[samigo-team] Samigo settings revamp

[Keli Sato Amann]

Hello
I was reviewing Kristol's redesign to allow instructor to do override settings for samigo (https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAM-1408). It will do the job in that it allows groups or individual students to have different parameters. However, there are separate overrides for dates and for time limit. 

So I was looking back at a sketch I had done with Daphne of Berkeley where we tried to create common settings for both Assignments and T&Q. Whereas T&Q currently groups settings into 14 different collapsable areas, we had one that had 3 basic clusters (https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/UX/Activity+Details). However, it didn't address the idea of override settings; we just had a little link in the corner as a TBD. 

So I sketched something in Balsamiq on Confluence yesterday, where you had 4 groups of settings. The main one "Availability and Submission" is open by default. 

Take a look:

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAM/Settings+rework

I wanted to check in to see if the direction and overall idea was right before we went into further details. I'm proposing this as an agenda item for next Tuesday.

Right now we are not tackling the overall structure of SAMigo, just the settings page. If we wanted to push further, one might imagine  moving Settings so that it appears in the margins of the question creation screens. Even better, it would be great to separate the test content away from it's delivery parameters and have the delivery parameters be common between all types of assignments, including papers or discussion. I always thought this would have to wait for the OAE, but I'm throwing it out there to more technically minded folks.

Keli Amann
User Experience Specialist
Academic Computing Services, Stanford University