Feedback (User Interface Guideline)

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Moodle User Interface Guidelines > Feedback

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Status: INCOMPLETE
This is a guideline for a Moodle Interface Guideline. Comments: developer forum thread

Problem

In order to make it possible for the user to use an application meaningfully, the application must respond meaningfully to each user action.

Solution

See: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines: Feedback (for Desktop but still a great guide and mostly applicable to Moodle.)

Examples and implementation

Feedback pages

Feedback pages are often used in Moodle to provide feedback to the user about successful filling of a form, such as a submission of configuration page or posting to a forum thread.

Wizards

TODO: Wizards should use the status display that tells the user about the steps available and the active step, as feedback to the user about their actions.

Installation

The Moodle installation wizard gives the user feedback about its progress by outputting new rows to the current page being displayed, allowing the page to load completely only when the process is complete.

Related guidelines

• Feedback page

Related issues in the tracker

• TODO: development of Moodle feedback away from the feedback page towards showing feedback on the resulting content page.

Further information / Sources

• TODO: Test and create guideline for: MDL-18224 MDL-18225
• See presentation (alternate link) of workshop by David Mudrak for the future direction of feedback