[p2pu-dev] p2pu-dev Digest, Vol 31, Issue 4

Fri Aug 26 14:41:44 UTC 2011

I think it was more like the last one. What are your thoughts about it Larry?

-- 
Thanks,
    Zuzel

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Laura Hilliger <laura at zythepsary.com> wrote:
> Hi Zuzel, Everyone,
> If you want to tell me what you're thinking of in terms of design for the
> call to action buttons leading people from UCI Open Course Ware to p2pu, I'd
> be happy to create some mockups for you :) I'm assuming one button with the
> course name switching out? Or were you thinking one button that just says
> "See the study group on P2PU" or similar?
>
> Anyone with any ideas on what the button should say, weigh in!
> Happy to help!
> --Laura
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>   1. Re: Notes from Community Call - 25th August 2011 (John Britton)
>   2. Looking for volunteers to design image for a call - to -
>      action button linking courses on UCI's Open Course Ware to groups
>      on P2PU (zuzel.vp)
>   3. Re: Notes from Community Call - 25th August 2011 (Pippa Buchanan)
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> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:48:56 -0400
> From: John Britton <public at johndbritton.com>
> To: P2PU Technical Development <p2pu-dev at lists.p2pu.org>
> Subject: Re: [p2pu-dev] Notes from Community Call - 25th August 2011
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> Good suggestion Pippa, we'll test out how users react to putting schools
> under the Learn item. I also really like the verb 'assist' will try that out
> in a few places to see how it works.
>
> We're going to draw a lot of attention to Schools on the P2PU homepage and
> on the Learn page (possibly a carousel or similar) and also add a single
> click jump to the footer. The goal is to give it a try and I think in the
> end Schools will actually get more attention than they get now.
>
> Give it a little time and we'll have some mocks to share and get feedback.
> --
> contact info:
> http://www.johndbritton.com
> @johndbritton - http://twitter.com/johndbritton
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Pippa Buchanan
> <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Sorry everyone. Was still stuck thinking it was Wednesday, so probably
>
> wouldn't have contributed much in that delayed state of mind :-)
>
>
>
>   - *UX / Navigation - **vocabulary - information hierarchy (schools
>
>   specifically)*
>
>
>   - UX opinion is that Schools doesn't belong in the main section on the
>
>   site - how do we manage this / argue the point / get buy in from the
>
>   community on this?
>
> If Schools can't be in the main menu I think it's important to draw
>
> attention to them somewhere above the fold - the footer is far too hidden.
>
> Giving Schools priority is important for the schools, but I think it's
>
> important for P2PU as it shows the breadth of topics and activity within the
>
> community.
>
>
>
> Could schools be listed as a secondary level / drop down under the Learn
>
> item as well as being featured prominently on the Learn page?  Though
>
> Schools don't feel very "active", so from a UX perpective I can see why they
>
> want to move them away.
>
> Learn
>
> - School of Ed
>
> - School of Webcraft etc
>
>
> And could one of the other levels be "Assist"? That might be an interesting
>
> way of framing participation from people who more specifically want to teach
>
> a course or who have expert advice to give, mentors (at school or p2pu wide)
>
> and would be a great way of getting people involved in the P2PU community
>
> more broadly.
>
> Assist
>
> -- Advise on a course
>
> --Create a course
>
> -- Help build the P2PU project
>
> Assist (webcraft specific)
>
> -- Mentor an individual
>
> -- Create a Challenge
>
> I'm not sure if that's an appropriate way of framing it, but some people
>
> are going to come in the mode of learners and others will be more interested
>
> in sharing knowledge / running a more traditional course.
>
> P*
>
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> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:45:49 -0400
> From: "zuzel.vp" <zuzel.vp at gmail.com>
> To: p2pu-dev <p2pu-dev at lists.p2pu.org>
> Cc: Larry Cooperman <Larry.Cooperman at unx.uci.edu>
> Subject: [p2pu-dev] Looking for volunteers to design image for a call
> - to - action button linking courses on UCI's Open Course Ware to
> groups on P2PU
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> P2PU and UCI are launching a pilot that would let participants in some
> of our courses, go to UCI courses and upon an additional assessment,
> receive some form of certification. The social interaction between the
> people going through the materials on UCI and taking the courses there
> will hapen on p2pu.
>
> This is an example of one of this courses on UCI:
> http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/course.aspx?id=25 . Soon there will be a
> CSET Mathematics I: Algebra study group/course on p2pu.
>
> We need to add links from the UCI courses to their corresponding group
> on p2pu, and we want these links to look nice. Help creating an image
> for a call - to - action button that invites people visiting a course
> on ocw.uci.edu to join the corresponding course on p2pu is highly
> welcome.
>
> We want to add those links to the UCI courses as soon as possible so
> they can start adverticing the pilot.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>    Zuzel
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:04:01 +0200
> From: Pippa Buchanan <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>
> To: P2PU Technical Development <p2pu-dev at lists.p2pu.org>
> Subject: Re: [p2pu-dev] Notes from Community Call - 25th August 2011
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> Yeah, a carousel about the schools would be great, especially as it has the
> possibility to provide much more information about what each school does
> than is currently possible.
>
> re Assist - we're really kind of restricted in a call to action that is
> about supporting learning etc - both support and help imply help desks and
> would be very misleading. Hopefully "assist" is clear to users.
>
> I'm looking forward to the mock ups.
>
> P*
>
> On 25 August 2011 22:48, John Britton <public at johndbritton.com> wrote:
>
> Good suggestion Pippa, we'll test out how users react to putting schools
>
> under the Learn item. I also really like the verb 'assist' will try that out
>
> in a few places to see how it works.
>
> We're going to draw a lot of attention to Schools on the P2PU homepage and
>
> on the Learn page (possibly a carousel or similar) and also add a single
>
> click jump to the footer. The goal is to give it a try and I think in the
>
> end Schools will actually get more attention than they get now.
>
> Give it a little time and we'll have some mocks to share and get feedback.
>
> --
>
> contact info:
>
> http://www.johndbritton.com
>
> @johndbritton - http://twitter.com/johndbritton
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Pippa Buchanan
> <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Sorry everyone. Was still stuck thinking it was Wednesday, so probably
>
> wouldn't have contributed much in that delayed state of mind :-)
>
>
>
>   - *UX / Navigation - **vocabulary - information hierarchy (schools
>
>   specifically)*
>
>
>   - UX opinion is that Schools doesn't belong in the main section on
>
>   the site - how do we manage this / argue the point / get buy in from the
>
>   community on this?
>
> If Schools can't be in the main menu I think it's important to draw
>
> attention to them somewhere above the fold - the footer is far too hidden.
>
> Giving Schools priority is important for the schools, but I think it's
>
> important for P2PU as it shows the breadth of topics and activity within the
>
> community.
>
>
>
> Could schools be listed as a secondary level / drop down under the Learn
>
> item as well as being featured prominently on the Learn page?  Though
>
> Schools don't feel very "active", so from a UX perpective I can see why they
>
> want to move them away.
>
> Learn
>
> - School of Ed
>
> - School of Webcraft etc
>
>
> And could one of the other levels be "Assist"? That might be an
>
> interesting way of framing participation from people who more specifically
>
> want to teach a course or who have expert advice to give, mentors (at school
>
> or p2pu wide)  and would be a great way of getting people involved in the
>
> P2PU community more broadly.
>
> Assist
>
> -- Advise on a course
>
> --Create a course
>
> -- Help build the P2PU project
>
> Assist (webcraft specific)
>
> -- Mentor an individual
>
> -- Create a Challenge
>
> I'm not sure if that's an appropriate way of framing it, but some people
>
> are going to come in the mode of learners and others will be more interested
>
> in sharing knowledge / running a more traditional course.
>
> P*
>
>
>
>
>
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