[Building Sakai] [WG: Accessibility] Proposed PDA Portal Wording Change - SAK-19061

Thu Sep 16 07:15:12 PDT 2010

BTW, speaking of mobile devices...

My concern is that we might end up spending a lot of resources trying
to bring the authentic Sakai experience to mobile devices. In my
opinion, students should not expect the same features to be available
on a mobile interface, but a stripped down targeted experience that
focuses on key behaviors appropriate to a mobile environment.

For instance, I would not recommend to a student to complete a graded
quiz on a cell phone, or any assignment that requires heavy writing
online.

But I would expect a mobile experience to give me access to my course
content, to the schedule of the class, to my messages and discussion
forums, and to notify me when something happens. Any thoughts?

BTW, i'm not on the accessibility list, so i haven't CCed it.

Mathieu

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 7:37 AM, Steve Swinsburg
<steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> We were actually discussing that we should add a link to take you to the mobile view at #ausakai10 this eve. So as the person who developed the 'switch to classic view' link, I am in favour of:
>
> Switch to mobile view.
>
> The mobile view is not particularly accessible so this need not be referenced. And agreed, PDA is so 90's!
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 16/09/2010, at 3:32, Eli Cochran <eli at media.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>> Chuck,
>> I'm confused by this proposal. I completely support that idea of replacing the term "pda" with "mobile", but equating the mobile version with accessibility is wrong.
>>
>> It is true that for a few users the mobile version may be more accessible, mostly because it simplifies the UI. However, for most users at all levels of ability the full Sakai IS very accessible. (We've done a lot of work over the last few years to make it so.)
>>
>> The focus of our efforts should continue to be on making the full version of Sakai fully and richly accessible, not creating an "accessible version" of the system.
>>
>> - Eli
>>
>> On Sep 15, 2010, at 10:09 AM, csev wrote:
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>>> Super - I agree with all of it - new proposal:
>>>
>>> Switch to Accessible / Mobile view
>>>
>>> Switch to full view
>>>
>>> I think "classic" makes much more sense if there is a "new" and "old" involved.
>>>
>>> /Chuck
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>> Eli Cochran
>> manager of user experience design
>> user interaction developer
>> Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley
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>> "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
>>    - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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