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eduCommons is an content management system designed specifically to support OpenCourseWare projects like USU OCW. eduCommons will help you develop and manage an open access collection of course materials. eduCommons is built around a workflow process that guides users through the process of publishing materials in an openly accessible format. This includes uploading materials into a repository, dealing with copyright, reassembling materials into courses, providing quality assurance, and publication of materials.
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What is it?

eduCommons is an content management system designed specifically to support OpenCourseWare projects like Notre Dame OCW. eduCommons will help you develop and manage an open access collection of course materials.

What can it do?

eduCommons is built around a workflow process that guides users through the process of publishing materials in an openly accessible format. This includes uploading materials into a repository, dealing with copyright, reassembling materials into courses, providing quality assurance, and publication of materials.

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Current release: eduCommons 3.2.1

Released Aug 10, 2009 — tested with Plone 3.1

This release will add several key features to the 3.2.0 engineering release (see associated feature proposals), as well as migration support for earlier versions of eduCommons.

List all releases… Full release announcement…

Get eduCommons for All platforms (2.6 MB)

educommons.buildout-3.2.1-1-final.tar.gz

Get eduCommons for Windows (84 MB)

eduCommons 3.2.1-final Windows Installer

Get eduCommons for Linux (46.1 MB)

eduCommons-3.2.1_1-final.i386.rpm (RPM for CentOS5/RedHat5 32-bit)

Get eduCommons for Linux (46.7 MB)

eduCommons-3.2.1_1-final.x86_64.rpm (RPM for CentOS5/RedHat5 64-bit)

Get eduCommons for Linux (8.7 MB)

python24-2.4.6-1.x86_64.SUSE.rpm (RPM for 64-bit SUSE)

Get eduCommons for Linux (8.5 MB)

python24-2.4.6-1.i586.SUSE.rpm (RPM for 32-bit SUSE)

Get eduCommons for Linux (33.9 MB)

eduCommons-3.2.1_1-final.x86_64.SUSE.rpm (RPM for SUSE 11.1 64-bit)

Get eduCommons for Linux (32.8 MB)

eduCommons-3.2.1-1-final.i586.SUSE.rpm (RPM for SUSE 11.1 32-bit)

Get eduCommons for All platforms (252 MB)

eduCommons 3.2.1 VMWare Image

Experimental releases

Upcoming and alpha/beta/candidate releases

  • Alpha releases should only be used for testing and development.
  • Beta releases and Release Candidates are normally released for production testing, but should not be used on mission-critical sites.
  • Always install on a separate test server first, and make sure you have proper backups before installing.

Release roadmap for eduCommons…

eduCommons 3.0.2 (Unreleased)
Final release for 3.0.2
eduCommons 3.2.0-eng (Alpha release) Released May 04, 2009
This release will solidify existing functionality in eduCommons as well as add several key features (see associated feature proposals). Unit tests and functional tests will be added, along with installers for PC, Mac, and Linux. The 3.2.0 feature list is currently locked, but we are always interested in additional feedback and collaborations.