Development:Usability issues - Tabs
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Identification of the tabs
To a large degree this has been done but it would be nice to have a table indicating areas where additional tabs are needed, to evaluate tab order, etc.
The consistent top row is:
- View
- Submissions
- Update activity
- Assign roles
- Override permissions
| ID | Activity | Tab line (default tab in bold) | Justification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiz | Info, Results, Preview, Edit(with subtabs Quiz, Questions, Categories, Import, Export), Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | |
| 2 | Forum | Edit, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | Edit would contain the information of "add a discussion topic". |
| 3 | Glossary | Edit (with subtabs Add entry, Import, Export), Search, Browse (with subtabs Browse by alphabet, Browse by category, Browse by date, Browse by Author), View, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | Edit would contain the information of "add a new entry" in Add entry. The print option will be accessible from View. |
| 4 | Chat | Enter to the chat (with subtabs Normal mode and without frames and Javascript), chat history, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | I would replace "View past chat sessions" by chat history (it must be taken into account that it has been used the concept "message history" previously at Moodle). |
| 5 | Choice | Edit, View responses, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | |
| 6 | Assignments | Edit, View attempts, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | |
| 7 | Database | View list, view single, search, add entry, export, templates, fields, presets, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | |
| 8 | Lesson | Preview, Edit (with subtabs collapsed, expanded), Reports, Grade essays, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | |
| 9 | Survey | Edit, View responses (with subtabs Questions, students, download), Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | |
| 10 | Wiki | View, Edit, Links, History, Search wiki, Choose wiki links, Administration, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | The "reload this page" button must be maintained in all pages. |
Screenshots
Quiz
Glossary
Chat
Choice
Forum
Assignments
Database
Lesson
Survey
Wiki
Possibility of moving tabs using javascript mentioned in the Fluid project (Javascript vs. AJAX)
This is related to support tab layout widgets. I think I might prefer javascript to AJAX as my impression has been that AJAX generally slows the page down especially for large courses. Again, some research on comparing these appoaches could be useful to the developers as we try to figure out how best to implement the tabs.
Circumstances would tabs cause more confusion or not be recommended
It would be recommended to add this tabs and delete the update activity button because the information of the activity is displayed in the same page and accessing with that button increments too much the number of clicks to update.
