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What are the tasks for the Inquiry Page and DKRC?--FALL 02

Brent Palmer (bopalmer@uiuc.edu) (ready to use)

Coauthors
Carey Campbell (ctcampbe@isrl.uiuc.edu)
Karen Lunsford (klunsfor@uiuc.edu)
Mihye Won (mihyewon@uiuc.edu)
Steve Poulakos (poulakos@uiuc.edu)
Ann Bishop (abishop@uiuc.edu)


ASK
Unit Keywords
distributed knowledge

  INVESTIGATE Go to Topgo to top
Background and Resources
Tools to Explore

  • Sparrow Web
    From their web site: "Sparrow Web promotes a different genre of web page: the community-shared page. Like any web page, a community-shared page is originally crafted by a single author, who defines the initial content and scope of the document. But unlike other web pages, a community-shared page can be modified or added to by any interested contributor, and the barriers for doing so are lessened by allowing changes to be made in a lightweight manner. Community-shared pages increase the collaborative capability of the web."

  • GetCited

  CREATE Go to Topgo to top
Activities and Open-ended problems
Inquiry Page

  • Architecture


    • High: Moving v3.1 to main site>

    • style sheets on units that don't change the overall look

    • High: Implementing Bib tool in IP

    • Med: quotes as objects (authors, editing, keywords, etc.)

    • Med: projects as objects (authors, editing, keywords, etc.)

    • High: Modifying template to make distributed IP easier; course use this spring

    • Med: permission for spin-offs

    • Med: start at any oval/notes space/better support for to-do lists

    • Med: different levels of scaffolding for creating units

    • Med: save units as Word; pdf; slide show

    • Low: spinoff tracking via templates

    • Low:template as new educational object

    • Low: three levels of privacy for Inquiry Units

    • Low: Open Archives Initiative compliant

    • Low: ??user rating of units

    • Low: Google search for IP and DK



  • Content


    • High: Update What's New section

    • High: Fix broken link to "slide Show"

    • High: Update "Schedule of Development" Section

    • High: Move link to member profiles to more visible spot

    • High: Prepare Karen Z's help files for incorporation(Brent)

    • Med: templates for boxes; no outfront explanation

    • audio/video for slide shows (Inray)

    • notification that someone has spun-off your unit


    • Med: Plan for incorporating Creative Commons into IP

      • General statement for whole site
      • Individual units
      • other

    • Med: Revamp site per Karen Z' recs (Interns see below)
    • Med: Statistics Page (e.g.: units, spinoffs, visits and page views, profiles)
    • Low: Move Collaborative Tools section from DK to IP
    • Low: XML standard (for distributed IP)

    • Low: Science Network News as Inquiry Units

    • Low: links to relevant listservs, e.g., Rethinking Schools

    • Low: better system for Open Directory

    • Low: done?? privacy statement



  • Enrich member profiles


    • My page: personal web page with links to my-units, my-events, my-bibliography, my-quotes, etc.

    • More graphic interface

    • Centers of activity

    • Links to Inquiry in action features created by member


  • Extensions


    • automatic checkoff to put bibliography entries into a unit

    • discussion threads
      • create when units are created

      • link to units?

    • redo Quill?

    • integrate SEASAW

    • visualization, meta-units?

    • create web forms within an IP unit?



DKRC

  • High: update content for 3rd Annual Report

  • Steven, Xueqing: check out Listproc archiving features
    Check with Martin on status of installation.

  • site organization


    • integrate DKRC & IP

    • improve site layout and navigation

    • better structure to equitably handle different groups


  • Revise the instructions for the bibliography tool.

  • Role for Undergrads


    • LIS450 LW: Have students evaluate how site serves both DK and DKRC




Extensions


Potential Intern Tasks

  • IP


    • High: Revamp site per Karen Z' recs

      • Index Page:more dynamic
      • revamp sidebar & links
      • other pages


    • High: Prepare Why tutorials for use (Julie)

    • High: Text for new opening page(Julie)

    • Low: help files for bibliography tool (Julie)


    • High: courses using IP in Inquiry in Action(Rob)

    • High: Analyze IIA for usefulness(Rob)


    • High: Sister Net in Inquiry in Action(Brian)

    • High: Anylyze site for usefulness to community groups(Brian)

    • High: Page for Community Use of IP (Brian)




  • DKRC


    • better opening page: what's here? market experience.

    • create Inquiry in Action for DKRC





  DISCUSS Go to Topgo to top
Dialogues, Discussions, and Presentations
message re: making profiles public

Connections

  REFLECT Go to Topgo to top
Assessment, Related Questions, and Story of the Unit
Notes from 10/02/02 meeting:

-exact information on how site is to be used
-member directory (navigation bar or tab)
-explanation of Inquiry Unit
-rephrase Mission Statement
-too much information on the index page
-browser window size
-introduce other types of uses for the site
-more color
-too many hyperlinks
-priority of website
-broaden focus to other types of groups (e.g. community, students, etc.)
-minimize text
-links to be more hierarchical
-Home
-About Inquiry Page
-Our definition
-What's New
-Search
-"Help" link to be more direct and user friendly
-make the site more graphical
-user friendly for diverse users & provide ways by which they could contribute


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