[p2pu-dev] e-mail integration

elf Pavlik perpetual-tripper at wwelves.org
Fri Sep 23 14:35:13 UTC 2011


Excerpts from Philipp Schmidt's message of 2011-09-23 13:53:07 +0200:
> (Moving to separate thread - unrelated to sign-up process)
> 
> It's clear we need to look at the notification / messaging again. We haven't
> found the right balance yet between sending all the relevant notifications,
> but not too many.
> 
> In terms of letting users reply to discussion forum posts by email, the
> discussion feature is going through a revamp for webcraft (much nicer
> threading - and feels more like a real discussion forum) and we will look at
> the e-mail integration again. Sorry that this was pushed along for such a
> long time!
not sure but maybe this one could come handy for forum+email integration:
http://lamsonproject.org/

> 
> P
> 
> On 23 September 2011 12:51, Stian Håklev <shaklev at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am curious about the priority of e-mail integration, it's something we
> > talked about even with the old system, and which was supposed to be one of
> > the things that would be much easier to do with the new system. If you look
> > at this bug, it's been pushed from release 0.3 to 1.5, and I don't know if
> > it might continue to be pushed. Of course a lot of the stuff being worked on
> > is important, but I think this can really make a huge difference to how
> > courses are run, how students engage with courses etc.
> >
> >
> > http://p2pu.lighthouseapp.com/projects/71002/tickets/18-email-based-interaction
> >
> > Stian
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 02:09, Alison Cole <alison at p2pu.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Karen - I understand why you'd prefer to communicate by email with your
> >> participants currently. The current messaging system is can be cumbersome.
> >> This reinforces our need to really focus on making communication within P2PU
> >> users significantly easier. I know this is on the development radar - but
> >> not 100% sure where it falls on the priority timeline.
> >>
> >> Vanessa - I vibe with your thinking behind this and it reflects the advice
> >> we imparted in the old orientation. Organizers were encouraged to create a
> >> stronger sign up process that collected information on learners' personal
> >> motivations for signing up for the course, their preferred learning style
> >> and their familiarity with certain tools the course would possibly use for
> >> communication/technical savvy.  I can certainly agree that this is currently
> >> missing from the sign up process.
> >>
> >> I can see now that perhaps we need to give more creative control to
> >> course/group creators over the sign-up process on the new site.
> >>
> >> A
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:26 PM, kfasimpaur <karen at k12opened.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> For what it's worth, I'm requesting email addresses from folks as a
> >>> part of sign-up. The notifications are so crazy that direct email is
> >>> the only way I can seem to communicate important stuff (like
> >>> synchronous session times).
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 22, 11:45 am, Vanessa Gennarelli <vanessa.gennare... at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Thx Karen & Jessy.  :-)
> >>> >
> >>> > Sign up page is confusing.  I sent John Britton a note yesterday about
> >>> > it--right now there are 2 buckets on the signup page that can't be
> >>> changed,
> >>> > and this form added a 3rd--oh my!
> >>> >
> >>> > But we'll definitely follow up with folks individually who have signed
> >>> up
> >>> > but not completed the form.  So the goal is to get everybody, but we'll
> >>> see
> >>> > (Karen I'll let you know).
> >>> >
> >>> > I tried to embed the form, but the bucket gave me an error
> >>> [Loading....]
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks all! Vanessa
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:55 PM, kfasimpaur <ka... at k12opened.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > > So I really, really love this. It's easy and gets at just the right
> >>> > > info. I would do something like this for my future P2PU courses.
> >>> >
> >>> > > Our experience with the new sign-up process at School of Ed is that
> >>> > > folks just didn't answer the questions. In some cases, I think they
> >>> > > were confused. In others, they just didn't do it.
> >>> >
> >>> > > I like this form approach because it's more specific to the course;
> >>> > > it's clearer and easier to use, and you can 'force' an answer of some
> >>> > > sort.
> >>> >
> >>> > > Vanessa, how did you integrate this into your P2PU course? Did they
> >>> > > have to do the regular sign up too or just this? Could you do
> >>> > > unmoderated sign-up through the system but then have this as the
> >>> first
> >>> > > task?
> >>> >
> >>> > > Would also be interested in your 'hit rate' of how many people
> >>> > > completed and what the completeness of reposes was.
> >>> >
> >>> > > Thanks for sharing!
> >>> >
> >>> > > On Sep 22, 4:51 am, Vanessa Gennarelli <vanessa.gennare... at gmail.com
> >>> >
> >>> > > wrote:
> >>> > > > Hi y'all,
> >>> >
> >>> > > > Karen asked me to share the sign up form we've developed for Hack
> >>> this
> >>> > > > Poem<http://www.p2pu.org/en/groups/hack-this-poem-a-workshop/>:
> >>> > > > here's the form<
> >>> > >
> >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHJxXzdidXB2Y2Rj..
> >>> .>
> >>> > > > .
> >>> >
> >>> > > > We've been working on ways to establish learner buy-in & self
> >>> diagnosis
> >>> > > of
> >>> > > > learner.  I wanted to revamp the "sign up task" to be one step in
> >>> that
> >>> > > > direction. I also put the Social Contract in there to ensure folks
> >>> say
> >>> > > yes.
> >>> >
> >>> > > > Here's a bit of my thinking through new features for the
> >>> > > > course.<
> >>> > >
> >>> http://mozzadrella.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/inquiry-motivation-diagno..
> >>> .>
> >>> >
> >>> > > > VMG
> >>> >
> >>> > > > --
> >>> > > > Vanessa Gennarelli
> >>> > > > @mozzadrella
> >>> >
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> >>> > @mozzadrella
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> >>
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