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{{EWTE|line2 = A project funded by WIKIMEDIA UK|pagetitle = Introduction|fontsize2 = 130%|title = }}
{{EWTE|line2 = A project funded by WIKIMEDIA UK|pagetitle = Introduction|fontsize2 = 130%|title = }}
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This page describes the outcomes and objectives of a short project funded by the Wikimedia Foundation UK (during the second half of 2014), see https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wiki-based_teacher_education_and_resource_development.
This page describes the outcomes and objectives of a short project funded by the Wikimedia Foundation UK (during the second half of 2014), see https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wiki-based_teacher_education_and_resource_development.


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The TogetherJS extension is now available on the wiki, and has been used on a few occasions to demonstrate the wiki remotely. The "Collaborative Editor" (which is planned), as a tool for real-time collaboration, was not ready for trialling.
The TogetherJS extension is now available on the wiki, and has been used on a few occasions to demonstrate the wiki remotely. The "Collaborative Editor" (which is planned), as a tool for real-time collaboration, was not ready for trialling.


= Access =
= Access and Offline =


== Assessment of pdf generation.==
== Assessment of pdf generation.==


Assessment of pdf generation. We currently generate our own multi-chapter pdf (using a set of scripts), as we have not found the pediapress pdf generation suitable for our type of content. We would like to explore what other pdf production tool are being worked on, and would like to feed Higher Education requirements into that process.
We currently generate our own multi-chapter pdf (using a set of scripts). The Pediapress PDF generation suitable (book extension) was unable to support our formatting, such as educator notes:
{{ednote|text=This is an educator note.}}
We were unable to find alternative ways of formatting text in a similar way, that would be compatible with the book extension.


Brief documentation on mediawiki to pdf workflow options, aimed at the Higher Education sector.
The more general Offline Content Generation toolchain should offer better solutions for this. There are two toolchains that could be promising:
* The OCG/Latex toolchain also doesn't take css into account, but appears to be aimed at very high quality print output from wikipedia articles.
* An OCG toolchain with Phantom-js-2 is planned, that would work from the html (including css), and could be a good option. Work on this will start when  Phantom-js-2 is released.


* '''Assessment of pdf generation.''' We currently generate our own multi-chapter pdf (using a set of scripts), as we have not found the pediapress pdf generation suitable for our type of content. We would like to explore what other pdf production tool are being worked on, and would like to feed Higher Education requirements into that process.
For now, we thus stick with our own way of creating PDF, which have documented here [[OER:Documentation/PDF with wkhtmltopdf]].
* '''Issues with OCG/Latex''' ....
* '''Phantom-js-2-based way is coming'''.


== Offline ==
== Offline ==


* ZIM
Apart from PDF, we considered generation of ZIM with the Kiwix browser. This was fairly successful, see http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/download/. A few issues remain, see [[OER:TODO]] and outstanding issues below.


== Mobile ==
== Mobile ==


The MobileFrontend
The MobileFrontend was also installed, see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Web, http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend
 
http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=mobile.php.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_Web
It can be configured through [[Special:MobileOptions]].
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend
http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=mobile.php
 
[[Special:MobileOptions]]


= Additional =
= MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle =


MLEB
[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Language_Extension_Bundle MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle] also came to our attention through this work, as is being trialled, see e.g. [[OER4Schools/AVU2014/fr]]. Also see [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Configuration].
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Translate/Configuration


= Setting up a mediawiki =
= Technical documentation of our work =


See [[OER:Documentation]] for some hints on how to set up the wiki.
The above work is documented at [[OER:Documentation]], which also includes for some hints on how to set up a wiki in general.


= Issues remaining =
= Issues remaining =


* PDF toolchain does not work well for us.
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* ZIM generation has issues e.g. due to  parsoid.
* Navigation could do with better integration between book extension and semantic.
* Video integration, e.g. hosting videos on "commons".
* A new issue: Uploads. We've struggled with upload in the past, e.g. ".ppt", and ".notebook" files.
* It would also be good to explore possible integration of the site e.g.


= Links to similar discussion on this wiki =
= Links to similar discussion on this wiki =
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