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Helen is Moodle Community Manager. She and Doug Belshaw (MoodleNet Lead) discussed: | Helen is Moodle Community Manager. She and Doug Belshaw (MoodleNet Lead) discussed: | ||
* | * Moving MoodleNet project documentation from user docs area to dev docs. | ||
* People like group icons and badges, which are awarded by helping (some automated, some manual) | |||
Helen kindly put together a list of things that work well: | Helen kindly put together a list of things that work well: | ||
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* Useful ratings - used to calculate PHM group membership | * Useful ratings - used to calculate PHM group membership | ||
* Badges | * Badges | ||
* Moodle jobs database | * [https://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=54 Moodle jobs database] | ||
* Answering questions by posting links to the documentation | * Answering questions by posting links to the documentation | ||
* Moodle translation site | * [https://lang.moodle.org/ Moodle translation site] | ||
* A clear policy on what is and isn’t allowed with regard to advertising in the forums plus making the effort to enforce the policy | * A clear policy on what is and isn’t allowed with regard to advertising in the forums plus making the effort to enforce the policy | ||
* Giving trusted people moderator and editing rights | * Giving trusted people moderator and editing rights | ||
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* Forums for different areas of Moodle e.g. themes - though not all areas of Moodle need a separate forum | * Forums for different areas of Moodle e.g. themes - though not all areas of Moodle need a separate forum | ||
...and things that are sources of frustration: | ...and things that are sources of frustration / not working: | ||
* People don’t have any idea about the tracker and find it bewildering to use | * People don’t have any idea about the tracker and find it bewildering to use | ||
* Having a different Moodle Docs wiki for each version of Moodle - causes problems when people do a Google search | * Having a different Moodle Docs wiki for each version of Moodle - causes problems when people do a Google search | ||
* Moodle Buzz - used to work a long time ago but nowadays nobody adds anything | * [https://moodle.org/buzz Moodle Buzz] - used to work a long time ago but nowadays nobody adds anything | ||
* Moodle.net sharing courses and content | * Moodle.net sharing courses and content | ||
* Less active communities on moodle.org attract spammers | * Less active communities on moodle.org attract spammers | ||
* Newcomers confuse moodle.org with their own Moodle site | * Newcomers confuse moodle.org with their own Moodle site | ||
* People think they need to register their site for others to access | * People think they need to [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Site_registration register their site] for others to access | ||
* Crowdfunding database - set up but never really used | * [https://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=8090 Crowdfunding database] - set up but never really used | ||
* Front page of moodle.org! | * Front page of moodle.org! | ||
* Moodle.org site policy - nobody notices the link in the footer of each page and you’re not required to agree to it when you sign up for an account | * [https://moodle.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7080 Moodle.org site policy] - nobody notices the link in the footer of each page and you’re not required to agree to it when you sign up for an account | ||
* Tags on moodle.org | * [https://moodle.org/tag/search.php Tags on moodle.org] | ||
* Confusion with moodle.org and moodle.com | * Confusion with moodle.org and moodle.com | ||
=== Juan Leyva (15th Nov 17) === | === Juan Leyva (15th Nov 17) === | ||
Latest revision as of 17:13, 15 November 2017
About
This page is a record of meetings about MoodleNet, in the spirit of working openly.
Meeting notes
Helen Foster (15th Nov 17)
Helen is Moodle Community Manager. She and Doug Belshaw (MoodleNet Lead) discussed:
- Moving MoodleNet project documentation from user docs area to dev docs.
- People like group icons and badges, which are awarded by helping (some automated, some manual)
Helen kindly put together a list of things that work well:
- Educators and developers mixing in the forums
- Groups with group icons in the forums - Particularly helpful Moodlers, Core developers, Plugin developers, Testers etc.
- Useful ratings - used to calculate PHM group membership
- Badges
- Moodle jobs database
- Answering questions by posting links to the documentation
- Moodle translation site
- A clear policy on what is and isn’t allowed with regard to advertising in the forums plus making the effort to enforce the policy
- Giving trusted people moderator and editing rights
- Communities for different languages
- Forums for different areas of Moodle e.g. themes - though not all areas of Moodle need a separate forum
...and things that are sources of frustration / not working:
- People don’t have any idea about the tracker and find it bewildering to use
- Having a different Moodle Docs wiki for each version of Moodle - causes problems when people do a Google search
- Moodle Buzz - used to work a long time ago but nowadays nobody adds anything
- Moodle.net sharing courses and content
- Less active communities on moodle.org attract spammers
- Newcomers confuse moodle.org with their own Moodle site
- People think they need to register their site for others to access
- Crowdfunding database - set up but never really used
- Front page of moodle.org!
- Moodle.org site policy - nobody notices the link in the footer of each page and you’re not required to agree to it when you sign up for an account
- Tags on moodle.org
- Confusion with moodle.org and moodle.com
Juan Leyva (15th Nov 17)
Juan is Mobile Lead at Moodle. He and Doug Belshaw (MoodleNet Lead) discussed:
- Whether we need a new app specifically for MoodleNet (undecided)
- UX around searching for Moodle installation - vs. typing in URL of organisation's instance
- Blocks within the mobile app and example of course completion being available via 'course option' in app
- Ways authentication / login currently works (OAuth / tokens) and whether it would be possible to login to a self-hosted Moodle site with a MoodleNet account
- The appear of Stack Overflow and the importance of building / maintaining reputation within a community
- Well-formed questions, moderation, and serving up answers to common questions within Moodle installations
- Improving search (which is poor at moodle.org)
- Creating progressive web apps vs native apps for MoodleNet functionality - e.g. integration with Siri / Google Now / Alexa
- Pursuing small experiments (e.g. 'MoodleNet Help' app)
