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openEQUELLA Q4 2018 Quarterly Briefing
- 1. Open Source Support openEQUELLABriefing - 1/10/2019
- 2. Agenda » Community News »Sustaining Engineering » Release 2018.2 » Community Spotlight » Upcoming Events » Open Forum / Q&A
- 3. Presenters » Unicon openEQUELLA TechLead » Software Developer @ Unicon » cbeach@unicon.net Chris Beach » Information Analytics Manager » Equella Administrator » Mary.Glynn@quinnipiac.edu Mary Glynn
- 4. Community News Meetings » openEQUELLACommunity Developer meeting ○ Discussed key features of 2019.1 - master list in github ■ Security Manager from Admin Console to Web UI ■ Search from Admin Console to Web UI ■ Selection Session from Admin Console to Web UI ■ Blackboard LTI / REST integration ○ Frequency of meetings → monthly » openEQUELLA Advisory Board meeting
- 5. Community News Highlights » Communityrepo provisioned ○ Global community repository ■ Content is Public Domain ○ Share ideas and best practices with fellow adopters ○ https://community.edalexcloud.com/ » Release of 2018.2 ○ New release naming ( YYYY.N ) ■ 6.5 → 6.6 → 2018.2 → 2019.1 ○ Release guide ○ Demo installer / upgrade on github releases
- 6. Sustaining Engineering inQ4 2018 Completed Efforts » Solidify Docker work » Open source an example of modernizing the 6.5 theme » Documentation » Path forward on Blackboard integration ○ Sunset Building Block / Web Service ○ Build out straight LTI / REST abilities ○ Well positioned to implement LTI / REST Pull-to-LMS and Push-to-LMS in 2019.1
- 7. Release of 2018.2 openEQUELLA2018.2 Released! » Summary and Attachment View Counts » Streamlined openEQUELLA Resource Attachments » New UI Theme Editor ( plus Logo Editor) » Scripting API Enhancements » Course Selector » Log HTTP Referrers » Docker » * Note - search facets were removed in 2018.2, hopefully will return in 2019.1 Full guide and image locations: 2018.2 Features Guide
- 8. Release of 2018.2 SummaryView Counts
- 9. Release of 2018.2 StreamlineopenEQUELLA Resource Attachments
- 10. Release of 2018.2 Theme& Logo Editor
- 11. Release of 2018.2 ScriptingAPI Enhancements » Enhanced traversal with XMLScriptType ○ XmlScriptType getParent() ○ List getChildren() ○ String getName() » Enhanced navigation of the ControlScriptObject ○ ControlScriptObject getParent() ○ int getIndex(ControlScriptObject child) » Build your own Scripting Javadoc! ○ sbt writeScriptingJavadoc
- 12. Release of 2018.2 CourseSelector » Course Selector widget is now searchable and scrollable » Example use: Activating item attachments Log HTTP Referrers » meta column in audit_log_entry now tracks HTTP referrer » Especially useful for LMS integrations Docker » Build Production-worthy installers / upgraders » Runtime environment ***
- 13. Looking Ahead toQ1 2019 » Rebuild Blackboard integration (LTI / REST) » Open Source EQUELLA Sync » Priority backlog - OSS clients help drive this - let us know! » Continue to sunset Admin Console ○ REST API build out ○ Google Material Design UI
- 14. Community Spotlight Mary Glynn FacultyActivities @ Quinnipiac
- 15. Agenda • Introduce “OurTeam” • Discuss Equella Use Case • Review Equella Collections • Review Process and Roles in Defining the Collections • Next Steps
- 16. Where is yourInstitutional data stored? More specifically, faculty data. • Demographics • Degrees • Course Information • Academic and Professional Experience • Professional Designation • Areas of Expertise and Social Media • Biography and CV • Intellectual Contributions • Professional Development • Service • Grants, Awards, Honors
- 17. Collect Once, ReuseOften • Accreditation • Faculty Review • Profile on Web • Faculty Development Work Plan • Faculty Collaboration
- 18. Collect Faculty Datain Equella Demographics Academic and Professional Experience Professional Designation Areas of Expertise Social Media Biography & CV Annual Activities Intellectual Contributions (Publications) Professional Development Grants, Awards, Honors Service
- 19. Faculty Demographics • Existingdata in ERP system • Name • Title • Department • Degrees • Courses Taught • Collect • Academic and Professional Experience • Professional Designations • Areas of Expertise • Social Media • Biography and CV
- 20. Faculty Activities • Collectannually • Intellectual Contributions (Publications) • Professional Development • Grants, Awards, Honors • Service
- 21. Resource Summary Display Freemarker andHTML Multiple Years List utils.searchAdvanced (Search for username) <#list searchresults.getResults() as resultItem> (List results) Tabs CSS and HTML
- 22. Collection Definition • Schoolof Business was the first to adopt and their goal was to eliminate paper binders and generate accreditation reports. • Collaborated with Dean and Associate Dean • Defined fields, repeaters, dropdowns, conditional fields • Customized display data in Equella to view in a more condensed format • Defined and created reports for Administrators and Faculty • Accreditation reports • Faculty CV type reports • Faculty Review Reports • Initial data entry was by students and it was reviewed and updated by administrators This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND
- 23. Roles and Support •Dean, Administrative Support and Faculty • Dean handles faculty communications and provides direction • Administrative staff support faculty and backfill data • Faculty enter data going forward on an annual basis • Equella Administrators and Academic Technology Support • Work closely with Deans, Administrative support and Faculty • Provide documentation and faculty support
- 24. Collect Once, ReuseOften • Generate Reports • Accreditation Summary Reports • Faculty Review Report for multiple years • Faculty Development Work Plan • Excel exports • Move data • Faculty Profile to Public Website • Collaborate • Search and share data
- 25. Next Steps • Rollout collections to additional schools • Streamline Equella data collection • Automate data exports • Improve on sharing data and collaboration
- 26. Upcoming Events » UniconOSS Briefing Q1 2019 ○ Web call - April 11 » Open Apereo 2019 ○ Los Angeles, CA - June 2-6 » EDUCAUSE 2019 ○ Chicago, IL - October 14-17
- 27. Community Contacts » ApereoopenEQUELLA 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 » Community Artifacts: https://community.edalexcloud.com/
- 28. Questions? Answers. Chris Beach cbeach@unicon.net MaryGlynn Mary.Glynn@quinnipiac.edu