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

[Holladay, Bryan Andrew]

M&F 2.8 will have entity broker support for Mobility.

Bryan


On 9/16/10 10:26 AM, "Adam Marshall" <adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> we're doing
> 
>  - announcements / motd
>  - polls
>  - evaluations
>  - resources
>  - sign-up
> 
> We use oAuth for access and have written a "Trusted Applications" tool for "My
> Workspace".
> 
> The following are ripe for mobilizing but (I think) they don't have Entity
> Broker support
> 
>  - schedule
>  - news 
>  - Forum
> 
> we dont really use Messages
> 
> http://blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/adamweblearn/2010/09/weblearn-now-available-on-a-mo
> bile-phone/ 
> 
> adam
> 
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-dev-
> | bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Mathieu Plourde
> | Sent: 16 September 2010 15:15
> | To: Sakai Dev List
> | Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] [WG: Accessibility] Proposed PDA Portal
> | Wording Change - SAK-19061
> | 
> | 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:
> | >>
> | >>> 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
> | >>
> | >> "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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