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We can find in the market:
- Web Content management platforms (like Joomla), usually called "Content Management Systems" , will be referred here as CMS
- Conferencing tools (like webex, MS Live meeting)
- Learning management tools (like moodle) , additional common names are "Learning Management Systems" (LMS) or "Learning Content Management Systems" (LCMS) or "Course Management Systems" (CMS, confusing term with the CMS from above). We will refer them here as LMS.
- Social platforms. (like facebook).
What they usually do and what they lack:
In each category of the above, there are dozens of applications in the markets. In this document we will mention the major or best players in the markets, and we will base our examples on those who are considered "top of the line" or have largest market share.
Infopath multi-line textbox problem in SharePoint – maps to single line, truncated at 255 characters.
Consider the following scenario:
1. You use a multi-line textbox in InfoPath 2010 (or 2007) .
2. You promote this field to a column in SharePoint 2010 form library
3. The result – your multi-line field maps to Single Line type in SharePoint, therefore it is truncated at 255 characters. The data, after the 255th character, your users filled into the multi-line box in your form – is silently truncated and lost from SharePoint.
I contacted Microsoft support regarding the issue. It turns out, that they have an undocumented discrepancy with the way InfoPath 2010 and SharePoint work. As of the time I'm writing this, they say that they are not planning to fix it; they suggest using Rich Text Area instead of multi-line text box in InfoPath. The Rich Text Area control maps properly to SharePoint multi-line type.
I had a system that suffered from this bug. We tested the system before deployment, But we were not aware of this bug; we didn't fill more than 256 characters in the test phase. When users filled the forms, they filled the InfoPath text boxes with long sentences, the fields were truncated in SharePoint.
If you are facing a similar situation, you may want to use a special web part we developed to extract the texts from the XML files in the SharePoint library into an Excel document. It will not solve the SharePoint column problem, but it will give you back your aggregated data for work in Excel.
Here is a screen shot of our InfoPath to Excel Web part, if you need one please use our contact form.
Common features found in CMS may be:
- Automated templates
Create standard output templates (usually HTML and XML) that can be automatically applied to new and existing content, allowing the appearance of all of that content to be changed from one central place. - Easily editable content
Once content is separated from the visual presentation of a site, it usually becomes much easier and quicker to edit and manipulate. Most WCMS software includes WYSIWYG editing tools allowing non-technical individuals to create and edit content. - Scalable feature sets
Most WCMS software includes plug-ins or modules that can be easily installed to extend an existing site's functionality. - Web standards upgrades
Active WCMS software usually receives regular updates that include new feature sets and keep the system up to current web standards. - Workflow management
Workflow is the process of creating cycles of sequential and parallel tasks that must be accomplished in the CMS. For example, a content creator can submit a story, but it is not published until the copy editor cleans it up and the editor-in-chief approves it. - Document management
CMS software may provide a means of managing the life cycle of a document from initial creation time, through revisions, publication, archive, and document destruction. - Content virtualization
CMS software may provide a means of allowing each user to work within a virtual copy of the entire Web site, document set, and/or code base. This enables changes to multiple interdependent resources to be viewed and/or executed in-context prior to submission.
Real world examples
LMS
Common features found in LMS may be:
- Content authoring/editing.
- Ability to acquire and ingest externally developed assets.
- Centralized repository.
- Assessment development and online exams.
- Versioning and history.
- Metadata / taxonomy support.
- Publishing of web, CD, print, presentation requirements associated with e-learning or ILT.
- Elearning standards support (such us SCORM).
- Course registrations and management.
- Dynamic delivery interface.
- Student administration tools.
Common features found in Web Conferencing software may be:
- Presentations .
- Live video streaming between participants (via webcam or digital video camera)
- VoIP, or other method of talking to each other (using the computer, phone, etc.)
- Web tours - where URLs, data from forms, cookies, scripts and session data can be pushed to other participants enabling them to be pushed though web based logons, clicks, etc.
- Recording of meetings and sessions.
- Whiteboard with annotation (allowing the presenter and/or attendees to highlight or mark items on the slide presentation. Or, simply make notes on a blank whiteboard.)
- Text Chat- For live question and answer sessions, limited to the people connected to the meeting. Text chat may be public (for all participants) or private (between 2 participants).
- Polls and surveys (allows the presenter to conduct questions with multiple choice answers directed to the audience)
- Screen sharing/desktop sharing/application sharing (where participants can view anything the presenter currently has shown on their screen. Some screen sharing applications allow for remote desktop control, allowing participants to manipulate the presenters screen, although this is not widely used.)
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