Hello educators, Just pinging this again, as so far only Liang & I endorsed the Program & Events Dashboard wish that Sage opened on the community wishlist.
It's highly important that there is a wider support for it, as the developers will give it more attention, so please go to this link <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Programs_and_events>and add your endorsement. It'll take you less than a minute and it'll make all of our lives so much easier.. :) Cheers, Shani. On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 10:32 PM, Amanda Bittaker <[email protected]> wrote: > If dashboard improvements end up highly supported in the survey, it's much >> more likely to receive developer attention from WMF next year. > > > Excellent reminder, and thanks for starting the proposal Sage! My team's > biggest push was getting the Dashboard usable for any Wikimedia project in > any language, and now we are working on campaigns, but there is still a ton > that could be done for education and other programs. The WMF currently > does not have any plans to dedicate Engineering time to further features. > Refining and supporting this proposal could make the difference. > > Cheers, > Amanda > > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Sage Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Vojtěch! >> >> On a related note, I started a proposal in the new Community Wishlist >> Survey for making the dashboard good enough for education programs to >> be a viable replacement for the EducationProgram extension: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Surv >> ey/Categories/Programs_and_events >> >> The current state of things is that the Community Tech team is working >> on the use case of edit-a-thon campaigns right now. Amanda and the >> Community Tech team have discussed the education program as a key use >> case for the future, but there aren't currently definite plans to >> prioritize that. >> >> The work so far has been done on behalf of the Learning & Engagement >> team that is Amanda is part of. But the main focus of the Community >> Tech team is to work on community-identified projects from the >> wishlist survey. Feel free to edit the proposal I started. If >> dashboard improvements end up highly supported in the survey, it's >> much more likely to receive developer attention from WMF next year. >> >> -Sage >> >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Shani <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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 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. 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/ - 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, 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 | Twitter | Newsletter >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> 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 >> >> [email protected] | +4673-383 26 70 >> >> >> >> Stöd fri kunskap genom att bli medlem! >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> education-collab mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > education-collab mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > education-collab mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education-collab > >
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