December 2 2013

KARUTA
DEMO

Jacques Raynauld – MATI Montréal, HEC Montréal

OUTLINE
1. Karuta – the name
2. Our approach : flexibility and prototyping
3. Structure, Unit, Unit-structure
4. Ressources
5. Roles
6. System tags
7. Technology
8. Not on the demo but working
9. Road-map

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THE NAME
Karuta (カルタ金) was a type of
armour worn by samurai
warriors and their retainers
during the feudal era of Japan.
The word karuta comes from the
Portuguese word meaning
"card", (carta) as the small
square or rectangular plates that
compose the armour resemble
traditional Japanese playing
cards. http://www.japanese-
armor.com/Takeda-Shinten-
Daiymo-Armor.html

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OUR APPROACH
A framework in the spirit of OSP that permits to organize
different resources (text, documents, rubrics, comments,
etc.) …
… according to a workflow for different users (students,
tutors, etc.) …
… for assessment, guidance, reporting and presentation.

No one portfolio is the same

Flexibility is key

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STRUCTURE-UNIT

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EXEMPLE -
ASSESSMENT

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EXEMPLE - RUBRICS

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RESOURCES

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ROLES
• Designer
• Student
• Tutor
• Instructor
• Admin
• Etc.

• Very easy to create new roles

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SYSTEM TAGS FOR
EACH RESOURCE

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DEMO
1. OSP type evaluation portfolio
2. Behind the scene : how a designer can create an
evaluation portfolio
3. Show case portfolio (presentation)
4. How to include elements of an evaluation portfolio in a
show case portfolio

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NOT DEMO TODAY
BUT WORKING
1. Dashboards (matrices)
2. Reports
3. Rubrics in the form of matrices
4. Profile page
5. Student resources portfolio
6. Import of resources from the student portfolio
7. Online editing (not pop-up)
8. LTI integration (Three canoes)
9. HTML output
10. Admin tools

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TECHNOLOGY
1. jQuery, javascript
2. REST APIs implemented in mySQL
3. Responsive Design (Twitter Bootsrap)
4. XSLT for the dashboards
5. IMS LTI (Three Canoes)
6. LEAP2A (XML import/export)

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ROAD-MAP
1. Apereo Community Incubation Project
2. Working on the WAD7, KARUTA 1.0 version (March 2014)
3. Improve the UI
4. Improve Admin tools
5. Settle the Showcase UI mecanic

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