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Created Release: 1.6 Beta (Oct 25, 2011)

RichardWillis — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:31:33 GMT

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.6 containing the following new functionality:

Better handling of not quite compliant SCORM content
Textual grading as well as numeric e.g. ABC type grades
Quick assignment types. Assignments not based on a document.
Email alerts

There are 2 downloads for this release
SLK-1.6-B1-2010.zip for SharePoint 2010 (Foundation & Server)
SLK-1.6-B1-2007.zip for SharePoint 2007 (WSS3 & MOSS 2007)

Released: 1.6 Beta (Oct 25, 2011)

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:31:33 GMT

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.6 containing the following new functionality:

Better handling of not quite compliant SCORM content
Textual grading as well as numeric e.g. ABC type grades
Quick assignment types. Assignments not based on a document.
Email alerts

There are 2 downloads for this release
SLK-1.6-B1-2010.zip for SharePoint 2010 (Foundation & Server)
SLK-1.6-B1-2007.zip for SharePoint 2007 (WSS3 & MOSS 2007)

Updated Release: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

RichardWillis — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:50:23 GMT

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.5 has the following new functionality:

*Support for SharePoint 2010
*E-Learning Actions can be localised
*Two New Document Library Edit Options
*Automatically add the Assignment List Web Part to the Web Part Gallery
*Various Bug Fixes for the Drop Box

There are 2 downloads for this release
SLK-1.5.2-2010.zip for SharePoint 2010
SLK-1.5.2-2007.zip for SharePoint 2007 (WSS3 & MOSS 2007)

1.5.1 added additional logging when there is a failure to extract an AD group's members.

1.5.2 Fixed the configuration link in Central Administration and some errors in enumerating domain groups.

Released: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:50:23 GMT

Updated Release: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

RichardWillis — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:48:10 GMT

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.5 has the following new functionality:

*Support for SharePoint 2010
*E-Learning Actions can be localised
*Two New Document Library Edit Options
*Automatically add the Assignment List Web Part to the Web Part Gallery
*Various Bug Fixes for the Drop Box

There are 2 downloads for this release
SLK-1.5.2-2010.zip for SharePoint 2010
SLK-1.5.2-2007.zip for SharePoint 2007 (WSS3 & MOSS 2007)

1.5.1 adds additional logging when there is a failure to extract an AD group's members.

1.5.2 Fixes the configuration link in Central Administration and some errors in enumerating domain groups.

Updated Release: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

RichardWillis — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:56:32 GMT

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.5 has the following new functionality:

*Support for SharePoint 2010
*E-Learning Actions can be localised
*Two New Document Library Edit Options
*Automatically add the Assignment List Web Part to the Web Part Gallery
*Various Bug Fixes for the Drop Box

There are 2 downloads for this release
SLK-1.5-2010.zip for SharePoint 2010
SLK-1.5-2007.zip for SharePoint 2007 (WSS3 & MOSS 2007)

1.5.1 adds additional logging when there is a failure to extract an AD group's members.

Released: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:56:32 GMT

SharePoint Learning Kit 1.5 has the following new functionality:

*Support for SharePoint 2010
*E-Learning Actions can be localised
*Two New Document Library Edit Options
*Automatically add the Assignment List Web Part to the Web Part Gallery
*Various Bug Fixes for the Drop Box

There are 2 downloads for this release
SLK-1.5-2010.zip for SharePoint 2010
SLK-1.5-2007.zip for SharePoint 2007 (WSS3 & MOSS 2007)

1.5.1 adds additional logging when there is a failure to extract an AD group's members.

Updated Release: Course Manager Source Code (Jul 03, 2008)

RichardWillis — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:41:48 GMT

This is the source code of Course Manager at the point at which it was deprecated.

The Course Manager for SharePoint has always been a complete mess. It was produced before I was project coordinator and was funded by Microsoft and produced by a third party software house to add course functionality to the SharePoint Learning Kit. Unfortunately it never reached production quality, in fact it was a long way off.

To make it production quality would probably involve rewriting almost all the code and it's likely it would be quicker to start from scratch. Of course if the UI and functionality were any good, then it would be worthwhile sorting the back end out. Unfortunately it's one of the most unintuitive UIs that I have come across and the functionality is sorely lacking. Andrew Woodward did a good review of it when it came out on his blog. Even Microsoft was disappointed with the result. And if you read that previous link none of those changes or documentation appeared.

There's also no commonality between the Course Manager code and the core SLK code. The developers have used their own framework which is completely different so no knowledge of SLK helps with maintaining the Course Manager code. Hence it would take a significant investment of time to get to grips with the code, let alone fix the myriad of bugs. I feel that it is in the best interest of the project to dedicate time to enhancing the core SharePoint Learning Kit rather than this add-on. I believe that while it remains within the project it is a hindrance as it clutters up the source tree and wastes people's time trying to get it working.

To this end I have now deprecated Course Manager. The source code has been removed from the source control tree, but is still available from http://slk.codeplex.com/releases/view/62991. I'm more than happy if someone want to take it and run with it and produce a good product. It would probably be better off as another project in CodePlex in that case, until it's of good enough quality to merge into SLK rather than being an add-on.

Released: Course Manager Source Code (Jul 03, 2008)

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:41:48 GMT

Updated Release: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

RichardWillis — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:52:43 GMT

Released: 1.5 (Feb 10, 2011)

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:52:43 GMT

Updated Release: 1.5 Beta (Aug 02, 2010)

RichardWillis — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:33:32 GMT

Released: 1.5 Beta (Aug 02, 2010)

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:33:32 GMT

Updated Release: 1.4 (Jan 11, 2010)

richardwillis — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:07:19 GMT

The long awaited 1.4 release of SharePoint Learning Kit which includes the drop box functionality. It includes the 1.3.1 Getting Started documentation.

The version of Course Manager will run with 1.4 and 1.3.1. Ensure that you read the pdf & txt documentation as the installation process is easily broken.

Released: 1.4 (Jan 11, 2010)

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:07:19 GMT

Updated Release: 1.5 (Aug 02, 2010)

richardwillis — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:22:23 GMT

Released: 1.5 (Aug 02, 2010)

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:22:23 GMT

Updated Release: 1.5 Beta (Aug 02, 2010)

RichardWillis — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:56:57 GMT

Released: 1.5 Beta (Aug 02, 2010)

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:56:57 GMT

Updated Release: 1.5 Beta (Aug 02, 2010)

RichardWillis — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:33:03 GMT