KARUTA Open Source PortfolioState of the Project

Jacques Raynauld, HEC Montréal Janice Smith, Three Canoes LLC Olivier Gerbé, HEC Montréal Shoji Kajita, Kyoto UniversityKumiko Kondo, Kyoto University Eric Giraudin, IUT2 Grenoble

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• A next generation open source ePortfolio• Created in the spirit of the Open

Source Portfolio (OSP) tools• Dramatic flexibility in designing

portfolios for learning, assessment, reporting, and showcasing• LTI integration with an LMS• Migration path from OSP• Available for piloting and production

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Karuta Open Source Portfolio

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• Highly customizable – no coding required• IMS LTI-1 and LTI-2 enabled• Multilingual• Responsive Design (for use on

mobile devices)• OSP import (proof of concept)• Dashboard for assessment and

reporting• jQuery/javascript/front end (Twitter

Bootstrap)• Java/mySQL-Oracle back end6/1/15

Key Features of Karuta

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Student Level• Documentation and

reflection on learning• Self assessment of

learning• Resumes• Showcasing learning

for designing and integrating all portfolio types.

Karuta Offers Unique Capabilities

Instructor Level• Assessment of learning• Rating dashboards• Teaching portfolios

Institutional Level• Assessment of learning• Accreditation reports

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Karuta Roadmap

• Karuta 1.2 projected for October 2015• Continue the IUT-2 Grenoble and Kyoto deployment• Begin new pilots in the Canada and the USA• OSP export / Karuta import with a current implementation• Sharing portfolios via public URLs• Request feedback or evaluation via email notification• Completing the Apereo Incubation process• Building a Karuta community within the Apereo Portfolio community

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KARUTA in 5 Slides : #1 StructureRoot

Unit

Unit

UnitStructure

UnitStructure

Root

Structure

Unit

UnitStructure

Context

Resource

ResourceContext

ResourceContext

ResourceContext

Structure

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Copy

• Menu

Proxy - link

• Proxy

Read value

• Get_Ressource

Karuta in 5 Slides : #2 Operations on the Trees

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Semantic tags

• Organize, retrieve

Actions/role

• Read• Edit• Delete• Comment• Submit• Show• Information

Display

• CSS• Free

positionning• inline

Karuta in 5 Slides : #3 Properties of Nodes/Leaves

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Karuta in 5 Slides : #4 Architecture

Application (javascript jQuery html css)

Karuta-core (javascript jQuery html css)

Karuta-Backend (java)

File Server (java)MySQL Oracle

Browser

Server

Rest API Web Services

Internet

Ajax

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KARUTA Designer

Prototype - Pilot

KARUTA Production - Instanciation

Karuta in 5 Slides : #5 Prototyping

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Karuta Use Case: School of Education (Montréal)

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Karuta Use Case: School of Education (Montréal)

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HEC Montréal – Master’s in Electronic Commerce

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HEC Montréal – Master’s in Electronic Commerce

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AAC&U Rubrics (Parts)

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Migration of Data from OSP to Karuta

Objectives:• Construct Karuta resources that act like OSP matrices and forms• Export OSP content and import it to Karuta for re-use

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OSP Content for Migration to Karuta

Attachments to matrix cells and to forms:• Copied from Sakai Resources• Uploaded directly from user desktop

Content of form fields

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Karuta Incubation Criteria

• 4.1 Legal• 4.1.1 Outbound Licensing• 4.1.2 Third Party Licensing• 4.1.3 Contributor Agreements• 4.1.4 Trademarking

• 4.2 Community• A. Involvement• B. Organization• C. Operation

• 4.3 Governance• 4.4 Voting• 4.5 Conflict Resolution• 4.6 Release Plans• 4.7 Current Release• 4.8 Alignment and Synergy• 4.9 Infrastructure

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Legal

4.1 Legal• 4.1.1 Outbound Licensing – Complete and approved• 4.1.2 Third Party Licensing – Complete and approved• 4.1.3 Contributor Agreements – All complete except one CCLA and one ICLA• 4.1.4 Trademarking - Process initiated for USA, awaiting completion of Karuta

website

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Community

4.2 Community• A. Involvement

• Four institutions and one commercial partner involved in project• Seeking additional partners and contributors as well as users, especially in the USA• Presentations and BoFs at three Open Apereo Conferences• Webinars for Apereo and Sakai T&L Community as well as several potential adopters• OSP users may or may not be intending to adopt Karuta

• B. Organization• More to be done post conference• Sakai Portfolio Community is not the same as the Karuta Portfolio Community

• C. Operation• More to be done once a community has been (re)formed

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Governance, Voting, Conflict Resolution

4.3 Governance• Governance document approved

4.4 Voting• Currently by consensus

4.5 Conflict Resolution• Conflict resolution document approved

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Release Plans and Current Release

4.6 Release Plans• Releases managed through GItHub projects (front end, back end, file server)• Announcements distributed to community

4.7 Current Release• Karuta 1.1 released in May 2015• More documentation needed

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Alignment and Synergy

4.8 Alignment and Synergy• Collaboration in process with• LTI-1 and LTI-2 development• Apereo OAE• Learning Analytics• ELGG (social networking)

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Infrastructure

4.9 Infrastructurea. Software versioning and revision system – Using GitHub b. Issue tracking system – Plan to use GitHubc. Publicity regarding mailing lists or other clear communications

channels – Lists in place but unusedd. Future plans, directions and objectives articulated and accessible –

Much more work requirede. Project website is current with instructions for installation and

configuration – Website in progress, minimal instructions on GitHub

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Current Challenge #1: Transparency

Issues:• The current, publically available information on Karuta does not list the

backlog of feature requests, their priority and timeline, or the approach for addressing them. • Release management and QA process are not currently transparent.

Recommendation:• Use GitHub to track issues and feature requests as well as for release

management• Use website to openly discuss release plans, QA, and performance testing.

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Current Challenge #2: Mission/Definition

Issues:• What problem is Karuta solving?• What new approach or philosophy is core to the design of Karuta?• What are its strengths and limitations?• Who should be interested in Karuta and why?

Recommendations:• Develop and distribute comprehensive information about the benefits of

Karuta for specific audiences.• Provide regular updates via websites and blogs.

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Current Challenge #3: Authentic Use Cases

Issues:• Karuta is so flexible that it does not suggest any particular purpose.• Karuta is targeted at instructional designers but they are not institutional

decision makers.

Recommendations:• Identify ideal portfolio use cases and configure Karuta to meet those needs.• Create public facing collateral that allows decision makers to identify Karuta

as a capable product for their use. • Document why Karuta is better than other tools for these use cases and

identify issues that prevent it from being better.

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Karuta Corporate Contributors• Polytechnique Montréal• ePortfolium• IUT-2 Grenoble• Information Management and Communication, Kyoto University• Global Survivability Studies, Kyoto University• Three Canoes LLC

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• Olivier Gerbé -- HEC Montréal• Jacques Raynauld -- HEC Montréal• Claude Coulombe -- HEC Montréal

• Nicole Teta Nokam -- Polytechnique Montréal• Nobry Ouk -- Polytechnique Montréal• Thi Lan Anh Dinh -- Polytechnique Montréal• Ricardo Camarero -- Polytechnique Montréal

• Mathieu Cournoyer -- Bureau principal, HEC Montreal

• Bruno Cloutier -- Bureau principal, HEC Montreal

• Marc Vassoille -- IUT-2 Grenoble• Laurent Astier -- IUT-2 Grenoble• Eric Giraudin -- IUT-2 Grenoble• Vincent Miet -- IUT-2 Grenoble

• Chris Maurer -- Three Canoes LLC• Sean Keesler -- Three Canoes LLC• Janice Smith -- Three Canoes LLC

• Shoji Kajita -- Kyoto University• Koichiro Tonomura -- Kyoto University• Shuichi Kawai -- Kyoto University• Kaoru Takara -- Kyoto University

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Karuta Individual Contributors

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For More Information:

• Merci pour votre attention!Learn about us:• karutaproject.org• apereo.org/content/karuta

Try Karuta:• eportfolium.com/karuta

Follow us:

KARUTA ePortfolio

KarutaOSP

Download Karuta:• github.com/karutaproject

Contact us:• jacques.raynauld@hec.ca• janice.smith@threecanoes.com

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