From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Tue Apr 29 04:58:26 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Jane Brooks)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 11:58:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] install.lon-capa.org
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From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Thu May 1 01:47:53 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Gerd Kortemeyer)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 20:47:53 -0400
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] String::Similarity
Message-ID: <8AEB0E5E-7B6E-11D7-85B4-00039344B636@lite.msu.edu>
You will need to install
String::Similarity
from CPAN for grades.pm to work correctly (Essay grading now has a
plagiarism detection mechanism, which gives the percent similarity with
other essays submitted across semesters).
From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Thu May 1 19:36:30 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Jeremy Bowers)
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 14:36:30 -0400
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Interesting survey of Open Source courseware
Message-ID: <3EB1692E.1060503@jerf.org>
http://www.xplana.com/whitepapers/archives/Open_Source_Courseware
"The purpose of this paper is to outline the major open source
courseware projects and to rate their usefulness. This is not intended
as a definitive ranking but rather as a point of departure for those
interested in investigating these systems and who are considering an
open source courseware implementation."
"Recommended Systems (only fully distributable systems are considered
for these recommendations)
Top 3 Systems in terms of Scalability and Development Flexibility
1. CHEF
2. LON-CAPA
3. Moodle
Top 3 Systems in Terms of Pedagogical Flexibility
1. Moodle
2. LON-CAPA
3. fle3
"""
(While it'd be nice to show up in the #1 slot at least once, you have to
admit that's a pretty good showing overall out of 18 surveyed candidates.)
"LON-CAPA at Michigan State
LON-CAPA is a distributed open-source Learning Content Management and
Assessment System that provides instructors with a common, scalable
platform to assist in all aspects of teaching a course, from lecture
preparation to administration of homework assignments and exams. It also
enables instructors to create educational materials and to share such
learning resources with colleagues across institutions in a simple and
efficient manner. [from our website]
LON-CARPA [sic] is long on functionality and support for extended
character sets and computation, but it's a bit short on user
friendliness. It is a robust system built for enterprise scalability and
handles clustering well. This system is highly recommended as one of the
most promising candidates for providing traditional course management
functionality for large institutions. LON-CARPA is an active participant
in the standards movement and provides strong documentation nd
development support.
S =5 O=5 A=4 I=3 F=4 E=3 Total = 24"
On a five point scale (5 good, 1 bad), that's:
Scalability - 5
Openness - 5
Administration - 4
Implementation - 3
Functionality - 4
Effectiveness - 3
Each criterion has a longer paragraph definition in the article, and
IMHO the ratings are fair. ("Effectiveness", for instance, seems to
translate closer to "User friendly" to the general faculty; just reading
those words probably doesn't give the best idea of what they are grading.)
From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Thu May 1 19:44:12 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Guy Albertelli II)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 14:44:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Interesting survey of Open Source courseware
In-Reply-To: <3EB1692E.1060503@jerf.org>
Message-ID: <200305011844.h41IiC90024958@mileva.lite.msu.edu>
Hi Jeremy,
> http://www.xplana.com/whitepapers/archives/Open_Source_Courseware
Neat.
> (While it'd be nice to show up in the #1 slot at least once, you have to
> admit that's a pretty good showing overall out of 18 surveyed candidates.)
I am very happy.
> Scalability - 5
> Openness - 5
> Administration - 4
> Implementation - 3
> Functionality - 4
> Effectiveness - 3
a 4 was the highest the gave for functionality (tied with ATutor), and
a 24 overall score was the highest score they gave (tied with CHEF)
--
guy@albertelli.com LON-CAPA Developer 0-7-7-0-
From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Thu May 1 19:52:46 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Gerd Kortemeyer)
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 14:52:46 -0400
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Interesting survey of Open Source courseware
In-Reply-To: <200305011844.h41IiC90024958@mileva.lite.msu.edu>
Message-ID: <18E82B94-7C06-11D7-80F2-00039344B636@lite.msu.edu>
Thanks for brightening up my rather gloomy day. There is light at the
end of the tunnel.
On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
>> http://www.xplana.com/whitepapers/archives/Open_Source_Courseware
>
> Neat.
>
>> (While it'd be nice to show up in the #1 slot at least once, you have
>> to
>> admit that's a pretty good showing overall out of 18 surveyed
>> candidates.)
>
> I am very happy.
>
>
>> Scalability - 5
>> Openness - 5
>> Administration - 4
>> Implementation - 3
>> Functionality - 4
>> Effectiveness - 3
>
> a 4 was the highest the gave for functionality (tied with ATutor), and
> a 24 overall score was the highest score they gave (tied with CHEF)
>
>
> --
> guy@albertelli.com LON-CAPA Developer 0-7-7-0-
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From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Thu May 1 19:58:11 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Helen Keefe)
Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 14:58:11 -0400
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Interesting survey of Open Source courseware
References: <18E82B94-7C06-11D7-80F2-00039344B636@lite.msu.edu>
Message-ID: <3EB16E40.C03E06A1@lon-capa.org>
And remember, CHEF is still kind of a vaporware product at this point :-)
Helen
Gerd Kortemeyer wrote:
>
> Thanks for brightening up my rather gloomy day. There is light at the
> end of the tunnel.
>
> On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 02:44 PM, Guy Albertelli II wrote:
>
> > Hi Jeremy,
> >
> >> http://www.xplana.com/whitepapers/archives/Open_Source_Courseware
> >
> > Neat.
> >
> >> (While it'd be nice to show up in the #1 slot at least once, you have
> >> to
> >> admit that's a pretty good showing overall out of 18 surveyed
> >> candidates.)
> >
> > I am very happy.
> >
> >
> >> Scalability - 5
> >> Openness - 5
> >> Administration - 4
> >> Implementation - 3
> >> Functionality - 4
> >> Effectiveness - 3
> >
> > a 4 was the highest the gave for functionality (tied with ATutor), and
> > a 24 overall score was the highest score they gave (tied with CHEF)
> >
> >
> > --
> > guy@albertelli.com LON-CAPA Developer 0-7-7-0-
> > _______________________________________________
> > LON-CAPA-dev mailing list
> > LON-CAPA-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
> > http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-dev
>
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From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Fri May 2 22:37:37 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Gerd Kortemeyer)
Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 17:37:37 -0400
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Update loncapafiles.lpml before doing "make install"
Message-ID: <4B37991A-7CE6-11D7-8670-00039344B636@lite.msu.edu>
Please make sure to update your loncapafiles.lpml to the most recent
version 1.240 before doing a "make install".
"make install" with version 1.239 just messed up picard - apparently,
permissions and ownership on "/" were modified; the results are highly
entertaining.
From lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org Sat May 3 22:31:14 2003
From: lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org (Gerd Kortemeyer)
Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 17:31:14 -0400
Subject: [LON-CAPA-dev] Fun reading :-(
Message-ID: <910147F9-7DAE-11D7-8092-00039344B636@lite.msu.edu>
And down the road we have ...
http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/perl/Locale/Maketext/TPJ13.html
... interesting article.