Scott, I love that "raw steak" analogy...
-----Original Message----- From: Scott Pinkston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:22 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF-Moodle- Elearning Project I can speak to this as a person that built one from the ground-up in CF about four years ago for a college. We have been live on it exclusively since Fall 2002. From an institutional stand-point it has been great. Chat Room, Discussion Boards, gradebook, content manager, assignments, exams/quizzes (including importing testbanks - IMS/blackboard/webct), tracking, rosters, syllabus, course grades (mid-term & final) - SIS intergration, plus a bunch of local SIS stuff (billing/registration/transcripts/biographic updates). >From a maintenance standpoint, it has been a pain. Ego of I can build something to do all that aside - If I had it to do over today, I would use Sakai or Moodle and then build SIS integration into/for it. Too many good folks doing support on those projects for you to have to re-invent the wheel. All that said, I'll share the code that I can if you start your own. Some of it will depend on if your non-profit or not. The project as a whole is not open source but pieces of it can be. For the discussion boards - I'd suggest using Galleon - Ray Camden's Discussion Board. Visit RIAForge.com or his blog for Ray's stuff. Suggestions: On the flex, what is the connection speeds of your users? For me (flame-sheild enabled), I had problems with flash-based features for students on dial-up - about 60% of them were. On the decision, how many developers on staff? If it is just you, I'd seriously suggest using one of the open-source apps. Ego aside, it might be better for the institution. If you make your own, use one of the frameworks. Finding someone to quickly step in and help support it may be easier. Treat it like you are a contractor and try to get specifications from the faculty/institution. It has (and would have) helped me out a lot saying the faculty council/senate/institution approved this feature and its functions on X day. Get a trusted faculty member or two on-board. I have a raw-steak theory about bug/issue reporting. Most folks in a restaurant that get a undercooked steak won't say a word about it. They just make up their mind about the service and that is it. Yes - software testing will help but I'm talking more about behaviors (why do I click this to do that) than bugs. >Update, I am also looking at Flex. Any comments would be appreciated. > >Aldon > >-----Original Message----- >From: Aldon Moore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 6:15 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: CF-Moodle- Elearning Project > >CF-Gurus, > >I have to opportunity to design an eLearning application and I am >considering weather to build using CF from the ground up! > >Question: Is any one open to work on a project of the nature? > >I have looked at moodle (moodle.org) as an alternate solution since I >am still in search of developers to undertake this development. > >I am hoping to get some suggestions on CF eLearning products that >conform to eLearning standards like SCORM or any other for that matter. > > >Aldon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259005 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
