How many people are interested in contributing to this project? We will need:
1. *Expert users* who have the knowledge and experience of using an LMS and know the *needs* that future users will have. They will help initially *defining the functions and elements* of the project and helping the developers to fully understand them. At a later stage they can help with *testing *tasks. 2. *Programmers/Analysts* to build the project. 3. *Designers*: The project should look good! How many people on each role? Jose 2010/11/11 mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > I can contribute code (have a lot) but we need a project manager to > call an IRC kick off meeting and coordinate future work. > > Massimo > > On Nov 10, 10:34 pm, rāma <ranjeev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Interesting thread glad I found it by searching the group because this > > is what I am doing currently. However, the LMS is designed to be a > > prototype trial though. I will be testing the beta LMS with a bunch of > > students next week. I will be interested to help too in this project. > > > > On Nov 8, 2:45 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > At my school we have two systems: > > > > > 1) peoplesoft (PS) which we use to manage accounting and class > > > enrollments > > > 2) the learning management system (LMS) > > > > > The LMS gets enrollments from PS. > > > > > This is because enrollments must be tied to accounting. There are > > > rules on how students are billed, drop dates with full refunds, drop > > > dates with partial refund, etc. > > > > > Cloudcourse seems to do well that part that we now handle with PS but > > > it is not an LMS and it not integrated with any accounting software. > > > > > Enrollments must also have full revision history and I do not think > > > cloudcourse does that. If a student changes its status, it must be > > > possible to see what was its status at any moment in time. > > > > > Massimo > > > > > On Nov 8, 12:18 am, noel <telln...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > what do you think about google cloudcourse? > > > > > > On Nov 5, 9:09 pm, Tom Atkins <minkto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I can volunteer time and input for the LMS idea. I'm not > experienced enough > > > > > with Python and web2py yet to contribute good code but can help > with > > > > > frontend UI, design, jQuery and documentation. > > > > > > > Assuming the project would have a Free license? > > > > > > > I'd be happy to register, host, set up and manage a dedicated site > for the > > > > > project. The site could reference a bitbucket Hg repository (issue > tracking > > > > > there), have a demo, download links (including plugins and themes), > a forum > > > > > for users and developers (I'd be happy to moderate), documentation > etc. > > > > > > > In daydreaming time I have spent many hours trying to come up with > a name > > > > > for such a system. Because there is already 'desire2learn' in the > market > > > > > it's probably not good to use the '2' in the middle again like > web2py. I am > > > > > fully behind Massimo's focus on the user. As such the universally > accepted > > > > > term 'Learning Management System' (seehttp:// > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system) is very appropriate > > > > > - so how about calling it 'elemes'? get it?! > > > > > > > 'elemes.com' and 'elemes.org' are available. I'd be happy to buy > these and > > > > > provide hosting for a site for the project if people think this > might be a > > > > > good name? (You could change it later - but it'd get us started > with a place > > > > > to discuss requirements, design criteria and goals away from the > web2py > > > > > list.) > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > On 3 November 2010 22:35, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > wrote: > > > > > > > > We need to assemble a team. > > > > > -- Un saludo, José Ignacio Hurtado López
