Sakai 11 QA Hub
Overview
The Sakai 11 QA Hub is the home page for the Sakai 11 QA effort. Here you’ll find useful information for getting involved with testing and becoming part of our growing Sakai QA community. See the sections below to get started!
Current QA Testing: Sakai 11.4
Current QA testing is for the 11.4 release. RC01 should be available soon (first release candidate). Winding down on testing fixes for inclusion in 11, about to freeze the 11 branch.
Meetings
Weekly QA Planning Calls
The QA Planning Group meets every Tuesday from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Eastern time . This group guides the overall direction of the Sakai QA effort, creates testing materials and processes, and participates in testing. Meetings agendas and notes can be found in our Sakai 11 QA Meeting Notes google doc. All are welcome! We meet in the QA Room in BigBlueButton:
http://apereo.blindsidenetworks.net/apereo/
QA Room
password: apereo
Weekly Test Fests
Join our QA “Test Fests” every Thursday from 10am to 11 am, Eastern time! This is an opportunity to jump into testing Sakai 11 with the support of the QA Team and other community members. You do not need to be an functional expert to get involved! Test Fest agendas and notes can be found in our Sakai 11 QA Meeting Notes google doc. We begin our Test Fests in the QA Room in BigBlueButton (see above). Throughout the course of the Test Fest, we communicate using our new SakaiQA channel in Apereo’s Slack instance described below.
Communication Channels
Sakai QA list
Join the Sakai QA list (sakai-qa@apereo.org) to keep up to date on all things QA in Sakai. Anyone can join the group here:
https://groups.google.com/a/apereo.org/forum/#!forum/sakai-qa
Sakai QA Slack Channel
We have a very active Sakai QA channel in Apereo’s Slack instance. We use this for communicating during Tests and Fests and asking QA questions to the group or to individuals anytime. If someone at your institution has already joined, then you can self join at:
https://apereo.slack.com/signup
Otherwise send an email to sakai-qa-planners@apereo.org to have your institution's domain added for self signup. For a quick overview of Slack (along with some helpful tips n’ tricks), see the following video:
Get Started: Regression Testing
Regression testing is critical for ensuring that all functionality in Sakai is working as intended. We’ve updated our regression test scripts for Sakai 11 to be as clear, concise, and usable as possible. See the instructions for Testers and Test Script Authors below.
For Testers:
Testers execute regression test scripts, which test the functionality of Sakai. Testers record their observations and create JIRAs as needed. See the following video and documents for getting started with regression testing Sakai 11:
Executing Regression Test Scripts (google doc)
Sakai 11 MASTER Test Scripts List (google sheet)
For a walkthrough of the JIRA creation process, see the following video overview:
For Test Script Authors:
Test Script Authors create/update Sakai regression test scripts to provide clear and consistent materials for testers. See the following video and documents for getting started with creating/updating regression test scripts for Sakai 11:
Authoring Test Scripts (google doc)
Sakai 11 MASTER Test Scripts List (google sheet)
Testing JIRAs
The following page provides information on testing Sakai 11 JIRA issues. Here you’ll find useful information for locating, testing, and documenting the resolution of Sakai 11 JIRA issues.
Earn QA Badges
Start here:
It is retroactive, meaning you can report earlier testing you have done towards Sakai 11 QA.
QA Servers - Sakai 11
General Sakai 11 QA is being conducted on Marist's QA server:
http://qa01-sakai.marist.edu:8080/portal
Login info:
Instructor Logins
- Username: instructor01 through instructor10
- Password: sakai
Student Logins
- Username: student01 through student10
- Password: sakai
Admin Login
- Username: admin
- Password: admin
Built in "demo" accounts
- Username: instructor, instructor1, instructor2, student0001 through student0499
- Password: sakai
Make your own accounts !
- Choose "New Account" on the landing page of Sakai. Set up your own name and password. You can create multiple accounts for multiple roles.
- Advantage of using your own accounts is you avoid "stepping on toes" (i.e. accidentally doing some testing in a site that negates what someone else is working on. Something to be mindful of.)
Additional QA server information for testing Sakai 11 can be found on the following page:
QA Servers - Out of Date (Confluence Page)