Student projects/Usability issues/T1

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Research in the tracker

Top 10 usability problems

1. Order problem: 1 usability problems
2. Too many popup windows: 1 usability problems
3. Problems when finding buttons: 1 usability problems
4. Problems with the usage of icons: 1 usability problems
5. Problems with the buttons' colours: 1 usability problems

Usability problem's table

#Usability problem ID	Short description	URL of the tracker	Kind of problem	Proposed solution
1	Usability Problem with Moodle File Management System	MDL-9513	Order problem	Change the order of the several columns: checkbox - filename - action column - file data
2	Quiz usability: too many popup windows when manually grading	MDL-6000	Too many pupup windows	Solve manual overriding of grade in /mod/quiz/report.php
3	Capability definition should include list of contexts where usable	MDL-7859	Confusing where each capability can be assigned	In capability definition (access.php file) contextlevel means the lowest level
4	Usability issue: send in ratings	MDL-2572	Problems when finding buttons	If users could send in their ratings as they make them with a button available next to each rating, or some other mechanism contextlevel means the lowest level
5	Usability issue: send in ratings	MDL-5794	Problems with the usage of icons	Addinng a field / script
6	If the "Turn editing on" was of a different color or shape the usability would be better	MDL-10182	Problems with buttons' colours	If the "Turn editing on" was of a different color or shape the usability would be better: the button would be easier to find.
7	Increase use of tabs on all mod activities	MDL-14632	The idea is to move all the "modes" for a module into consistent tabs that are visible all the time (assuming you have permissions). This way we could make roles much easier to get to, and we'd also remove some of the inconsistent buttons and links we have.	Setting some prototypes could help the discussion.
8	META BUG: GSoC 2008 Usability Issues	MDL-14639	This bug will track all the separate parts of the "Usability issues" project in GSoC 2008.
9	Ability to hide and activity or resource but still make it usable if i link to it	MDL-14444	To be able to hide resources and activities but still make them accessible so I could visually make an element (a specially design label) to access them in a more visually design way.	To alter the hide/show (eye icon) so that the hide is still making the resource accessible if I know the link to it. some thing like HTML/CSS display:none
10	Drop down menus not usable and not accessible in IE using keyboard only	MDL-14439	When using keyboard in Drop down menus (for example, adding a resource or activity, or selecting a language in the user profile, or using the drop down menu on top left of each resource/activity page), it is necessary to be extremely fast to select an option. If you are not very very fast, the first option is always selected by default. The problem does not appears using FireFox.	A flag in the user profile allowing people to show the menu buttons (currently available in the code, but enclosed in the NOSCRIPT tag). This way people using either keyboard or mouse will be able to use the drop down menus.
11	Wiki: error message too small (not noticeable) when upload file exceed file size limit (usability)	MDL-14294	If you try to upload a larger image file over 10240 bytes, the file manager will prompt you that "Sorry, but that file is too big (limit is 10240 bytes, about 10k). However, this message is so small that it is not noticeable by the user and a lot of users would get confused.	Maybe consider display the error/warning message outside of the File Browser window, or at least make it red color. The file size limit should be flexible and there should be an option for this in wiki.
12	It seems that group mode is not yet (fully?) implemented in Metacourses.	MDL-7675	It seems that group mode is not yet (fully?) implemented in Metacourses. I would appreciate very much this feature. An extension of "separate group mode" on all ressources and activities would add even more usability for moodle use in multiclass-multiteac.	To better manage the activities for different classes an improvement of the group mode: extension to activities and ressources, full implementationfor Metacourses and complete separation of groups (no visibility of activities/ressources of other groups)