[p2pu-dev] [p2pu-community] e-mail integration
John Britton
john at p2pu.org
Fri Sep 23 13:07:18 UTC 2011
I agree that this is quite an important feature that has been on our list
for a long time. I'm participating in a couple groups and definitely feel
the need for reply by email.
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On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Philipp Schmidt <philipp at p2pu.org> wrote:
> (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!
>
> 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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