Teaching content and quizzes

We're not yet committed to a particular MOOC platform provider, though we've spoken to OpenLearning and Canvas.net. We're also contemplating running the course in the open, on this site, using a static apps approach to bring the activity here, rather than inside a MOOC platform.

We'd like some features that many MOOC providers do not have (or have not had until recently):

• LTI so we can integrate the critiques
• Support for groups
• A closely integrated social stream, so that content recommended by the groups during the project is properly part of the course, not just an add-on.
• (Preferably) live interaction community on that page. Chat to your class and your group, not just "users you've followed".
• (Preferably) presence and status indicators for groups.
• (Preferably) CORS and embedding support, so the course can live out here in the open.

"In case of fire", we've been writing a very small platform of our own, which is open source at github.com/impressory/impressory.

Project

The project uses a number of cloud systems

Version control and ticket management

On campus, we've used both GitHub (2012, 2013) and Atlassian (2011).

Continuous Integration

On campus, we used Jenkins. Online, we're looking at Travis CI and Snap CI, and open to other suggestions.

Static analysis

On campus, we used Sonar. Online, we're looking for alternatives.

Continuous deployment

We're looking at alternatives for this. Eg, Heroku, or a solution using Docker.