Chirun Discussion

Chris Graham

<section class="section2"><h2>Intro</h2> <ul> <li>These is not really a presentation. Slides are just to keep me on track...</li> </ul> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>A demo of Chirun, building on the idea of a repository based approach described by Colin last week</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Caveat: Chirun is undergoing quite significant changes and will be different (better) in the coming months.</li> </ul> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>About Chirun</h2> <ul> <li>Brief, as most of you have heard me go on about it lots before!</li> </ul> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li> <p>Input: LaTeX or Markdown</p> </li> <li> <p>Output: responsive web based output + PDF </p> </li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Key feature is the External Tool - integration with Canvas</li> </ul> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Motivation</h2> <ul> <li>Motivation was<ul> <li>Initially: support AL</li> <li>Now: Meet accessibility requirements (+SSPs); do things better!</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Focus on accessibility and flexibility...</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Opportunities for enriching e.g. embedding Numbas questions, videos, iframes, animations...</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <p>(This is a Chirun-built presentation)</p> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Examples</h2> <ul> <li>SES2003 (stats!)</li> </ul> <div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Python notes (enriching)</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>Transition material (just because)</li> </ul> </div><div class="fragment"> <ul> <li>ASK website (theme independent from content)</li> </ul> </div><hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Canvas Integration</h2> <p>Two ways:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Standalone item: upload to external tool</p> </li> <li> <p>Pre-built item: build a whole course and link to it, or to a single page</p> </li> </ul> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Pre-built flow</h2> <ul> <li>Edit/build on local device</li> <li>Commit changes to Git</li> <li>Continous integration: builds and pushes material out</li> <li>Connect through the external tool</li> </ul> <hr/> </section><section class="section2"><h2>Q & A</h2> </section>