[Contrib: Evaluation System] Coordination of BoF in Denver

Matthew Jones jonespm at umich.edu
Sat Jun 19 18:26:35 PDT 2010 

This is definitely looks better than the existing form. I think some of the
issues with this page are also what Nicola mentioned in that the results of
many of the options are unclear. We really need either better documentation
and descriptions of what these buttons do and/or screen shots of the
results. Some are obvious (Instructors allowed to create evaluations), but
some require some in-depth knowledge of the application that I'm not sure
about. These are mostly in the general settings. ("Use expert created
templates", "Allow use of adhoc users")

And all of the institution specific settings seem pretty confusing. Perhaps
an administrative help with links is something that would really be useful,
as this is a pretty complex administrative screen, but still the best (and
only) one in the system. Protecting any institution specific changes with a
property is a good idea, but  any future ones should come with a more
detailed description of what they do.

Not to derail the evaluation conversation, I was talking about something
like this at the 'configuration properties' session at the conference as a
first step toward making config viewer/editor much more usable and
understandable for system properties. I'd also proposed a similar facelift
for some admin tools like realms (SAK-16601). If I get some time allocated
to spend with Gonzalo I'm sure we could make these all much more user
friendly. I think these are all similar problems. Improving configuration is
something I'm very interested in.

-Matthew

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:47 AM, Sean DeMonner <demonner at umich.edu> wrote:

> All,
>
> BTW, pursuant to the Admin UI redesign discussion, a couple months ago at
> my request Gonzalo the Wizard spent a few hours playing with the existing
> screens and came up with this prototype:
>
> A rough take. The main thing is cutting the "General Settings" into
> usable chunks.
>
> http://www.umich.edu/~gsilver/evalsys-work/admin/
>
>
> I can't promise his time on future efforts but this page could be used as a
> starting point for future design discussions.
>
> SMD.
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> On Jun 19, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
>
> Thanks everyone for a productive BoF in Denver (see the link at the top of
> the Confluence wiki page to session notes):
>
>
> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/EVALSYS/06_17_2010+Denver+Sakai+Conference+BoF
>
> Special thanks to Jim Julovich from IU who paid for the long distance call
> to the Sakai Bridge so remote folks could participate.
>
> SMD.
>
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> On Jun 9, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Julovich, James S wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> Anytime will work for me since I will be in Denver.
>
> Jim
> Indiana University
>
> *From:* evaluation-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
> evaluation-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Sean DeMonner
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 08, 2010 7:21 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Contrib: Evaluation System] Coordination of BoF in Denver
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> Anyone have access to one of these?:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Communicator-Blue-C100S-Speakerphone-Skype/dp/B000GG0EFO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_dp_title_featured?ie=UTF8&tag=tellafriend-20
>
> Or something similar?:
>
>             http://shop.skype.com/phones/#speakerphones
>
> SMD.
>
> On Jun 7, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
>
>
> Are you talking about Skyping into the Sakai Bridge? I didn't think that
> worked and I had mixed results a while ago when I used xMeeting to connect
> via IP to the bridge. But maybe you're suggesting a multipoint Skype call
> and avoiding the bridge?
>
> We may have to try both cell phone and IP connectivity depending on what we
> find at the hotel.
>
> SMD.
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>
>
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> On Jun 7, 2010, at 9:07 PM, Ellen Yu Borkowski wrote:
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>
> Sean
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> Will you have wireless access in the room?  Skype would probably work
> better than phone via your iPhone.
>
> Ellen
>
> ...Sent from my iPhone
> ---
> Ellen Borkowski
> Director, Academic Support
> Office of Information Technology
> University of Maryland
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> On Jun 7, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Sean DeMonner <demonner at umich.edu> wrote:
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> So far I've gotten a few "that time will work" comments, and no complaints,
> so I went ahead and scheduled the Sakai 003 Conference Bridge for
> 11:45-13:00 MDT (GMT-7) on Thurs 6/17:
>
> *            **Name:* Sakai003 - Ad-hoc
>             Telephone: +1-812-856-7060
>             Internet:156.56.240.9
>             Conference Code: 22386#
>             PIN: 72524#
>
> Unfortunately, I've been informed that the hotel will not have a conference
> phone available for us so we'll need to come up with another solution. I'm
> happy to rig up my iPhone with an external speaker and mic turned on (like
> we did in Boston), but that solution is less than optimal.  Any other ideas
> for bringing in remote participants?
>
> SMD.
>
>
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> On Jun 4, 2010, at 5:13 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
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>
> Sorry I should have been more clear; yes, that's local time in Denver
> (MDT).
>
> SMD.
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> On Jun 4, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Ellen Yu Borkowski <eyb at umd.edu> wrote:
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>
> Sean
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>
>
> I  am assuming 11:45 - 13:00 MDT?  If so, I will be available to
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> join via telephone as I won't be at the conference this year.
>
>
>
> Ellen
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> On Jun 4, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Sean DeMonner wrote:
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> All,
>
>
>
> I thought I'd start the conversation around coordinating a BoF
>
> during the Denver conference. My understanding is that the BoF
>
> conference spaces will be available on an ad hoc, first-come first
>
> served basis so it probably would be a good idea to get a time
>
> identified early (i.e. now). We also will almost certainly have
>
> people who want to participate remotely (calling in if possible) so
>
> giving them some lead time would be good.
>
>
>
> I've taken a quick look at the schedule and a working lunch on
>
> Thurs from 11:45 - 13:00 seems like it might work. Is that time
>
> workable for most folks?
>
>
>
> Also, we should probably start building an agenda; here are a
>
> couple items I suggest:
>
>
>
>   - Update on from various institutions
>
>   - Discussion of process for updating trunk
>
>   - Discussion of plans for merging back in various branches
>
>   - Discussion of QA resources and next tag
>
>
>
> Other items?
>
>
>
> SMD.
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