Sakai is leading the field!

Here’s a note I just received from Chuck Severance. “The first Learning Management System (VLE) in the world to pass the soon-to-be-announced IMS Learning Tools Interoperability Content Item Message spec is Sakai 11. This means Sakai 11 has formal certification in … Continue reading

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Linking to External Tools from a VLE/LMS: IMS LTI, oAuth or Webauth (or any other web-based Single Sign-On)?

WebLearn (Sakai) offers a number of technologies for people wanting to interoperate with external tools and services. This post attempts to explain each option and then make a suggestion as to which one should use. Thanks to Matthew Buckett for … Continue reading

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Subscribing to WebLearn calendars using Outlook

As a WebLearn user, you may wish to make your WebLearn calendar visible in other calendaring applications such as Outlook, Thunderbird (with the Lightning add-on), Google or iCal (Mac). What is a calendar subscription? Subscribing to your WebLearn calendar means … Continue reading

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IMS Basic LTI Outline

Thanks to Matthew Buckett for this post. Updated 26th Oct 2012 – the username is now passed via ext_sakai_provider_displayid IMS Basic LTI Basic LTI allows external tools to be integrated into an existing application such as a VLE. These application … Continue reading

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IMS LTI video

The esteemed Chuck Severance (former Sakai CEO) has put together a video about IMS LTI. This is a technology that will appear in WebLearn next year and which allows departments or colleges to integrate their own tools into WebLearn. Information … Continue reading

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