OK.. after some back shelving, then the inevitable cramming to get something complete, we now have CourseManagement initially implemented in our sakai.
Heres an overview of the current process. (There are way more elegant solutions but this works for a pilot and to show what can be done).
- Originally our data is available to be consumed in a FFF (flat-file-format) .. YEA!
- I convert this to xml that is parsable by the default CM consumer in sakai. This step has to be somewhat exact. The xml can not deviate unless you are going to rewrite some of the java in the back. (makes sense)
- Next there is a scheduled job within sakai's jobscheduler that consumes the xml that I create in the previous step. Currently this is 4.3m I expect this to be 15m on Sat.
This allows the instructor to create a course in the LMS if they so desire to use it.
This is on our dev box at the moment. I will spend some time soon and set this up on our official pilot box.
Posted by Kevin Foote in sakai on August 14, 2008
