Good morning everyone, I added a modified version of the chapter structure to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Help_Activity_refresh#Suggested_Activity_Chapter_Structure which is based on a discussion with Walter.
Personally I tend to believe that we should start thinking about locking this down as the canonical, full version for each Activity. Again, your milage may vary depending on the Activity and I don't think we should consider this to be the absolute law. But it's a good starting point and since it's day 2 of 5 we should stick to it and move on with writing text rather than discussing this for much more (at least that's my 2 eurocents). I'm on IRC (#olpc-help) and Skype in case anyone wants to get in touch directly. Cheers, Christoph On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Christoph Derndorfer < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the fast feedback. > > @Caryl: "Using" for me is the more traditional manual-style (which we have > right now) and focuses on what the software does. I do believe that this > should be separate from the "Applying" or your "Learning with" (which I > much prefer over "Applying"). > > @Cherry: Given that the content we produce here won't just be available in > the form of the current Help Activity (but also on wiki pages, a possible > print edition, an online version, etc.) the length of a menu in one of > these options shouldn't dictate our content choices IMHO. Aside of that: > Which sections do you think we should consolidate? > > @Tony: Similarly to my comment to Cherry I think that the alternative you > suggest might well be better suited for a specific artifact such as the > print edition but I do think there's a value to having "where to get it" > and "reporting bugs" on other artifacts such as w.l.o. Plus I also think > that the "where to get it" information (most likely pointing towards ASLO) > is useful as it's a place to get updates, etc. while the Control Panel's > Update functionality isn't completely doing its job. > > Just my 2 eurocents, > Christoph > > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 6:52 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I added an abbreviated alternative at the wiki >> >> Deleted things like where to get it and reporting bugs >> >> Tony >> >> > > Good structure, but it is a bit long. Some people will feel that they >> > > need to have every topic. Also, prefer to use "Learning With >> <Activity>" >> > > instead of "Using <Activity>" or "Applying <Activity>." Learning is >> what >> > > this is all about... right? >> > > Caryl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Library mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/library >> > > > > -- > Christoph Derndorfer > > volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] > editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] > contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] > > e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Christoph Derndorfer volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at] editor, OLPC News [www.olpcnews.com] contributor, TechnikBasteln [www.technikbasteln.net] e-mail: [email protected]
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