[Server-devel] Content management in the XS

[David Van Assche]

Hi David,
   Just out of curiosity, why do you think Moodle is not the answer?

Kind Regards,
David Van Assche

2008/7/6 David Leeming <leeming at pipolfastaem.gov.sb>:

>  Is there any CMS built into the XS, or is this up to us to install (i.e.
> Moodle or whatever)?
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> I have for some time been thinking of the Wikieducator as a tool to scale
> up local content development for the XO. It has an IMS export facility and I
> have tested this; one can create "collections" (collected wiki content) and
> export them as PDF or IMS packages. The IMS packages can be extracted to the
> /var/www/html folder of the XS and the XOs view them just fine – although
> there is no cross linkage between html files. The collection I tried was
> 750KB as a PDF but only 62KB as an IMS package – so it is obviously much
> more efficient than using PDF files.
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> With OLPC Oceania we are toying with the idea of using the Wikieducator as
> a core tool to build community and resulting capacity/sharing of skills, as
> a massively scalable  repository for Oceania content, that can be adapted,
> translated, pick and mixed, etc... and published for the XO with a few
> clicks of the mouse...
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> I am involved with both OLPC Oceania and the Learning4Content
> (Wikieducator) workshops of COL, and can see that by linking these
> programmes one can bring together a range of government, NGO and wider
> community around a common focus, to the advantage of all.
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> But some sort of CMS is needed on the XS. All the time one has to think of
> simplicity. Moodle etc might not be the answer.  I am sure that plenty of
> thought has gone in to that – some pointers to that would be appreciated.
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> *David Leeming*
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> *Technical Advisor, People First Network*
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> *Honiara, Solomon Islands, South Pacific*
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