[p2pu-dev] Issues when exploring P2PU

[Jessica Ledbetter]

Zuzel used to put them in lighthouse too.

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Philipp Schmidt <philipp at p2pu.org> wrote:

> Are we tracking these kinds of suggestions somewhere (I think we should)?
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> On 17 October 2011 16:03, John Britton <john at p2pu.org> wrote:
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>> Hey Nick,
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your thoughts, we're always listening and will use your
>> feedback to prioritize development going forward.
>>
>> - I found out about a "Build your own Facebook" course and was surprised
>>> to see nearly 300 subscribers. If I join, are there are a good number of
>>> active users?  If I don't join, which School has similar courses that I
>>> could join instead?  It's difficult to see this from the course page.
>>> http://p2pu.org/en/groups/create-your-own-facebook/
>>
>>
>> I see how this could be frustrating, we will be putting time into the user
>> experience around discovery of groups and courses soon. This will definitely
>> be addressed at that time.
>>
>> - I clicked on "Intro" and read the organizer's write-up, but there is no
>>> timestamp.  This makes it difficult for me to figure out when the course
>>> began.
>>
>>
>> Good point, noted.
>>
>>  - I clicked on Sign-up, read directions, and then see many others'
>>> sign-up answers.  The placement of the "Post answer" button is unexpectedly
>>> above what I just read.  I see some people who I wouldn't want to work with,
>>> but a few who describe a similar skill level in MySQL and PHP. Can I join
>>> some kind of study group with these people? Maybe writing a reply is the
>>> best mechanism for this? Teaming up might seem unnecessary, but when I ran
>>> my videos course several people suggested that I could use P2PU to create
>>> separate video and programming groups.
>>
>>
>> This is interesting, I could see a possibility of highlighting the group
>> members that are most important to you and de-emphasizing the others
>>
>> - Side note: I find the auto-answer to every one of my course's sign-ups
>>> ('Welcome Aboard  You're a participant now') good-natured, but impersonal.
>>> Is there a way I can type special responses?
>>
>>
>> Right now there is not. I think we'll spend some time evaluating all the
>> email communications that we send to users and address this then.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> John Britton
>> --
>> contact info:
>> http://www.johndbritton.com
>> @johndbritton - http://twitter.com/johndbritton
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Nicholas Doiron <ndoiron at mapmeld.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I organized two courses on P2PU and took part in the Knight-Mozilla News
>>> Learning Lab.  I'd like to continue working with P2PU because of the role it
>>> plays in new enthusiasm for the open web (
>>> http://commonspace.wordpress.com/mozilla-learning-proposa/ )  Just
>>> exploring the site recently, seeing if I should join or start a course, I
>>> ran into a few roadblocks.
>>>
>>> - I found out about a "Build your own Facebook" course and was surprised
>>> to see nearly 300 subscribers. If I join, are there are a good number of
>>> active users?  If I don't join, which School has similar courses that I
>>> could join instead?  It's difficult to see this from the course page.
>>> http://p2pu.org/en/groups/create-your-own-facebook/
>>>
>>> - I clicked on "Intro" and read the organizer's write-up, but there is no
>>> timestamp.  This makes it difficult for me to figure out when the course
>>> began.
>>>
>>> - I clicked on Sign-up, read directions, and then see many others'
>>> sign-up answers.  The placement of the "Post answer" button is unexpectedly
>>> above what I just read.  I see some people who I wouldn't want to work with,
>>> but a few who describe a similar skill level in MySQL and PHP. Can I join
>>> some kind of study group with these people? Maybe writing a reply is the
>>> best mechanism for this? Teaming up might seem unnecessary, but when I ran
>>> my videos course several people suggested that I could use P2PU to create
>>> separate video and programming groups.
>>>
>>> - Side note: I find the auto-answer to every one of my course's sign-ups
>>> ('Welcome Aboard  You're a participant now') good-natured, but impersonal.
>>> Is there a way I can type special responses?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nick Doiron
>>>
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