DOULS Jason Platts CETIS Widget Bash 23 rd March 2011
Project update March 2011 Completion of first phase of the project - ‘Visioning’ Now in the first development phase 2 Key areas for development: – Connecting the VLE to Google Apps – Creating Gadgets
VLE & Google Apps Google Apps Over 10,000 students Single-sign-on Personal usage e.g. provision Due to enter pilot for teaching usage: Issues with accessibility Issues adding staff/tutors on to system
VLE & Google Apps Export VLE data to Google Calendar Creates web calendar feed in Google calendar Link from main module website homepage Extra guidance Support for other data - tasks
VLE & Google Apps VLE Portfolio activity Enables ‘scaffolding’ of portfolio Enables ‘template’ documents to be added to portfolio Moodle ‘module’ with extendable architecture Save Portfolio content in Google Docs – also supports other formats
VLE & Google Apps VLE Portfolio activity Scaffold layout can be reused across activities Templates can be re-visited across a number of activities: - User responses are saved - Selective pages can be shown - Builds to produce final document Flexible – meets wide range of ePortfolio usage
VLE & Google Apps VLE Google Collaborative activity Facilitates sharing of documents with students Others can see a rendition of the document Supports group collaboration Issues: Needs to share to Google groups (maintained centrally), difficult to match Moodle groups to these
Gadgets Overview of gadget developments Plugin to enable secure connection of gadget to Moodle Web services JavaScript library to aid connection to plugin Google gadgets to be deployed to iGoogle Moodle code to support each gadget – creating web services
Gadgets Moodle Gadget plugin SNAPP (SocialNetworkApplicationPlugin) Plugin providing number of services: ‘Serve’ gadget XML from Moodle ‘Match’ gadget user to Moodle user Provide secure connection to Moodle web services from gadgets Manage OAuth certificates/keys
iGoogle Gadget containing text from Moodle JSON web service Inserted by Moodle Request sent to Moodle Moodle validates and checks user has authenticated Result from Moodle web service call
Gadgets Signed request from gadget Moodle validates Check container enabled OAuth Certificate Add user id Call web service Return result
Gadgets Gadget list Generated after a number of brainstorming sessions Gadgets will be promoted to students for use in iGoogle as part of personalisation of the VLE
Gadgets Gadget list 1.Study Planner (Sep)* 2.Collaborative tools alert (Sep)* 3.Module suggestion (Sep/Dec) 4.Assignment buddy (Dec) 5.Study buddy (Dec/Mar)* * Dependant on other developments
Gadgets Paper prototype