DIY Suggestion Box

Glen ParkerSystem Administrator

University of South Florida

•Demo

•Dissection

•Discussion

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Overview

•bb-manifest file

•entry points & permissions

•config file, data storage

•sending email

•bbUI:list

Overview (again)

•bb-manifest file

•entry points & permissions

•config file, data storage

•sending email

•bbUI:list

bb-manifest.xml <module-type ext-ref="suggestions" title="Suggestions for new Blackboard Features" uicreatable="false"><jsp-dir>module</jsp-dir><jsp><view>view.jsp</view> </jsp> </module-type>

bb-manifest.xml

<module type="suggestions" useraddable="false" isadmin="true" isdeletable="true" isdetachable="true" title="Suggestions for new Blackboard Features ">... </module>

bb-manifest.xml <application handle="suggestions" type="shared" ...> <link> <type value="tool"/> <type value="course_tool"/> <type value="system_tool"/> </link>

Blackboard_Building_Blocks_Developer_Guide_for_Release_8.pdf

bb-manifest.xml

“attribute” name=user.authinfo actions=get “attribute” name=user.personalinfo actions=get “socket” name=* actions=connect,resolve

Overview (again)

•bb-manifest file

•integration points & permissions

•config file, data storage

•sending email

•bbUI, bbNG

•bbUI:list

config files

usf-suggestions/ |---config/ |---custom.properties |---data/ |---webapps |---WEB-INF/ |---module/ |---........

config files

File dir = blackboard.platform.plugin.PlugInUtil. getConfigDirectory("usf","suggestions");dir = /usr/local/blackboard/.../plugins/usf-suggestions/config/

File cfg = new File(dir,"custom.properties");

data storage

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss"); Date mydate = new Date();String filename = sdf.format(mydate) + ".txt";example data file: 20090716170000.txt

Overview (again)

•bb-manifest file

•integration points & permissions

•config file, data storage

•sending email

•bbUI, bbNG

•bbUI:list

sending email

Session MimeMessa

ge InternetAddress

Properties

Transport.send();

Overview (again)

•bb-manifest file

•integration points & permissions

•config file, data storage

•sending email

•bbUI

•bbUI:list

bbUI / bbNG

public RequestRecord(String netid, String email, String fname, String lname, String phone, ..... String file) requestList.add(rec);

bbUI / bbNG

<bbUI:list collection="<%=requestList %>" objectId="ud"><bbUI:listElement label="Full Name" name="Full Name" comparator="<%= cmSortByLastName %>"><%=ud.getFullName() %> </bbUI:listElement>

QuestionsGlen Parkerglparker@usf.edu

Slides & Noteshttp://presentation.glenparker.net

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