AUC09 iTune U Integration

A custom nugget for iTunes U integration in Angel. Currently working in 7.3 with plans to have it soon in 7.4. Mostly a course list for courses that have published content in iTunes U. With a single click on the nugget, iTunes U opens with access to authenticated private course materials. Plenty of customizations available in terms of roles. A grassroots created nugget from SUNY/Brockport. Requires a little bit of extra management. Actually it requires quite a bit of extra management to set up. But with limited courses having content in iTune U, it seems to make it worthwhile.

I wonder how the nugget responds to course copy? It seems that the link was attached to the Course ID, so perhaps this would be additional set up each semester for each course. Not sure. Once we have iTune U up and running, this will certainly be something to look at.

Available here: http://www.itss.brockport.edu/~bpost

AUC09 Grooming the Beast

A bit more techy session - trying to mix it up a little.

Michael Buchanon from Michigan State University covered customizations of the Angel environment. From the simple to the complex. Of most use to us might be the custom nugget creation. Suggested workflow is to copy another similar nugget, alter the code/text as needed, create the INI file for the new nugget to control how and where it will show on the page, and finally add the nugget to the page layout. And I believe the custom nugget needs to be added to both/all servers.

They also have commented CSS for 7.4 theme creation @ http://www.msu.edu/~buchanon/AngelThemes.zip