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- Because we're too lazy to learn the skills clearly designated as necessary; we want documentation to reveal the effort-free path.
- Because the Help files are written to an audience (faculty at Indiana) that understands the entire context.
- Because Sean's comprehensive documents on Confluence are found in different branches of the hierarchy.
- Because some Confluence pages have lost their context, and their updating: http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/OSPDOC/Data+warehouse
- Because there is no visible intermediate result that affords the author a self-check of progress.
- Because there are assumed procedures and scenarios that hide restrictions.
- Because portfolios, insofar as they capture the essence of learning, are inherently complex objects.
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