[p2pu-dev] [p2pu-community] Learn page

[Dirk Uys]

I think stack overflow is even more strict, you can't simply create a
new tag, so you have to choose from tags that allready exist. Only
once you reached a certain level of reputation are you allowed to
create a tag.

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Vanessa Gennarelli <vanessa at p2pu.org> wrote:
> An autofill feature here w/b awesome--it's good for error prevention.
> Flickr's self-tagging feature led to a usability disaster--just check for a
> misspelling of "Massachusetts" to see what I mean.
>
> I think Stack Overflow has an autofill feature that suggests & clusters
> together overlapping concepts, so there aren't repeats--I think John Britton
> told me about it?
>
> I like where the copy for the directions is going v. much :).
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Alison Cole <alison at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>
>> We might even want to be more blunt with that language. "Add tags to
>> describe the subject matter of your course so it can be found easily. Use
>> both broad and specific terms for maximum searchability."
>>
>> Also, it would help if admin review tags and add appropriate phrases if
>> deemed necessary.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Rebecca Kahn <bekka at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Flickr had a great guide to tags which they would point users to to help
>>> them tag their photos more effectively.
>>>
>>> One idea might be to paraphrase some parts of that guide and add them to
>>> the course creation process at the point where people tag their course.
>>>
>>> Off the top of my head, I'm thinking something like: "tagging your course
>>> helps people to find it, and will mean you get more signups. Some good
>>> examples of useful tags are ones that describe the type of learning
>>> experience (course, challenge, study group) the subject (music, HTML, Web
>>> making, psychology, physics) the learning style (self-study, group work,
>>> portfolio building)...." blah blah blah.
>>>
>>> Building taxonomies is harder than people think, but we can definitely
>>> help them curate their stuff better. I'm totally okay with admin retagging
>>> stuff to make it more findable too.
>>>
>>> B
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14 August 2012 16:41, Alison Cole <alison at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I think admin should be able to edit/improve course tags for the sake of
>>>> curation and improving searchability. Admin already help organizers by
>>>> fixing typos and links in course pages.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 5:19 AM, Dirk Uys <dirk at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking at the learn page, so far I have a few comments:
>>>>>
>>>>> Featured, Schools and Tags all seems to act like links - they act the
>>>>> same regardless of where you come from. They also clear any language
>>>>> selections you've made before - like unchecking "All Languages" and
>>>>> resetting the selected language to the current locale. That basically
>>>>> kills the whole language preference!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm thinking that we should divide the elements on the Learn page in 3
>>>>> categories:
>>>>> - Links/catalogues - links to lists of courses (community picks,
>>>>> showcase, school of open, ... )
>>>>> - Tags/filters - filtering using tags the way other sites like stack
>>>>> overflow does it
>>>>> - Search preferences - currently only language preferences carried
>>>>> over to links and tags
>>>>>
>>>>> If we sort that out and implement a very basic search that searches
>>>>> through keywords and the course names I think we are already well on
>>>>> our way to improving course discovery!
>>>>>
>>>>> One other concern is that currently a few courses takes over the tags
>>>>> completely! I'm not saying it's not good courses, but other courses
>>>>> needs some sunshine too :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Dirk
>>>>>
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