Thanks for the update, Vojtěch! I'm also in the process of translating it all to Hebrew and will begin to work with it shorly as a pilot in two of my academic courses.
Cheers, Shani. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Sara Mörtsell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Vojtěch, > > I really appreciate your update on the dashboard. I only started > laborating with some of the student cohorts I have from the Education > Program in Sweden, and I really need to learn more. And think of a good > Swedish name for it before launching. > > Thanks, > Sara > > 2016-11-08 17:54 GMT+01:00 Vojtěch Dostál <[email protected]>: > >> Dear collab-orators, >> >> since Stockholm I have been trying to help with the development of the >> Program&Events >> Dashboard <https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/> which is, at some >> point, likely to replace the outdated Education Extension. Yesterday Amanda >> Bittaker (CC'ed) gave me a guided tour of the current state of dashboard >> and I had an opportunity to ask questions. I will also be taking part in >> biweekly calls with the developer team to make sure that the Dashboard >> development is going the right direction. >> >> Some of you are probably already using it but most of the large country >> programs are not using it yet on a large scale. I think there is a lack of >> reliable and trustworthy information about the P&E Dashboard so let me give >> you an update what it does: >> >> - Is is an open system letting *anyone *with a Wikipedia account log >> in and create his/her own course pages. There is nothing like userrights >> except for developer access >> - advantage: no barriers, >> - disadvantage: possible vandalism or trolling. >> - When you create a course page, you can send a link to this >> course page so that participants can log in. Students need to *fill >> in a "password" *- this can be publicly announced on the course page >> or entirely private >> - advantage: enables to "close" course for a desired group people >> only >> - disadvantage: participants have to overcome one more step when >> they want to enrol in the course >> - you can *create a course *by cloning one of your past course pages >> (not someone else's) or by starting a completely new page. In the course >> page set-up, you can choose your "home project" and "home language". >> - there is probably *no way to add "templates" to course pages*. >> For example, each our course page on Czech Wikipedia has a template >> which >> links to guidelines, helpdesk etc. >> - you can *edit the course page* if you are the creator or the >> creator has assigned you as the "facilitator" of the course. >> - advantage: preventing changes done by people who have no >> relationship or knowledge about the project >> - disadvantage: teachers creating course pages have to assign >> local coordinators as facilitators otherwise the facilitators cannot >> help >> them design the pages or curate them. This will lead to a load of >> e-mails >> saying "Can you please assign me as a facilitator to the course, sir?" >> - *creating campaigns (groups of courses)* is not available yet. It >> is not sure when it will be ready but hopefully before March. This is >> crucial to large country programs - we need to have a list of "our" >> projects. >> - advantage: you can include some information or links or training >> material to the individual course pages >> - disadvantage: anyone will be able to create campaigns - this >> will lead to a mess >> >> Overall the Community Tech team has done a good job in recent months! >> Thanks for your work on this and especially for all you are planning to do. >> But we need more work before the large programs like ours are likely to use >> it on a large scale. >> >> For more information please see this page >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Tech/Programs_%26_Events_Dashboard>. >> You can give feedback on the discussion page there. This will be very >> useful for the developers who are eager to get some input, especially about >> the campaigns, according to Amanda. >> >> Also I think we need to think about the *name of the dashboard* more... >> I cannot imagine telling our students to open browser and type >> *http://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/ >> <http://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/> *- we should make a shortened >> version too with a catchy name than can be easily communicated without >> knowledge of English. My Phabricator ticket for this is here >> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T146332>, without any comments for >> two months now. >> >> I understand there will be some announcements coming from the Community >> Tech team in near future. >> I think this would be also useful to the [email protected] >> people. There has been no official information about the Dashboard for >> months on that mailing list! >> >> best, >> >> Vojtěch Dostál >> >> předseda rady / chair of the board >> Wikimedia Česká republika | http://www.wikimedia.cz >> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.CR> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_CR> | Newsletter >> <http://eepurl.com/b--eXr> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> education-collab mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab >> >> > > > -- > > *Med vänliga hälsningar, * > *Sara Mörtsell* > > > Sara Mörtsell | Education Manager, Wikimedia Sverige > <http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida> > [email protected] | +4673-383 26 70 > > *Stöd fri kunskap genom att bli medlem <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se/>! * > > _______________________________________________ > education-collab mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab > >
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