diy suggestion box glen parker system administrator university of south florida
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DIY Suggestion Box
Glen ParkerSystem Administrator
University of South Florida
•Demo
•Dissection
•Discussion
10000ft
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 [email protected]
Slides & Noteshttp://presentation.glenparker.net
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