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Demo Site Active

mike — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:34:37 +0000

I’ve put up a demo site for CascadeLMS – http://demo.cascadelms.org

If you are interested in an account, please email cascade.demo@cascadelms.org.

CascadeLMS 1.4 Now Available

mike — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:47:40 +0000

CascadeLMS 1.4 has been released.

This release includes a full user interface refresh, extended assessment capabilities (aimed at helping your get your program accredited), and several bug fixes.

CascadeLMS 1.3 complete

mike — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:50:20 +0000

The CascadeLMS 1.3 milestone is complete.

I still don’t have installation instructions…. but I’m working on it. Doing the first production install tomorrow night @ muohio.edu.

Migration to Background Job Complete

mike — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:31:12 +0000

One of the biggest work items for the 1.3 release is now complete. CascadeLMS now uses Background Job. This looks to be more stable than the backgroundRb framework previously in use.

I’ve also resolved another quick ticket (#15) that allows point values in rubrics to be decimal number, rather than integer only.

Tickets resolved:

Work Starting Up

mike — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:09:01 +0000

I’m getting back work work adding features and closing out bugs for CascadeLMS 1.3. I took a few weeks off and enjoyed the beautiful summer weather in Seattle.

I will be pushing commits to github and updating the blog when there are major developments.

AutoGrader on GitHub

mike — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:57:01 +0000

I’ve created a page (at http://www.cascadelms.org/autograder/) for my AutoGrader project. This source code has also moved from my personal SVN onto GitHub.

I haven’t updated this source code since I was last at Miami University (2007), but at that time the project worked great (for my purposes).

AutoGrader is described in my ITiCSE 2007 publication, “Interface-based programming assignments and automatic grading of java programs“

Some Coding Going On

mike — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:36:11 +0000

I’ve stared doing some coding for the 1.3 milestone.

The major feature being added is better installation instructions. So far I’ve fixed a few things up in the code. The next step will be to get CascadeLMS running with phushion passenger and providing easy to follow install instructions.

I’ve got a clean linux VM ready in Parallels, so that should be the next task.

Git Repository Online

mike — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:29:28 +0000

The Git repository is now online, via github. Everything can be accessed at http://github.com/mikehelmick/CascadeLMS/tree/master

I’ve also set up ticket tracking – you can file bug reports at http://cascadelms.lighthouseapp.com/projects/31831-cascadelms/tickets

As you can probably see, we have a new Web design, a new project name, AND a new logo:

CSCW, now CascadeLMS

mike — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:52:51 +0000

Computer Science CourseWare (CSCW – cscourseware.org) has been renamed CascadeLMS.

We have moved well beyond functionality specific enough for computer science classes, and now offer features to support entire departments and entire institutions.

More exciting news is coming soon – a new version control repository at github, new issue tracking…. and better installation instructions.

Please stay tuned!