I agree with Olaf - "Media Characteristics" works better for me as well.
Bruce On Jan 19, 2011, at 3:51 PM, Schulte Olaf A. wrote: > I would have to disagree in that I prefer "Media Characteristics" over > "Processing Options", but could live with either; "Media Description" is too > metadata, so -1 here. > > As for other wording, "Consists of" to says it's all about slides, but if we > have one track with slides and video (changing between slides and speaker), > it would not (fully) consist of slides. Maybe "Contains discrete > slides/screens"? > > O > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: [email protected] [mailto:matterhorn- >> [email protected]] Im Auftrag von Michelle Ziegmann >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Januar 2011 21:29 >> An: [email protected]; Opencast Matterhorn >> Betreff: Re: [Opencast Matterhorn] [Matterhorn-users] Media Type dropdown (on >> Upload form) replacement--feedback requested >> >> Right, I thought that would be the case, but thought I'd throw it out >> there anyway. >> >> Even if making those 2 options back into 1, I still prefer "Processing >> Options" over "Media Characteristics". In my opinion, I'd prefer the >> question be less like "tell us about the media so we can decide what to >> do with it" and more like "what do you want us to do with your media?". >> I think the latter is more direct, and preferable to me as an admin. >> >> It reminds me of scanner software that always wants me to describe what >> I'm scanning, rather than simply asking me what kind of output I want of >> the scanner. I always have to guess at which description will give me >> the output I want. Maybe it is a photo that I'm scanning, but I want it >> to scan to a PDF? In this case I would need to choose "Document" >> instead of "Photo", to fool it into giving me a PDF instead of JPG. I'd >> prefer to be asked directly what I want the scanner to do. In the case >> of an admin uploading videos, I think they would prefer the same. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Michelle >> >> On 1/19/2011 12:17 PM, Judy Stern wrote: >>> 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 >> >> -- >> 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] >> _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Matterhorn-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users _______________________________________________ Matterhorn-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users
