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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:19:04 +0100
From: Ross Gardler <rgardler@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accept donation of IMSManifest plugin
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Dave Brondsema wrote:
> David Crossley wrote:
> 
>> Ross Gardler wrote:
>>
>>> Dave Brondsema wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ross Gardler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> As I have mentioned numerous times before, I have a plugin that 
>>>>> replaces  site.xml and tabs.xml with an IMSManifest file. This is a 
>>>>> standard format file for Learning Objects, but is also very useful 
>>>>> for more general content objects.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My only concern is that it would end up unmaintained.  I am not 
>>>> familiar with IMSManifests or Learning Objects, and it seems that it 
>>>> is not a very common tool (yet).  I don't know of anybody here 
>>>> besides you, Ross, that could support it.
>>>
>>>
>>> It may not be a common tool in your environment, but trust me it is a 
>>> *very* common tool in the world of Learning Objects (or Content 
>>> Packages as many prefer to call them since any kind of training 
>>> material such as documentation can be stored within them). Take a 
>>> look at any commercial Virtual Learning Environment and it will 
>>> support the IMS standards, of course the Open Source ones support it 
>>> to0 (see http://www.atutor.ca, http://www.webct.com. 
>>> http://www.blackboard.com for three of the most commonly found 
>>> products).
>>>
> 
> Okay :-)  We use BlackBoard here at Calvin College.  It isn't the 
> greatest software, but I'll have to look in to this Learning Object 
> stuff some more.

Yes, blackboard and all the other LCMS are rubbish (in my opinion) with 
respect to creating content. That's why we started the Burrokeet 
project. It is a tool for creating content that can be delivered through 
these apps (we use Forrest to generate the static pages). During the 
build I realised parts could be extracted and would be useful here.

Ross