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From: Alexis O'C. <ale...@co...> - 2005-05-12 13:36:34
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All I just thought I'd mention that I've added a 'publish' target to the build.xml (on bodington_2_4 & HEAD). This uses the optional ftp ANT task to upload the distributables to an ftp site (with default values for sourceforge provided in sample.build.properties). Adam asked me to manage the release for v2.4.3 and finding the upload procedure to sourceforge somewhat arcane, I thought I might as well implement it as an ANT target as Sean had mentioned wanting to do it at the last Bodington developers meeting. However it's done now and anyway I was kind of working on the assumption that this may have been the response he wanted to trigger in me anyway ;-). Alexis |
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From: Peter C. <Pet...@me...> - 2005-05-12 13:36:16
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> From: Alistair Young [mailto:ali...@sm...]=20 > is there a way to set the reply-to address to=20 > bod...@li... - as the poster gets two=20 > replies - the sourceforge guanxi list doesn't do this. If you=20 > hit reply it replies to the list, rather than the sender. Ah. Religion. http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html There used to be a well-argued corresponding 'Reply-To Munging Considered Helpful', but I can no longer locate it via Google. - Peter |
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From: <an...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 13:34:43
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A great idea ++ from me. But how about having 2 horizontal sections to the side panel, one half of which changes according to room etc. I think if users see elements which they find useful (e.g. google search, links to modules etc.) dissapearing when they enter a room it could be confusing. Also, prevent them from removing panel - it is only seen when they are viewing the resource menu (and full screen width isn't a priority here), when they are using a too= l such as logbook, webdoc etc it isn't there. Antony |
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From: Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 13:30:17
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is there a way to set the reply-to address to bod...@li... - as the poster gets two replies - the sourceforge guanxi list doesn't do this. If you hit reply it replies to the list, rather than the sender. Alistair |
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From: <an...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 13:22:00
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Yep, unused declared variables are highlighted in Idea and there are loads! Is there a tool that rips out imports/variables that aren't referenced?! Antony > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/ > > I just ran it with some rulesets on head - eeeeek! > > Alistair > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes > Want to be the first software developer in space? > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3D7393&alloc_id=3D16281&op=3Dclick > _______________________________________________ > Bodington-developers mailing list > Bod...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers > |
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From: Andrew B. <a.g...@le...> - 2005-05-12 13:15:24
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I don't think we can ignore it. Aggie -----Original Message----- From: bod...@li... [mailto:bod...@li...] On Behalf Of = Adam Marshall Sent: 12 May 2005 14:08 To: 'Bodington Developers' Subject: [Bodington-developers] Tetra: MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC = Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions Did we see this for Tetra? Adam -- Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated)=20 -----Original Message----- From: IMS Enterprise and LIP specifications [mailto:IMS...@JI...] On Behalf Of Vashti Zarach Sent: 13 April 2005 09:04 To: IMS...@JI... Subject: Fwd: MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions For your interest, Vashti ----- Forwarded message from "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IM...@im...> ----- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:48:19 -0400 From: "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IM...@im...> Reply-To: "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IM...@im...> Subject: MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions To: CMA...@im... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions Cambridge, MA, Tuesday, 12 April 2005. Today the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS/GLC) and MIT's Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) = launched a collaborative change process for the next release of the Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs). This process will result in the third = major release of the OSID specifications scheduled for later this year. The OSIDs define application programming interface specifications for service-oriented systems that are being adopted by a number of = commercial and open source eLearning software products. Several IMS/GLC members, including SUN, Microsoft, Giunti Labs, University of Michigan, MIT, and Cisco Systems, have asked whether the O.K.I's Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs) can be made available as part of the IMS/GLC suite = of eLearning interoperability specifications. The collaboration between the = O. K. I. and IMS/GLC marks the transition of the OSID maintenance and dissemination process, a necessary first step in considering adoption of = the specifications by the Consortium. As part of this effort, O.K.I. and IMS/GLC will be distributing the = draft XML models for OSIDs (XOSID) via the IMS member and public websites. The Java language bindings of the OSIDs will also be distributed via the IMS website. PHP bindings also exist, and work is progressing on C# and Objective C bindings which will be distributed when available. IMS/GLC has created a public forum to support the maintenance process = for the OSIDs, located at <http://www.imsglobalproject.org/> http://www.imsglobal.org (look in the Quick Links section for = "Specification Problem and Suggestion Reporting"). A document describing the process = can be found on the IMS/GLC site and also at the O.K.I. project site, <http://www.okiproject.org/> http://www.okiproject.org For more information please contact oki...@mi... About the IMS Global Learning Consortium: The IMS Global Learning Consortium promotes the development and delivery = of interoperable learning technology. IMS/GLC specifications and related publications are made available to the public at no charge from www.imsglobal.org. To join IMS/GLC and participate in the development of e-Learning specifications and support their implementation and use world-wide, visit <http://www.imsglobal.org/membership.html> http://www.imsglobal.org/membership.html. About the Open Knowledge Initiative: The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.), a program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, develops specifications that describe how the components of an educational software environment communicate with each other and with other enterprise systems. O.K.I. specifications address = broad interoperability agreements that allow for adaptation and further specification by communities of practice. In this way, O.K.I. seeks to = open new markets for educational tools and content. The O.K.I. team at MIT continues to provide architectural and technical leadership for software initiatives in higher education, among industry affiliates, and through national and international organizations such as = the IMS Global Learning Consortium. This work helps ensure that the next generation of e-learning software will integrate seamlessly with the educational enterprise, and it establishes O.K.I. as a global leader in behavioral specifications for educational technology interoperability. <http://www.okiproject.org/> http://www.okiproject.org . -- This mail sent through http://webmail.bangor.ac.uk |
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From: Colin T. <col...@co...> - 2005-05-12 13:13:53
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I'll reply off list to this user, but in the interests of helping Jane generate the FAQs (with our contributions, of course!): > A couple of specific questions I had was: > 1. I created an account for myself which appeared to require 'sys' at > the beginning of the username. Do all usernames have to have a prefix > such as this?( I was trying to set up an account with > sysadmin privs but > I didn't appear to be granted them) > 2. How do I change the sysadmin/other user passwords? 1. Do all usernames still require some kind of prefix? I think Antony did some work at Oxford to remove the requirement of having the campus prefix... 2. (from Paul T:) "Yes, as sysadmin you can (create and) use the User Directory tool to reset any passwords to a random password of 6 characters; (create and) use the Personal Data Tool to change your own password to one of your choice." Maybe we need to flesh that out a bit... Any volunteer to modify the creation code to create a User Directory tool during installation? Colin ____________________________________ Colin Tatham VLE Team Oxford University Computing Services www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/vle/ www.bodington.org |
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From: Adam M. <ada...@co...> - 2005-05-12 13:10:21
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Did we see this for Tetra? Adam -- Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) -----Original Message----- From: IMS Enterprise and LIP specifications [mailto:IMS...@JI...] On Behalf Of Vashti Zarach Sent: 13 April 2005 09:04 To: IMS...@JI... Subject: Fwd: MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions For your interest, Vashti ----- Forwarded message from "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IM...@im...> ----- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:48:19 -0400 From: "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IM...@im...> Reply-To: "IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc." <IM...@im...> Subject: MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions To: CMA...@im... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MIT O.K.I. and IMS/GLC Collaborate to Evolve Open Service Interface Definitions Cambridge, MA, Tuesday, 12 April 2005. Today the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS/GLC) and MIT's Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) launched a collaborative change process for the next release of the Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs). This process will result in the third major release of the OSID specifications scheduled for later this year. The OSIDs define application programming interface specifications for service-oriented systems that are being adopted by a number of commercial and open source eLearning software products. Several IMS/GLC members, including SUN, Microsoft, Giunti Labs, University of Michigan, MIT, and Cisco Systems, have asked whether the O.K.I's Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs) can be made available as part of the IMS/GLC suite of eLearning interoperability specifications. The collaboration between the O. K. I. and IMS/GLC marks the transition of the OSID maintenance and dissemination process, a necessary first step in considering adoption of the specifications by the Consortium. As part of this effort, O.K.I. and IMS/GLC will be distributing the draft XML models for OSIDs (XOSID) via the IMS member and public websites. The Java language bindings of the OSIDs will also be distributed via the IMS website. PHP bindings also exist, and work is progressing on C# and Objective C bindings which will be distributed when available. IMS/GLC has created a public forum to support the maintenance process for the OSIDs, located at <http://www.imsglobalproject.org/> http://www.imsglobal.org (look in the Quick Links section for "Specification Problem and Suggestion Reporting"). A document describing the process can be found on the IMS/GLC site and also at the O.K.I. project site, <http://www.okiproject.org/> http://www.okiproject.org For more information please contact oki...@mi... About the IMS Global Learning Consortium: The IMS Global Learning Consortium promotes the development and delivery of interoperable learning technology. IMS/GLC specifications and related publications are made available to the public at no charge from www.imsglobal.org. To join IMS/GLC and participate in the development of e-Learning specifications and support their implementation and use world-wide, visit <http://www.imsglobal.org/membership.html> http://www.imsglobal.org/membership.html. About the Open Knowledge Initiative: The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.), a program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, develops specifications that describe how the components of an educational software environment communicate with each other and with other enterprise systems. O.K.I. specifications address broad interoperability agreements that allow for adaptation and further specification by communities of practice. In this way, O.K.I. seeks to open new markets for educational tools and content. The O.K.I. team at MIT continues to provide architectural and technical leadership for software initiatives in higher education, among industry affiliates, and through national and international organizations such as the IMS Global Learning Consortium. This work helps ensure that the next generation of e-learning software will integrate seamlessly with the educational enterprise, and it establishes O.K.I. as a global leader in behavioral specifications for educational technology interoperability. <http://www.okiproject.org/> http://www.okiproject.org . -- This mail sent through http://webmail.bangor.ac.uk |
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From: Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 13:02:35
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It's undoubtedly nicer via Mallaig and the ferry - there's a nice new road so it's down to about an hour from Fort William to Mallaig depending on quantity of bonglies on the road. The bongly index is quite high at this time of year. When you get to Fort William, you should phone Calmac at Mallaig to make sure the ferry is running and that there's spaces on it: 01687 462403 Take a detour to the singing sands of Morar and lie prone on the beach. Stunning. All it needs is a mobile cake trolley ;) ferry timetable: http://www.calmac.co.uk/summer-skye-timetable.html Alistair On 12 May 2005, at 13:53, Andrew Booth wrote: > I'm thinking of driving, since Sean has guaranteed the weather. > > What's the best way, round by Kyle and over the bridge, or to Mallaig > and > then the ferry? > > Aggie > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes > Want to be the first software developer in space? > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bodington-developers mailing list > Bod...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers |
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From: Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 12:58:03
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can someone change the Shibboleth link on: http://bodington.org/index.jsp http://bodington.org/choose.html#11 to point to www.guanxi.uhi.ac.uk - currently it points to guanxi.uhi.ac.uk which is our IdP but as it's on a different port/host the default is served - CLAN! ta, Alistair |
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From: Andrew B. <a.g...@le...> - 2005-05-12 12:53:45
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I'm thinking of driving, since Sean has guaranteed the weather. What's the best way, round by Kyle and over the bridge, or to Mallaig and then the ferry? Aggie |
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From: Matthew B. <mat...@co...> - 2005-05-12 12:43:16
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Alistair Young wrote: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/ > > I just ran it with some rulesets on head - eeeeek! I'd like to say I'm shocked, but.... Are we going to attempt to tidy up some stuff for 2.6? -- +--Matthew Buckett-----------------------------------------+ | VLE Developer, Learning Technologies Group | | Tel: +44 (0) 1865 283660 http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ | +------------Computing Services, University of Oxford------+ |
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From: Peter C. <Pet...@me...> - 2005-05-12 12:38:41
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> From: Alistair Young [mailto:ali...@sm...]=20 > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/ Ah, a picky code analyser. Useful on any project that is concerned about code quality. > I just ran it with some rulesets on head - eeeeek! I'm not frightened by this, more resigned to it. It's entirely unsurprising for a project of this age, with this many contributors, where there has been a continual focus on getting the required pieces to work rather than on overall code quality. The more interesting questions are whether we want to do anything about it (hopefully yes!) and, if we do, whether the effort required for the clean-up is expended at one time (but we have a known cleaner codebase to go on from), or whether an individual working on an area should have the responsibility for cleaning up that area. A big-bang will probably save overall effort in the long term, at the cost of a hiatus in development as effort goes into cleaning up poor code. If we're ever to break up the monolith, I suspect it would be easier to start from code that was cleaner. PMD, or other similar tools, could help us to get to that stage. - Peter P.S. At the risk of sounding like a broken record: http://cc2e.com. I've been coding for 30 years, including hard real-time and mission-critical projects, and I learned plenty of new stuff (and resolved to change some old habits) from this book. |
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From: Atif S. <ati...@bo...> - 2005-05-12 12:34:59
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Alistair Young wrote: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/ > > I just ran it with some rulesets on head - eeeeek! > > Alistair Indeed it is scary, the amount of redundant code in Bod. |
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From: Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 12:21:31
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/ I just ran it with some rulesets on head - eeeeek! Alistair |
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From: Paul D. <pau...@co...> - 2005-05-12 11:45:30
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Having hit the earlier train / later train button a number of times the system seemed to cough up 3 trains each way That's computers for you! Paul Paul Davis 01865 283414 -----Original Message----- From: bod...@li... [mailto:bod...@li...] On Behalf Of Adam Marshall Sent: 12 May 2005 12:16 To: 'Bodington Developers' Subject: [Bodington-developers] trains inverness to kyle We've been searching the train times from Inverness to kyle - all the different journey planners are telling us there is one train each way per day. This isn't true is it? Does anybody have a better timetable? adamski -- Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click _______________________________________________ Bodington-developers mailing list Bod...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers |
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From: Alistair Y. <ali...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 11:45:07
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there are 3 Adam - don't trust those sassenach planners! http://www.firstgroup.com/scotrail/content/travelinfo/routes/ winter04advance/route09.pdf Alistair On 12 May 2005, at 12:15, Adam Marshall wrote: > We've been searching the train times from Inverness to kyle - all the > different journey planners are telling us there is one train each way > per > day. This isn't true is it? Does anybody have a better timetable? > > adamski > > -- > Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. > Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org > Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ > Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes > Want to be the first software developer in space? > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Bodington-developers mailing list > Bod...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers |
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From: Peter C. <Pet...@me...> - 2005-05-12 11:28:33
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> From: Adam Marshall=20 > We've been searching the train times from Inverness to kyle - all the > different journey planners are telling us there is one train=20 > each way per day. This isn't true is it? Apparently not. > Does anybody have a better timetable? http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/planmyjourney is showing (for 1 Jun as an example): Inverness Kyle 08:53d 11:17a 10:55d 13:21a 18:00d 20:30a This is usually pretty up to date. *However*, the intervals between the trains are so large that the site isn't showing them all on one page - if you use this, make sure to hammer the earlier/later buttons a few times to get all the options. - Peter |
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From: Adam M. <ada...@co...> - 2005-05-12 11:21:49
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This project starts next academic year (I think) so will be working from 2.6. I look forward to seeing the extent of your mods. adam -- Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) | -----Original Message----- | From: Sean Mehan [mailto:se...@sm...] | Sent: 12 May 2005 12:20 | To: Adam Marshall | Cc: 'Bodington Developers' | Subject: Re: [Bodington-developers] Customisable LHS panel in Bod | | Quick scan is a ++2 from me. However, I would like it to fit into the | 'tab' panel that is the new look and feel for Bod. This was to facilitate | just this sort of dev, allowing new tabs to go into the list and be turned | and off by each admin. | | -s | | | <quote who="Adam Marshall"> | > I'm canvassing opinions here. I proposed this as a 3rd year computer | > science | > project and we now have a taker. | > | > Can you spend 5 minutes looking at this and suggest any modifications or | > problems. I suppose this is basically a feature proposal. | > | > What do we do about people that turn off the panel - do we provide a | link | > to | > the panel somewhere thereby highlighting that there maybe something | > important. | > | > If you think it's a crap idea then let me know and I get the student to | do | > something else instead. | > | > adam | > | > -- | > | > What we are proposing is that the LHS panel has the opportunity to | contain | > an HTML page which is specific to the current room or floor - the tutor | > can | > upload a LHS panel resource for each building / floor room / etc. If the | > current position in Bod doesnt have a LHS panel resource then the next | > resource higher up in the tree is searched (ad nauseum). | > | > This mean that (say) the Biology floor can have a LHS panel which | contains | > a | > list of special biology lectures happening this term. Doctor Foster's | room | > on the floor can have a list of times when he is available for | > consultation, | > Doctor Mopp can likewise have a list of times when he is available. | Inside | > Doctor Fosters room each of his courses can have a list of useful | > resources | > - the list changes dependent on which room you are in. If a room doesnt | > have | > a specific LHS panel resource then the parent resourse's panel is used. | > | > | > 5/1/05 Sandra Meredith | > | > Given that changes are underway for the left side bar in weblearn, would | > it | > be possible for us to be able to customise them? We could put a whole | > variety of useful links in the sidebar that would be suitable for our | > students but not for those in other disciplines. Things like links to | news | > feeds in the sidebar would not be useful for us - we use weblearn for | > teaching sessions, and students may also use it for self-learning in | their | > own time, but it's not a great time to be distracting them with the | news. | > They are plenty good at distracting themselves without our help. | > Angela Carritt | > | > Does this mean that each subject/floor will have its own LHS panel but | > that | > owners of particular rooms or suites of rooms will be able to set up | their | > own side panel in preference to the standard panel? If so, will room | > owners | > be able to set up the side panels themselves (using a form?/html?) or | will | > we have to ask someone in the Weblearn team to do it for us? | > | > Sandy and I look after several suites of rooms on the Law Floor in the | > Social Sciences Division. We would like to set up several different LHS | > panels for the different rooms. For example we use one suite of rooms | for | > our Legal Research Skills Programme. We would like to set up a couple of | > different LHS panels to use in this suite. These LHS panels would | include | > elements such as: | > | > 1. A link to Oxlip on the web and to relevant web pages on the Law | Faculty | > / | > Bodleian Law Library / external web sites 2. A tips section. For example | > we | > might want to have a scrolling tips box including information about how | to | > resize windows, the difference between tick boxes and radio buttons in | the | > MCQ test, how to use INFORMS tutorials etc. We might want to have | > different | > tips for different rooms which would presumably mean that we would need | to | > have different LHS panels for different rooms. 3. Would it be possible | to | > display information in the LHS panel which changes depending on actions | by | > the user in the main part of the window? For example would it be | possible | > to | > display information in the LHS panel when a user clicked on a link in | the | > centre or on mouse over? I'm not sure if we would want to do this but it | > would be interesting to know if it's a possibility. | > | > We also have a set of rooms for our distance educations students. We | would | > like to use a different LHS panel for these students. This would again | > probably consist of links, tips, mailto links and possibly dynamic | > information. | > | > In summary it would be useful for us if we could create a set of 4 or 5 | > different LHS panels to use in our various rooms. Each LHS panel would | > include links, text (possibly scrolling) and possibly dynamic | information. | > It would be useful if we could change the content of each LHS very | quickly | > and without needing assistance from the central team. I think that this | > would be our ideal scenario for the LHS panels. | > | > -- | > Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. | > Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org | > Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ | > Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) | > | > | > | > | > ------------------------------------------------------- | > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes | > Want to be the first software developer in space? | > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! | > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click | > _______________________________________________ | > Bodington-developers mailing list | > Bod...@li... | > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers | > | | | -- | Sean Mehan | Head of Computing Research | SMO, UHI |
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From: Sean M. <se...@sm...> - 2005-05-12 11:20:15
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Quick scan is a ++2 from me. However, I would like it to fit into the 'tab' panel that is the new look and feel for Bod. This was to facilitate just this sort of dev, allowing new tabs to go into the list and be turne= d and off by each admin. -s <quote who=3D"Adam Marshall"> > I'm canvassing opinions here. I proposed this as a 3rd year computer > science > project and we now have a taker. > > Can you spend 5 minutes looking at this and suggest any modifications o= r > problems. I suppose this is basically a feature proposal. > > What do we do about people that turn off the panel - do we provide a li= nk > to > the panel somewhere thereby highlighting that there maybe something > important. > > If you think it's a crap idea then let me know and I get the student to= do > something else instead. > > adam > > -- > > What we are proposing is that the LHS panel has the opportunity to cont= ain > an HTML page which is specific to the current room or floor - the tutor > can > upload a LHS panel resource for each building / floor room / etc. If th= e > current position in Bod doesnt have a LHS panel resource then the next > resource higher up in the tree is searched (ad nauseum). > > This mean that (say) the Biology floor can have a LHS panel which conta= ins > a > list of special biology lectures happening this term. Doctor Foster's r= oom > on the floor can have a list of times when he is available for > consultation, > Doctor Mopp can likewise have a list of times when he is available. Ins= ide > Doctor Fosters room each of his courses can have a list of useful > resources > - the list changes dependent on which room you are in. If a room doesnt > have > a specific LHS panel resource then the parent resourse's panel is used. > > > 5/1/05 Sandra Meredith > > Given that changes are underway for the left side bar in weblearn, woul= d > it > be possible for us to be able to customise them? We could put a whole > variety of useful links in the sidebar that would be suitable for our > students but not for those in other disciplines. Things like links to n= ews > feeds in the sidebar would not be useful for us - we use weblearn for > teaching sessions, and students may also use it for self-learning in th= eir > own time, but it's not a great time to be distracting them with the new= s. > They are plenty good at distracting themselves without our help. > Angela Carritt > > Does this mean that each subject/floor will have its own LHS panel but > that > owners of particular rooms or suites of rooms will be able to set up th= eir > own side panel in preference to the standard panel? If so, will room > owners > be able to set up the side panels themselves (using a form?/html?) or w= ill > we have to ask someone in the Weblearn team to do it for us? > > Sandy and I look after several suites of rooms on the Law Floor in the > Social Sciences Division. We would like to set up several different LHS > panels for the different rooms. For example we use one suite of rooms f= or > our Legal Research Skills Programme. We would like to set up a couple o= f > different LHS panels to use in this suite. These LHS panels would inclu= de > elements such as: > > 1. A link to Oxlip on the web and to relevant web pages on the Law Facu= lty > / > Bodleian Law Library / external web sites 2. A tips section. For exampl= e > we > might want to have a scrolling tips box including information about how= to > resize windows, the difference between tick boxes and radio buttons in = the > MCQ test, how to use INFORMS tutorials etc. We might want to have > different > tips for different rooms which would presumably mean that we would need= to > have different LHS panels for different rooms. 3. Would it be possible = to > display information in the LHS panel which changes depending on actions= by > the user in the main part of the window? For example would it be possib= le > to > display information in the LHS panel when a user clicked on a link in t= he > centre or on mouse over? I'm not sure if we would want to do this but i= t > would be interesting to know if it's a possibility. > > We also have a set of rooms for our distance educations students. We wo= uld > like to use a different LHS panel for these students. This would again > probably consist of links, tips, mailto links and possibly dynamic > information. > > In summary it would be useful for us if we could create a set of 4 or 5 > different LHS panels to use in our various rooms. Each LHS panel would > include links, text (possibly scrolling) and possibly dynamic informati= on. > It would be useful if we could change the content of each LHS very quic= kly > and without needing assistance from the central team. I think that this > would be our ideal scenario for the LHS panels. > > -- > Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. > Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org > Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ > Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes > Want to be the first software developer in space? > Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3D7393&alloc_id=3D16281&op=3Dclick > _______________________________________________ > Bodington-developers mailing list > Bod...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bodington-developers > --=20 Sean Mehan Head of Computing Research SMO, UHI |
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From: Colin T. <col...@co...> - 2005-05-12 11:19:49
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Hi Michael The installation documentation is in a state of flux at the moment, as it's being relocated and updated. I've pasted the current version from our Wiki below, and the same instructions form the base of the instructions given on the RAMBLE Project website (http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/software/). Let us know if you have particular questions, and suggestions for improving the instructions. Thanks Colin ____________________________________ Colin Tatham VLE Team Oxford University Computing Services www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/vle/ www.bodington.org Status: These instructions are correct as per bodington v2.4.0. They describe using PostgreSQL as the database (alternatives MS SQL and Oracle) and Jakarta Tomcat as the servlet / web container (alternatives JBoss, Jetty, Sun ONE Application server etc). PostgreSQL database: Visit www.postgresql.org and download the database in source form. Unpack the zipfile, change to the directory with the 'configure' file and then at the command prompt type: * ./configure * make * make install This should automatically create a user called postgres with a blank password. If it does not, you should create such a user. su to the postgres user. The install procedure will most likely have placed the files in a directory such as /usr/local/pgsql (PGSQL). For simplicity, set the environmental variable PGDATA to $PGSQL/data (which is the default location). The first thing is to initialize a database cluster at this default location: $PGSQL/bin/initdb -D $PGDATA The Bodington web application communicates to the postgres database by using JDBC. To achieve interoperability, JDBC relies on TCP/IP connections. By default, TCP/IP connections are disabled in PostgreSQL. As these are essential for operation, I would recommend adding the following line to the file $PGDATA/postgresql.conf: tcpip_socket = true (If you wish to run the database and web server on different machines you will need to add a suitable entry to $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf to allow TCP/IP access from another host / all hosts.) There are various ways to start the database up. The following line uses a wrapper to start the database in the background, and will write a logile to 'logfile'. $PGSQL/bin/pg_ctl start -l <logfile> The database which will contain the bodington related data (e.g. called 'bodington'), can be created in the following way: $PGSQL/bin/createdb -E UNICODE bodington Just to test that you can connect to this newly created database, try connecting with the command-line client: $PGSQL/bin/psql bodington To leave the client, type '\q'. To shutdown the database, you can do the following: $PGSQL/bin/pg_ctl stop -m fast (Alternatives to 'fast' are smart and immediate. fast is a compromise which allows the database to shutdown more gracefully than 'immediate', but less thoroughly and thus quicker than 'smart'). Java Configuration: Download a J2SDK 1.4.2 from Sun (java.sun.com), Blackdown (www.blackdown.org) or IBM (www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/) and install in a location such as /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2 (JAVA_HOME). The dependant libraries (.jar files) need to be downloaded and put into the directory $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext/. These are as follows: * PostgreSQL driver (pg*jdbc*.jar)* jdbc.postgresql.org : (make sure the driver is appropriate for your version of postgres). The file to download will be probably be the jar file itself, with a name something like pg74.215.jdbc3.jar. Tomcat Configuration: $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml needs to be edited to allow for an SSL connection over https. Detailed instructions on how to do this can be found in the tomcat documentation, but a way to do this is as follows. Firstly generate yourself a keystore file (with a JDK on your PATH). Type the following at the command-line: keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore keystore Place this in the directory $CATALINA_HOME/conf. You will need to edit your server.xml in this directory. In particular, you need to alter the entry for the SSL (https) connector to look like the following: Tomcat 4.1 <Connector className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector" port="8443" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75" enableLookups="true" acceptCount="100" debug="0" scheme="https" secure="true" useURIValidationHack="false" disableUploadTimeout="true"> <Factory className="org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteServerSocketFactory" clientAuth="false" protocol="TLS" keystoreFile="conf/keystore" keystorePass="notverysecret"/> </Connector> Tomcat 5.0 <Connector port="8443" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75" enableLookups="false" disableUploadTimeout="true" acceptCount="100" debug="0" scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false" sslProtocol="TLS" keystoreFile="conf/keystore" keystorePass="notverysecret"/> Download a zipped war distribution from http://sourceforge.net/projects/bodington. (This contains a file called bodington.war inside a zip file which includes the version as part of its name). Uploading the bodington war is much easier with the Tomcat manager web-app. If you haven't already, edit $CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml and create yourself as a user with the role 'manager'. Start tomcat and go to http://localhost/manager/html and deploy the war. It should then indicate that it is running. Go to the link http://localhost/bodington . (You can do this by clicking on the link of the application entry in the list). Bodington Configuration: This second stage consists mainly of setting up the connectivity required between the Bodington application and the database. You should have your web-browser pointing at something like http://localhost/bodington . Enter the setup servlet. The setup password should be 'pingpong'. If this fails, it can be found at $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/bodington/WEB-INF/adminpw.txt as clear text. An important thing to watch out for, is when using the default database user 'postgres' which has a blank password. Although it is counter-intuitive, you must enter a password, e.g. 'x', on the screen that asks for a database user name and password, for this screen to be successfully submitted (the password is then subsequently ignored). If as is hoped, installation is successful you can return to the front page (http://localhost/bodington) and enter the site proper with the temporary sysadmin user name and password; sysadmin, sysadmin. Additional Information: Assuming you have installed Bodington in a location such as /usr/share/bodington (BOD_HOME), it is useful to know that log files can be found in $BOD_HOME/logs which may be useful for diagnosis. |
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From: Adam M. <ada...@co...> - 2005-05-12 11:17:57
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We've been searching the train times from Inverness to kyle - all the different journey planners are telling us there is one train each way per day. This isn't true is it? Does anybody have a better timetable? adamski -- Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) |
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From: Adam M. <ada...@co...> - 2005-05-12 11:07:23
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I'm canvassing opinions here. I proposed this as a 3rd year computer science project and we now have a taker. Can you spend 5 minutes looking at this and suggest any modifications or problems. I suppose this is basically a feature proposal. What do we do about people that turn off the panel - do we provide a link to the panel somewhere thereby highlighting that there maybe something important. If you think it's a crap idea then let me know and I get the student to do something else instead. adam -- What we are proposing is that the LHS panel has the opportunity to contain an HTML page which is specific to the current room or floor - the tutor can upload a LHS panel resource for each building / floor room / etc. If the current position in Bod doesnt have a LHS panel resource then the next resource higher up in the tree is searched (ad nauseum). This mean that (say) the Biology floor can have a LHS panel which contains a list of special biology lectures happening this term. Doctor Foster's room on the floor can have a list of times when he is available for consultation, Doctor Mopp can likewise have a list of times when he is available. Inside Doctor Fosters room each of his courses can have a list of useful resources - the list changes dependent on which room you are in. If a room doesnt have a specific LHS panel resource then the parent resourse's panel is used. 5/1/05 Sandra Meredith Given that changes are underway for the left side bar in weblearn, would it be possible for us to be able to customise them? We could put a whole variety of useful links in the sidebar that would be suitable for our students but not for those in other disciplines. Things like links to news feeds in the sidebar would not be useful for us - we use weblearn for teaching sessions, and students may also use it for self-learning in their own time, but it's not a great time to be distracting them with the news. They are plenty good at distracting themselves without our help. Angela Carritt Does this mean that each subject/floor will have its own LHS panel but that owners of particular rooms or suites of rooms will be able to set up their own side panel in preference to the standard panel? If so, will room owners be able to set up the side panels themselves (using a form?/html?) or will we have to ask someone in the Weblearn team to do it for us? Sandy and I look after several suites of rooms on the Law Floor in the Social Sciences Division. We would like to set up several different LHS panels for the different rooms. For example we use one suite of rooms for our Legal Research Skills Programme. We would like to set up a couple of different LHS panels to use in this suite. These LHS panels would include elements such as: 1. A link to Oxlip on the web and to relevant web pages on the Law Faculty / Bodleian Law Library / external web sites 2. A tips section. For example we might want to have a scrolling tips box including information about how to resize windows, the difference between tick boxes and radio buttons in the MCQ test, how to use INFORMS tutorials etc. We might want to have different tips for different rooms which would presumably mean that we would need to have different LHS panels for different rooms. 3. Would it be possible to display information in the LHS panel which changes depending on actions by the user in the main part of the window? For example would it be possible to display information in the LHS panel when a user clicked on a link in the centre or on mouse over? I'm not sure if we would want to do this but it would be interesting to know if it's a possibility. We also have a set of rooms for our distance educations students. We would like to use a different LHS panel for these students. This would again probably consist of links, tips, mailto links and possibly dynamic information. In summary it would be useful for us if we could create a set of 4 or 5 different LHS panels to use in our various rooms. Each LHS panel would include links, text (possibly scrolling) and possibly dynamic information. It would be useful if we could change the content of each LHS very quickly and without needing assistance from the central team. I think that this would be our ideal scenario for the LHS panels. -- Adam Marshall: OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug: Use the Bodington VLE http://bodington.org Blog: http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated) |
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From: Colin T. <col...@co...> - 2005-05-11 16:50:39
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SourceForge RSS URLs are hard to find on the site, so here they are: News (full content): http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projnews.php?group_id=87659&rss_fulltext= 1 or http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projnews.php?group_id=87659 File releases: http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projfiles.php?group_id=87659 Docs: http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projdocs.php?group_id=87659 Stats (broken stats): http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projsummary.php?group_id=87659 News appears on the Bod SF summary page. Mebbe we can use that for Bod.org instead of the separate/parallel one running on Pebble? Colin ____________________________________ Colin Tatham VLE Team Oxford University Computing Services www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/vle/ www.bodington.org |
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From: Adam M. <ada...@co...> - 2005-05-11 16:21:38
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V 2.4.3 of Bodington now released with oracle bug fix. Thanks to Alexis for this - absolutely sterling stuff.=20 Colin is doing a news item with the facts. adam -- Adam Marshall:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 OUCS, 13, Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN. Shameless plug:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Use the Bodington VLE = http://bodington.org Blog:=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = http://ramble.oucs.ox.ac.uk/blog/adamm/ Cheese of the month: Cheshire (not to be underestimated)=20 ________________________________________ |
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