Dear Mike & Malcolm,
This sounds really encouraging ... Bristol would be really happy (even enthusiastic) to get involved with scoping and using testing during all iterations.
Thanks :-)
Andy
--On 23 July 2007 10:50 +0100 Mike Kelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Malcolm,
>
> I'll just check that it would fit OK with the license we've drawn up, but I'm sure that would be fine.
> I wish I had more time to spend on this at the moment, but I'd be interested anyway to see how people take it forward, if it proves to be suitable for janet-izing.
>
> Mike
>
>
> MURRAY M.R. wrote:
>> Mike, Andy et al.
>>
>> This is something that could be developed by the Open Source group
>> OSCELOT
>> http://www.oscelot.org
>>
>> If Mike is prepared to donate his code, I wouldn't mind starting a
>> project here that other people could get involved in. This would allow
>> people to decalre an interest, join as a developer and be able to update
>> the code, or join as an interested party and offer advice on the user
>> interface, functionality, etc.
>>
>> Anyone could then download the final building block from OSCELOT when it
>> is finished.
>>
>> Feel free to contact me for more details.
>>
>> Mike, the site supports sunversion, so you might be able to port your
>> whole project there using it!
>>
>> Malcolm.
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Dr Malcolm Murray
>>
>> Learning Technologies Team Leader
>> IT Service
>> Durham University
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of AJ Ramsden,
>> Learning and Research Technology
>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:34 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: integration of JANET SMS service
>>
>> Dear Mike,
>>
>> Thanks for the offer of sharing the code and allowing another UK
>> institutions to develop it for the Janet SMS.
>>
>> I suppose my question to the wider community is, are there any UK
>> Institutions that would be interested in doing this? Unfortunately, it
>> looks like Uni of Bristol will not be able to run with this development
>> in the short term - no spare resource. Alternatively, is there someone
>> on the Building Blocks UK list that wants to cut their teeth on such a
>> development?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Andy
>>
>>
>> --On 10 July 2007 17:40 +0100 Mike Kelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andy,
>>> It would require changes to the code. It's on my list to look at
>> adapting the Messaging Service building block to work with Janet, but
>> I'm afraid it's quite far down the list at the moment. I'm not sure how
>> big a job it would be - it seems like Janet is using SOAP, so it's
>> probably more than just a quick tweak.
>>> In the meantime, if anyone else would find my source code useful for
>> getting a Janet SMS building block up and running, just get in touch and
>> I'll send you a copy.
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> AJ Ramsden, Learning and Research Technology wrote:
>>>> Dear Mike,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for this ... you are a star :-) I haven't arranged to get in
>>>> installed yet (the tech team wouldn't be happy, something about heads
>>
>>>> down for today's upgrade), but reading between the lines you think a
>>>> little "tweaking" will allow us to use this with the janet SMS system
>>
>>>> (which I assume isn't provided by csoft) - where we point to the
>>>> janet sms provider? Can this be done through the building block
>>>> interface or will I need to get someone to tweak the code?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --On 10 July 2007 16:00 +0100 Mike Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Just to let you know, the documentation at that link is slightly out
>>
>>>>> of date. I have posted a new version of our Messaging Service
>>>>> building block to our download page, which creates SMS accounts on a
>>
>>>>> per-course basis in Blackboard. The old version worked on an account
>> per-user basis.
>>>>> In the new version, it is also possible to create and administer SMS
>>
>>>>> accounts completely from within the Blackboard interface. In the
>>>>> previous version new accounts had to be set up manually on the SMS
>>>>> provider's website. This is now done remotely from Blackboard.
>>>>> There is some brief documentation in the zip file available for
>>>>> download here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.arts.ac.uk/itrdu/bb_user_guides/bb_downloads.php
>>>>>
>>>>> I will try to update the web-based user guide when I have some time.
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gannon, Jake wrote:
>>>>>> Duncan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for sending that, I was going to ask if you had seen the
>> post.
>>>>>> Thanks, Jake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Jake Gannon
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Computing Services
>>>>>> The University of Liverpool
>>>>>> External: 0151 794 4458
>>>>>> Internal: 44458
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Appelbe,
>>>>>> Duncan
>>>>>> Sent: 10 July 2007 14:56
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: integration of JANET SMS service
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The University of the Arts London has done this:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.arts.ac.uk/itrdu/bb_user_guides/bb_messaging_users.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope that this helps!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Duncan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Dr. Duncan Appelbe,
>>>>>> Java Developer, Computing Services Department, University of
>>>>>> Liverpool.
>>>>>> E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Tel : +44 (0) 151 794 4471
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ralph
>>>>>> Holland
>>>>>> Sent: 10 July 2007 14:53
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: integration of JANET SMS service
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would also be interested in hearing from anyone we has started to
>>
>>>>>> look at integrating the SMS service in to Blackboard. I can see a
>>>>>> number of applications for this from a teaching and learning point
>>>>>> of view as well as a corporate view.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards Ralph
>>>>>>
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>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike Kelly
>>>>> Multimedia Developer
>>>>> IT Research and Development Unit
>>>>> University of the Arts London
>>>>> 020 7514 6206
>>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Kelly
>>> Multimedia Developer
>>> IT Research and Development Unit
>>> University of the Arts London
>>> 020 7514 6206
>>
>>
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Kelly
> Multimedia Developer
> IT Research and Development Unit
> University of the Arts London
> 020 7514 6206
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