FridaySessionNotes

•  9:30‐10:30amCollegeoftheRedwoods‐World'sfastestSakaideployment?•  FormerlyRadford

•  Don’tforgetabouttheclosingremarksat3:15

Sakai3Whatandwhyandwhenandhow?

March2009

MichaelKorcuska

WhySakai3?

TechnologyandDeveloperExperience

FuncKonality&UserExperience

CommunityPracKcesandCulture

WhySakai3Now?

TheKmetorepairtheroofiswhenthesunisshining.

JohnF.Kennedy

USERPERSPECTIVEWhySakai3?

Sakai3forUsers

•  ChangingexpectaKons•  Googledocs/apps,SocialNetworking,Web2.0

•  Successofprojectsites=Sakaibeyondcourses

•  Newtechnologies•  Standards‐based,opensourceprojects•  JCR(Jackrabbit)•  OpenSocial(Shindig)

•  Client‐sideprogramming•  JavaScript/AJAX

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ContentTagging&Management

Sakai3Themes

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ContentAuthoring

AcademicNetworkingBreakingtheSite

Boundary

AcademicWorkflows,not(just)Tools

TheunSakai

ContentAuthoring

•  ContentBasics:•  SimplepagecreaKon(wiki‐like)

•  WYSIWGEdiKng

•  Template‐basedauthoring•  Versioning

•  InteracKveWidgets

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Tagging&Management

•  Everythingiscontent•  Classic“resources”•  Discussionpost,userprofile,testquesKons•  Taggable,searchable,linkable,portable

•  Unifiedcontentrepository•  ContentnotKedtosite•  Everythinginonestoragearea

•  BUT:SakaiisnotafullContentManagementSystem

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Sakai2

Site A! Site B!

Usersfindthingsbyrememberingwhatsitetheyaddeditto

?

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Tags:System,OrganizaKonal&User

Search

Sakai3

SmartFolders

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Benefits

•  Web2.0“search”interacKonsupported•  Tagging&contentsearch

•  SmartFoldersretainhierarchicalstructureifdesired•  Foldersforeachsite,eachuserandmore

•  Porlolioandother“cross‐site”needs•  TagsallowsimpleaggregaKonofdiversecontent•  OrganizaKonal&UsertagsystemssupportmulKpleporloliorequirements

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AcademicNetworking

•  AcademicNetworking•  Peopleareimportant,but“friends”aren’tenough•  Content‐based–WhoisreadingthesamearKcles?•  AcKvitybased–Whohastakenthesameclasses?

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Sakai2:Users&Sites

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SiteA SiteB

GroupA1

User1User2User3User4User5...UserN

GroupB1

User1User2User3User4User5...UserN

Usersandgroupsexistwithinthecontextofasite.

Sakai3Groups&Sites

•  Groups&Sitesmanagedseparately•  Memberofagroup–Peoplewithsomethingincommon•  Accesstoasite–CollecKonofcontent&funcKonality•  Supportforhierarchy

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SiteA

SiteB

SiteC

Group2

Group3

Group1Group1.1SiteAA

SiteAB Group1.2

Kernel

ToolTool

Architecture

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Kernel

ServiceService

•  Facilitatesindependenttooldevelopment

•  ResistsintuiKveworkflows•  Contributestoinconsistentuserexperience

Kernel

Architecture

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Workflow

Workflow

Kernel

ServiceService

Kernel

• Workflowsbuiltacrossservices•  EncouragespresentaKon&serviceseparaKon

•  Servicesneedtorespondtomorecustomers•  UXoversightismorecomplicated

AcademicWorkflow

•  BeyondToolSilos•  Academicworkflowsooencrosstoolboundaries

•  Anythingcanbegraded!•  Anythingcanbediscussed!

•  ThisisbeginningtoappearinSakai2•  Examples:OpenSyllabus,Assignments2

•  Butitistoodifficultandmoreneedstobedone

•  Example:Instructorputsintosyllabusanassignmenttocreateadiscussionpostthatwillbegraded.•  4toolsforbothinstructorsandstudents!

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WorkflowExample

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Week Readings AcQviQes&Assignments

1 CoursePoliciesTextbookChapter1

2 TextbookChapter2JacksonArKcle

WritearesponsetoJacksonarKcle&posttodiscussionforum

CreateAssignment…Name:JacksonReadingResponseDueDate:September10,2009Points:10(of150)Type:IndividualDescripQon:RespondtotheJacksonarKcleinnomorethan500words.Postthatresponsetotheclassdiscussionforum.LinkTo:Select...

CreateCancelAdvancedOpKons…

Selecttext&click“CreateAssignment”

EditAssignmentInformaKon

LinktoSomething

AllMediaImagesVideosAudio

ForumsTestsSitePagesPolls

ChooseNew…

Forums

JacksonResponseForum(3posts)

ClassIntroForum(27posts)

SomeOtherForum(0posts)

StudentView

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Week Readings AcQviQes&Assignments

1 CoursePoliciesTextbookChapter1

2 TextbookChapter2JacksonArKcle

WritearesponsetoJacksonarKcle&posttodiscussionforumAssignment:JacksonReadingResponse

DueDate:September10,2009(duetomorrow)Status:NotsubmitedPoints:10possible(of150).DescripQon:RespondtotheJacksonarKcleinnomorethan500words.Postthatresponsetotheclassdiscussionforum.Readmore…Link(s):JacksonResponseDiscussionForum(CreatePost…)

StudentView,Graded

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Week Readings AcQviQes&Assignments

1 CoursePoliciesTextbookChapter1

2 TextbookChapter2JacksonArKcle

WritearesponsetoJacksonarKcle&posttodiscussionforum

Assignment:JacksonReadingResponseDueDate:September10,2009(duedatepassed)Status:SubmitedandGradedPoints:9/10(of150).ViewfeedbackDescripQon:RespondtotheJacksonarKcleinnomorethan500words.Postthatresponsetotheclassdiscussionforum.Readmore…Link(s):JacksonResponseDiscussionForum(gotoForumnow)

TheunSakai

•  MulKpleConfiguraKons•  SakaiasCMS

•  SakaiasCollaboraKonSystem

•  SakaiasPorlolioSystem

•  SakaiIntegraKons•  GoogleApplicaKons•  SocialNetworks(OpenSocial,Facebook)

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TheunSakai

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Kernel

Service

Service

Kernel

iGoogle

Windows/MacWidgets MobileApps

Facebook

DocumenteddatafeedsallowSakaitoappearanywhere

unSakaiEconomics

• WewanttoposiKonSakaiforatransiKontothe“wedon’tneednosKnkingLMS”

• Wedon’tcareabout“owning”theenterprise• Wearen’tafraidoferodinglicensefeesbecauseotherapplicaKonstakeover“coreLMS”features

SAKAI3DEMO

htp://3akai.sakaifoundaKon.org

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SAKAI3TECHNOLOGYWhySakai3?

Sakai3TechnologyGoals

•  Scalability•  RemovebotlenecksfromSakai2•  Improveclustersupport

•  DeveloperProducKvity•  Fasterbuilds•  UX&back‐enddevelopmentseparated

•  CodeQuality&Maintenance•  Relianceonotheropensourceefforts•  IncreaseunittesKng

•  Easiertoinstall/build•  ToimproveiniKalexperiencefornewdevelopers

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JCRasContentStore

•  Standards‐based•  JSR170•  ShipswithApacheJackrabbit,butcanbechanged

•  Everythingascontent•  Discussionpost,UserprofileinformaKon,etc.•  ComponentsputContentintoJCRContentstore•  SakaiKernelcreatesrelaKonalindicesinDB•  Componentdoesn’tneedtodoanything•  AutomaKctrackingofmosteventsbykernel

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ThePoint

•  Don’twriteourowncode•  Criteria:•  FuncKonality•  License‐compaKbleopensource

•  Openstandard•  Approachablecommunity

JSON

•  SakaiKernelsupportsJSONmicroformat•  ComponentsuseRESTcallstointeractwithKernel•  Again,standardsbased•  JAX‐RScurrentlyinKernel(JSR311)

•  Benefits•  Back‐endservicesstayJava‐based•  UXprogrammersmoreooenskilledinJavaScript

•  EasierUXdeveloperscanworkonSakai•  ToolslikeGWTcanbeusedforJava‐basedUI•  Componentscanbewritenusingotherlanguages

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TIMELINESANDADOPTION

OfficialReleases

Timelines

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Sakai2.6

Sakai2.7

Sakai3.0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Previews

HybridMode

Sakai2.5

Sakai2.8?

NewAdopQons:2or3?

•  ItDepends!•  OfCourse

•  Onwhat?•  YourproducKonKmeline

•  YourappeKteforrunning“.0”sooware•  YourfuncKonalneeds

AdopQng2or3?

2.6or2.7•  Sakai2workswelltoday•  3doesn’texistyet

•  Thebestpathto3willbethrough2•  Bb/WebCTmigraKonto3isundefined

•  Bb/WebCTmigraKonto2iswellknown

•  ManywillbemigraKngfromSakai2to3

Straightto3•  Youdon’thaveaCMSoryouareusingsomethinglikeSharePoint

•  YourproducKonKmelineis2012orlater

AdopQng2or3?

•  MaybethewrongquesKon

•  Adoptboth!•  Hybridmode

•  Sakai2forcourses,Sakai3forprojectcollaboraKon

•  GraduallymoveuserstoSakai3

COMMUNITYPRACTICES

CommunityPracQces

•  FuncKonalLeadership•  DesignFirst•  MinimizeTechnologyFrameworks

•  QualityFocused•  Unit(andother)Tests

GETINVOLVED!