Hi all, Please have a look at this when you get a chance. It could be considered for later versions of edubuntu if it has merit.
(I have the login names and passwords required as relevant, but was asked not to post them publicly, mail me if you would like them.) regards JaneW -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Derek Keats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Edubuntu Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:32:13 +0200 KEWL.NextGen is developed in PHP using MySQL and Apache web server. It follows a MVC architecture (as MVC is usually conceived for web applications). It is all object- oriented PHP, and a completely modular design. Because it is modular, and modules can be uninstalled or installed in a web interface, you can use it to build a system that is as simple or complex as you want. It is also skinnable and fully multilingualized. We do have some funding for translations, and will be doing French and Portuguese translations as soon as we are done with the 1.2 release. See http://avoir.uwc.ac.za/ where the links for download are available. To install, make sure you have a mysql database user that has rights to create database, make sure that the PEAR library is installed, and run http://localhost/path/to/nextgen/install/ Its a modular system so after install it will take you to the module installer where you can select the modules to add to it. It should set up easily as long as PEAR is correctly installed. For some functionality, PHP needs to use CURL and GD. Otherwise, it should be pretty easy to setup. Documentation also on the avoir site or via CVSweb http://cvs.uwc.ac.za/ You can also try a live demo at http://kngforge.uwc.ac.za/kng_unstable DO NOT tick Network login, that is a connection to an LDAP database of all UWC staff and students. This site is using the code that will be in the 1.1 release that we will be doing as soon as the last round of user testing is complete (this month). We have been doing intensive usability and end user testing for the last 3 weeks. So .... it is NOT a Windows application :-) Obviously, we need to improve our marketing materials. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help, or any other questions. Regards Derek >>> Jane Weideman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7/11/2005 1:36:40 PM >>> Hi Derek, I saw the Kewl.NextGen demo at WCCE. I asked our technical lead, Oliver to look into it. He picked up that "KEWL is an advanced learning management system that was developed in ASP and runs on Microsoft servers with MS-SQL server as the database . Although running on the proprietary Microsoft platforms, the code is open source and freely available for download" "ogra JaneW, they started porting it to php in april... ogra i doubt it will be ready for us in time..." Can you comment on this? regards JaneW On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 12:47 +0200, Hilton Theunissen wrote: > Hi Derek meet Jane Weideman ( Canonical Project Manager - Edubuntu Lead). > > Trust you are well. Moodle was decision taken by the group that > attended the summit and Mark was part of the the group. I think you > should chat to Jane about Kewl.NextGen, she is situated at 12Plein. > Infact we could do it all-in-one when we meet? > > Regards > > > Hilton Theunissen > Open Source Project Manager > Tel: +27 21 970 1212 > Fax:+27 21 970 1213 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux userid:318170 > Url: http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org > Shuttleworth tuXlab Program : http://www.tuxlab.org.za > Schools Linux User Group: http://www.slug.org.za > > > > Derek Keats wrote: > > Hi Hilton, > > > > Joris told me that Mark had decided on Moodle to distribute with > > Edubuntu. Is there any possibility, do you think, to change his mind to > > use KEWL.NextGen. While Moodle is good, KEWL.NextGen is way ahead of it > > in just about any area that you can measure, except size of community, > > but that is going to change rapidly over the next 3 months. Given 10 > > minutes, I am pretty sure I could explain the logic of why KEWL.NextGen > > is a better solution. Do you think tis possible or have suggestions for > > how? > > > > Regards > > Derek -- JaneW _____________ Jane Weideman mobile: +27 83 779 7800 Canonical Ltd. -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
