[p2pu-dev] e-mail integration

Fri Sep 23 11:53:07 UTC 2011

(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!

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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
>>> >
>>> > > > --
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>>> > > > @mozzadrella
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