Tools and Components
This is the new Tools area for the Open for Learning site. It will contain links for open-source tools which can be used to help create online learning and collaboration portals.
Welcome to our new tools area! In the past year, KnowNet has made considerable progress in producing new tools for learning - open source products which can be used to help build your own portal for online learning, collaboration or community building.
We'll be keeping this area up-to-date with links to the main information areas for these tools, which usually will 'live' on other sites such as KnowNet, knotes or Sourceforge
Information about products and development plans
This area introduces the products KnowNet is working on, and our plans for future development
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Overview of development plans to Q2 2005
- This area gives an overall picture of KnowNet's plans for software development and product releases through the first half of 2005, and introduces our long term goals and the motivation behind our development activities
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knotes : discussion and web-logging for Plone
- knotes provides a comprehensive suite of new functionalities to Plone sites: a very fast and effective discussion system and a complementary web-log publishing system, both fully supporting the major weblogging standards: trackback, the MetaWeblog, Blogger and MovableType APIs and RSS. Release of a beta is due in January 2005.
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KNFastFolders / FastForums
- KNFastFolders / FastForums provide a very fast and effective interface for viewing and managing hierarchically structured content in Plone. It makes a particularly good interface for KNDiscussions, and a much smoother and quicker interface for managing Plone site content. Release of a public beta is due in January 2005.
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KNSiteContent
- KNSiteContent is a suite of Plone content types which make it much easier for ordinary end-users to create and manage effective site content. The main ingredient is a siteContent type which is both folderish and contentful in the sense of having body content. Release of a beta is due in February 2005, with interim availability of subsidiary products slightly earlier on request.
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Evaluation Tools (for project-evaluation, self-evaluation, etc)
- KnowNet has produced several tools which can aid in the process of project-evaluation, reflective self-evaluation, etc.
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Minor products and special types
- KnowNet has developed an assortment of special Plone content types and customised navigational and other interface elements, which complement the major product types we have developed. This area introduces these, and gives an overview of our plans for further developments
