This document summarizes an openEQUELLA briefing that covered community news and activities, including the release of openEQUELLA 6.6 and trademark changes. It discussed presentations on openEQUELLA from the OpenApereo 2018 conference, including integrations with uPortal. Sustaining engineering work in Q2 2018 and highlights from the 6.6 release were also reviewed. The briefing looked ahead to upcoming roadmaps and drivers to further develop openEQUELLA, and discussed potential integrations and how the community can get involved.

1. Open Source Support
openEQUELLA Briefing - 8/2/2018

2. Agenda
» Community News
» OpenApereo 2018 Report
» Sustaining Engineering
» 6.6 Review
» Looking Ahead
» Open Forum/Q&A

3. Community News and Activities
Trademarks and 6.6
» EQUELLA post 6.4 is actually openEQUELLA
» openEQUELLA 6.6 stable was created
○ Press release here

4. OpenApereo 2018 Review
A crash course in the
drivers, architecture, and
abilities
openEQUELLA
Workshop
Highlights of available
customizations
openEQUELLA
Customization
Proof of Concept
leveraging best value-
add from multiple
Apereo projects
Integrating
uPortal and
openEQUELLA

5. OpenApereo 2018 Report
openEQUELLA and Web Components
» Why integrate?
○ uPortal is really good at presentation and integration
layers
○ openEQUELLA is really good at being a hub of content,
and customizable
» Two examples were built out (next slides)
» Well received collaboration

6. OpenApereo 2018 Report
Search
Results
Ability to build out various searches against openEQUELLA using
the search REST API

7. OpenApereo 2018 Report
Banner Display your latest event using modern widgets against
openEQUELLA using the search REST API

8. Sustaining Engineering in Q2 2018
Github Issues / Helper Script
» #459 - Restricted-display attachments don't always appear
(in 6.6 stable)
» #492 - Allow a cap on how long the Background Indexer
will run (in 6.6 stable)
» Open source script to Remove Unassociated Attachments

9. 6.6 Review
Highlights
» Reporting tutorials
» Additional metadata from LMS
» Admin Console migration
» Enhanced REST API
» Wizard configuration (repeater ‘Add’, and delete confirm)
» Metadata-based facet searching
» ‘New UI’ with Google's Material Design

10. 6.6 Review
Notes
» Language pack keys changed from 6.5 to 6.6
» CSS Theme selectors changed from 6.5 to 6.6
» New UI is not themeable - yet
» New UI theming will be different then 'Old UI'

11. Looking Ahead
Roadmaps - Edalex
» Continue Admin Console migration
» More visible item and file usage
» Streamline adding an openEQUELLA attachment
» Include HTTP referral in log
» Completion of new search UI
» Course search improvement (dropdown > search box)

12. Looking Ahead
Roadmaps - Unicon
» Scripting API enhancements (#475 / #476)
» Bug fixes (such as #467, #484)
» Continue Admin Console migration

13. Looking Ahead
Drivers
» openEQUELLA-Toolbox
» Indexing strategies
» Filestore strategies
» IAM strategies
» UI strategies
Interests based on understanding of pain points. Paired with backing from
adopters, they could become reality

14. What integrations would be useful?
What is preventing openEQUELLA
going the 'next step' for you?
Are folks interested in helping to
develop openEQUELLA?

15. Community Contacts
» Apereo openEQUELLA website:
○ https://www.apereo.org/projects/open-equella
» Apereo Google Groups:
○ equella-dev: equella-dev+subscriber@apereo.org
○ equella-users: equella-users+subscriber@apereo.org
» Apereo # openEQUELLA Slack Channel:
○ apereo.slack.com
» GitHub issues: https://github.com/equella/Equella
» Twitter: https://twitter.com/EQUELLA

16. Questions? Answers.
Chris Beach
cbeach@unicon.net