OERu/Planning/Technology working group/30 May 2014

When: 30 May 2014, 12:30PM NZST (Click on link for local time.)
Where: Google hangout

Agenda

Update on Course site design project
- Feedback on custom pages & suggestions for alternate label for "Dashboard" menu item (See example which contains the schedule, announcements and WENotes feed]]). Possible candidates:
  - Learning console
  - Learning desk
  - Thumbnail
  - Roadmap
  - Layout
  - Inside scoop
  - Portal
  - The big picture
  - Essentials
- Integrating SCAN pages
Considered Draft outline for next OCL4Ed
Wiki page to define OERu community source model
Wiki page for defining OERu workflow
- Collaboration with the partners manual working group
- What are the main workflow steps?

Screen cast demo of SCAN page concept:

A free content video streamed from Vimeo

Attendance: Tim Klapdoor, Tim McCallum, Jim Tittsler, Wayne Mackintosh.
Discussed critique we have received in using Dashboard as a label
- Will use "console" as label for OCL4Ed June prototype
- Noted that Dashboard is used by edX for submitting assignments - still a useful concept
Discussed draft outline for next OCL4Ed prototype
- Short single word descriptors needed for main menu items
Discussed the SCAN page prototype in detail
- Designed by USQ to be a landing page and substitute navigation framework
- Level 2 items should produce dynamic navigation of options unless it's a target page
- Next OCL4Ed will prototype an implementation whereby the SCAN page is accessible from any page as a popup in main navigation
- Considered providing navigation options for OERu partners in the future when making a snapshot (eg SCAN page as main navigation or conventional website navigation with a popup to display a SCAN page).
- SCAN page could be used to indicate dynamically where a learner is situated within the course structure.
Team will start developing ideas in the wiki for:
- OERu workflow
- OERu community source model
Team are invited to comment and improve on the request for quotation