Yale Customizations for Sakai 2.1.2

Code customizations

New customizations:

  • Banner update
  • Drop box: highlight recently modified
  • Library course reserves tool

Existing customizations to migrate from 2.0:

Tool Description Status
Email tool Sakai tool currently under contrib added
Jive tool currently a .war file provided by Michael Appleby added
Mailtool script Insert script that runs twice daily to insert the mailtool into newly created Project and Course sites.  
membership Remove unjoin option for shopper_ws  
Postem  
Photoroster tool Insert script that runs twice daily to insert the PhotoRoster into newly created Course sites. added
Portal sort by term, truncate long titles,hide tool by role [ using SAK-4120 instead of current solution ]  
Syllabus test compatibility with existing data  
Site Info (or Roster) show email, class, and major; printable roster  
Site setup search by term on worksite setup  

Templates and Roles

Both !site.template.course and !site.template.project must be created.

!site.template.course Auditor, grader, instructor, librarian, maintain, shopper, shopper_ws, student, tf, view_only
!site.template.project Access, dgs, maintain

For the !gateway site, customize the items on the login page and left hand menu.

Visual Changes

SKIN: Customization of look and feel. skins mainly consist of 3 files:

tool_base.css used by both skin options (left / top nav)
portal.css 2 of these files - one for the top and left nav
tool.css 2 of these files - one for the top and left nav

Also creation and implementation of a few graphics such as the new banner
etc.

HELP:

  • reformatting of each individual .html page
  • edit css style sheet to match overall look and feel
  • add new ŒTip Sheet¹ page that has links to PDF files customization

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