[Dspace-general] Adding items without bitstreams

[MacKenzie Smith]

Tai,

DSpace can import IMS CPs, which are currently doing at MIT for the 
OpenCourseWare
material (via the LNI) and Cambridge has done a lot of work to make sure 
that DSpace
can archive material from Sakai, but I don't know of any place that's 
integrated DSpace
with WebCT or Blackboard... let us know if anyone said they've tested 
that, ok?

So the question may be: do WebCT and Blackboard export courses or 
learning objects
in the IMS CP format?

MacKenzie
> *Aston University is running both WebCT and Blackboard as our VLE 
> systems.*
> ** 
> *We are hoping to batch migrate learning content to a repository. i.e. 
> DSpace*
> ** 
> *I would be grateful if you could confirm whether DSpace currently 
> accept MIS Packages from the above VLEs ???*
> ** 
> *Kind regards*
> *Tai*
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu 
> [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu] *On Behalf Of *Tiago Ferreira
> *Sent:* 24 April 2007 15:07
> *To:* Halley Pacheco de Oliveira
> *Cc:* Shawna Sadler; dspace-general at mit.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Dspace-general] Adding items without bitstreams
>
> Hello Halley,
>
> One idea is to use the Batch importer, wich will transform an XML 
> metadata document with some content files, into an item, as if it was 
> an "in progress submission". That will save you the trouble of 
> submitting one item at a time.
>
> Hope this helps
> Tiago Ferreira


-- 
MacKenzie Smith
Associate Director for Technology
MIT Libraries