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 | Specific Tabs | First tab line | Second tab line & justification of tabs order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiz | Info, Results, Preview, Edit (default), Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | 2nd tab line: Quiz (default), Questions, Categories, Import, Export |
| 2 | Forum | Edit (default), Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | No 2n tab line. Edit would contain the information of "add a discussion topic". |
| 3 | Glossary | Edit (default), Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | 2nd tab line: Search, Browse by alphabet, Browse by category, Browse by date, Browse by Author, Import, Export, Print. Edit would contain the information of "add a new entry". |
| 4 | Chat | Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | 2n tab line: Enter to the chat (default), Enter without frames and Javascript, Chat history. 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 (default), View responses, Settings, Assign roles, Override permissions | None 2nd tab line. |
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.
