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Dear Fred, Glad you found us. Your response is confirmation that it was a good idea to post to the oer-discuss list since I was a bit concerned that I may be spamming the group. The installation requirements that you have listed in your message are for OERca http://open.umich.edu/wiki/OERca which is our home grown content analysis tool that is used internally and by several other institutions to prepare content and ensure that we aren't infringing copyright on the content we publish as OER. Document decomposition is the term we use to describe the extraction of embedded content from Word, Powerpoint, or PDF files that are uploaded to OERca. We can extract content from single files and from zip archives that contain such files. OERbit http://open.umich.edu/wiki/OERbit is the newly released publishing platform that we use for all the OER and related materials that we make available at http://open.umich.edu. It's the software that runs the site. It does include Drupal 6.20 and so you need not install Drupal separately. If you'd like to just kick the tires and see how it works, you can download the demo packages that I have mentioned below. These packages are completely self contained and you need not install any other software. They include Apache, MySQL and PHP in addition to the base Drupal install and all the modules we have used. Hope this answers your questions and if you have any further questions, please consider joining the Google Groups for whichever tool you are interested in exploring. The group for OERca is at http://groups.google.com/group/oerca The OERbit group is at http://groups.google.com/group/oerbit by your joining the group, we benefit from the archiving functionality provided by Google Groups and we automatically get a searchable history of the discussions about each project. Best, Ali Asad On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Fred Riley wrote: > Thanks for this - I'd not known of open.michigan before, or OERbit (a name not dissimilar to the recent OeRBital project in Biosciences in the UK). I see that the installation reqs (https://open.umich.edu/wiki/OERca_install ) are pretty stiff - what's "Document decomposition"? Does the installation package include a customised instance of Drupal? > > It's one to look at in detail, I think. > > Cheers > > Fred > > ---- > This email represents my own personal views and is not at all reflective of policy or opinions at my institution. So there. > ---- > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >> Behalf Of Ali Asad Lotia >> Sent: 06 April 2011 18:25 >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: new OERbit screenshots and simplified installers for trying >> OERbit >> >> Hello All, >> >> My colleagues at the University of Michigan have just published some >> screenshots of OERbit, Open.Michigan's recently released Drupal based >> publishing system. They have also built installer packages for trying >> OERbit on your Windows or MacOS machine. >> >> The Windows package is available at >> https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Install/windows/laptop >> The Mac package is available at >> https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Install/mac/laptop >> >> Please note that these packages are strictly for kicking the tires and >> should not be used to run OERbit in production. >> >> Thanks to the people at the OER Hack Day in Manchester for providing >> the feedback that led us to build these packages. >> >> Best, >> Ali Asad > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment > may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system: > you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the > University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. > !DSPAM:4d9da682178882401011739! > > >