Good suggestions, Michelle. I should have been clearer, however, that, for the time being, we're looking to do a quick and dirty UI fix (i.e. something that can map directly to the existing flavors). I'm pretty sure that changing the processing steps is out of the question. Less of a big deal, though, to make it a question about processing (rather than about the Media); would want to move down to the Processing box in the UI in this case. Or, if we leave it where it is, does "Media Characteristics" seem any better than "Media Description"?
Judy On Jan 19, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Michelle Ziegmann wrote: > Judy, > > Thanks for initiating this - as a user this would be very helpful. > > I suggest changing the wording of "Media Description", because I don't think > a description of their media is the real question - if we wanted them to > describe the media, we need to provide other options. If not checked, it > seems like they are failing to provide a description. > > Instead, we're really asking how they want the media processed, right? So > another way to ask is this: > > Media Processing Options: > [ ] Segment media by slides or scene changes > [ ] Process text on each segment (video OCR) <-- (only available if the > previous option selected) > > I realize I just complicated things by breaking this into 2 processes, which > may not be possible. But in my use, I've often wanted to have the media > segmented, but not have OCR done. For example, a produced video with several > scenes but no text; a VGA stream from a document camera of a diagram or > mathematical content. It would be nice to select one without the other. > > Hope that's helpful! > > Michelle > > > On 1/19/2011 11:42 AM, Judy Stern wrote: >> We've heard a number of complaints about (and seen in user testing) how >> confusing the Media Type dropdown is (this is the control where you choose >> Presenter or Presentation, aka "flavors"). >> I'm proposing a minor change to make this clearer to new users. >> http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/New+design+for+Flavors+for+MH-5049 >> Would appreciate comments, suggestions for improved wording. If you're a >> user (or have watched users use the admin UI) does the text make more sense? >> If you're a developer, am I misrepresenting? >> >> tia, >> Judy >> >> >> Judy Stern >> Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Matterhorn mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn >> >> >> To unsubscribe please email >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ > > -- > Michelle Ziegmann > =========================== > Electronic Communications Specialist > University of California Berkeley > Educational Technology Services > > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn > > > To unsubscribe please email > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Judy Stern Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley [email protected] _______________________________________________ Matterhorn-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users
