to CERE
Gave Captivate media to MW; need to work out relationship for access to media server content.