Re: [IAEP] ASLO Suggestion
Hi all, Let me finalize this What tags we should use for GCompris/Fructose/etc discussion :) New AMO version and incoming ASLO v3 version have collections feature https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections I think we can move tags GCompris and Fructose(Core, etc) to collections moreover every user/deployer/editor could create theirs own collections. Is it the way to go? On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:50:31AM -0500, James Simmons wrote: The new style sheet for ASLO reminds me that something has bugged me about the design of the site from the beginning. The site does not do a good job of showing just how much is available. When you click on a category you see entries for three or four Activities, seemingly picked at random, and no indication that these Activities are not the only ones available in the category. Yes, there is a link to show everything in the category. It's not that you can't find anything if you really want to. It's that the site doesn't do a good job of selling what it has. What I would suggest is to put totals for each category in a prominent place on the page. When you first come into the site and no category is selected you should see something like 500 Great Activities Available! Choose a category like Documents and the line would read 10 Activities In This Category. The other thing that has bugged me is the Recommended Activities. We need to put more thought into what gets recommended. Currently one of the Activities that is recommended is Read. Now an XO owner or SoaS user already has Read, so why recommend it? Is there some reason I should remove the Read I already have and install this one? Recommended Activities should promote Sugar. They should meet the following criteria: 1). Fairly robust. 2). Not included by default with anything. 3). Should do something interesting. Think of the iPhone commercials that show all the apps that are available. Why not recommend something like Food Force or Story Builder? I also question the category GCompris. I understand these Activities are related to each other, but the relationship would not be meaningful to a teacher or a student. A little salesmanship could go a long way in making this site better. James Simmons ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Aleksey ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] ASLO Suggestion
On 11 Jun 2009, at 08:37, Aleksey Lim wrote: Hi all, Let me finalize this What tags we should use for GCompris/Fructose/ etc discussion :) New AMO version and incoming ASLO v3 version have collections feature https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections I think we can move tags GCompris and Fructose(Core, etc) to collections moreover every user/deployer/editor could create theirs own collections. Is it the way to go? Yes this seems to be a solution. Allows the tags (categories) to be simple and learner friendly, while collections can be used for for the rest (collections are a secondary site UI, so don't clutter up the main site unless you visit their page). Regards, --Gary On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 09:50:31AM -0500, James Simmons wrote: The new style sheet for ASLO reminds me that something has bugged me about the design of the site from the beginning. The site does not do a good job of showing just how much is available. When you click on a category you see entries for three or four Activities, seemingly picked at random, and no indication that these Activities are not the only ones available in the category. Yes, there is a link to show everything in the category. It's not that you can't find anything if you really want to. It's that the site doesn't do a good job of selling what it has. What I would suggest is to put totals for each category in a prominent place on the page. When you first come into the site and no category is selected you should see something like 500 Great Activities Available! Choose a category like Documents and the line would read 10 Activities In This Category. The other thing that has bugged me is the Recommended Activities. We need to put more thought into what gets recommended. Currently one of the Activities that is recommended is Read. Now an XO owner or SoaS user already has Read, so why recommend it? Is there some reason I should remove the Read I already have and install this one? Recommended Activities should promote Sugar. They should meet the following criteria: 1). Fairly robust. 2). Not included by default with anything. 3). Should do something interesting. Think of the iPhone commercials that show all the apps that are available. Why not recommend something like Food Force or Story Builder? I also question the category GCompris. I understand these Activities are related to each other, but the relationship would not be meaningful to a teacher or a student. A little salesmanship could go a long way in making this site better. James Simmons ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Aleksey ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] ASLO Suggestion
The new style sheet for ASLO reminds me that something has bugged me about the design of the site from the beginning. The site does not do a good job of showing just how much is available. When you click on a category you see entries for three or four Activities, seemingly picked at random, and no indication that these Activities are not the only ones available in the category. Yes, there is a link to show everything in the category. It's not that you can't find anything if you really want to. It's that the site doesn't do a good job of selling what it has. What I would suggest is to put totals for each category in a prominent place on the page. When you first come into the site and no category is selected you should see something like 500 Great Activities Available! Choose a category like Documents and the line would read 10 Activities In This Category. The other thing that has bugged me is the Recommended Activities. We need to put more thought into what gets recommended. Currently one of the Activities that is recommended is Read. Now an XO owner or SoaS user already has Read, so why recommend it? Is there some reason I should remove the Read I already have and install this one? Recommended Activities should promote Sugar. They should meet the following criteria: 1). Fairly robust. 2). Not included by default with anything. 3). Should do something interesting. Think of the iPhone commercials that show all the apps that are available. Why not recommend something like Food Force or Story Builder? I also question the category GCompris. I understand these Activities are related to each other, but the relationship would not be meaningful to a teacher or a student. A little salesmanship could go a long way in making this site better. James Simmons ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] ASLO Suggestion
I think the Recommended activities are still those which were uploaded early just to test the the recommendations worked. IIRC, for a long time search was more broken than recommendations Thus, search got the love. That being said, modifying and updating recommendations are handled through a web interface by editors. If you have the time and interest recommendations could use some love from you:) david On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:50 AM, James Simmonsjim.simm...@walgreens.com wrote: The new style sheet for ASLO reminds me that something has bugged me about the design of the site from the beginning. The site does not do a good job of showing just how much is available. When you click on a category you see entries for three or four Activities, seemingly picked at random, and no indication that these Activities are not the only ones available in the category. Yes, there is a link to show everything in the category. It's not that you can't find anything if you really want to. It's that the site doesn't do a good job of selling what it has. What I would suggest is to put totals for each category in a prominent place on the page. When you first come into the site and no category is selected you should see something like 500 Great Activities Available! Choose a category like Documents and the line would read 10 Activities In This Category. The other thing that has bugged me is the Recommended Activities. We need to put more thought into what gets recommended. Currently one of the Activities that is recommended is Read. Now an XO owner or SoaS user already has Read, so why recommend it? Is there some reason I should remove the Read I already have and install this one? Recommended Activities should promote Sugar. They should meet the following criteria: 1). Fairly robust. 2). Not included by default with anything. 3). Should do something interesting. Think of the iPhone commercials that show all the apps that are available. Why not recommend something like Food Force or Story Builder? I also question the category GCompris. I understand these Activities are related to each other, but the relationship would not be meaningful to a teacher or a student. A little salesmanship could go a long way in making this site better. James Simmons ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
