Opening Up Support Chris Sparks & Simon Davis E-Learning Development Team University of York
Our Project
So What?
Years VLE Install Daily Usage Today VLE Usage Per Day Common Problems Years VLE Install Daily Usage Today VLE Usage Per Day
A BIT OF HISTORY
The Pre-Existing System
Information Overload?
OUR SOLUTION
Guiding Principles Simplicity & Flexibility Integration Updatability / Extensibility
Designing Our Approach Interface CategorisationFormat of Resources Interface Categorisation
Improving Resources
Categorisation, Storage & Retrieval Bb Content Collection Files & LinksMetadata Search Database Training Database Databases (MySQL) WWW Guides Page Inspiration Page Support Home Web Service Portlets, JSON, XML, HTML “Search Engine” (ColdFusion) Indexing Process (ColdFusion) Search Log
How This is Exposed Authenticated Users Unauthenticated Users (Staff HQ site) … so resources are always easily available.
Search in Action
HOW DOES THIS OPEN UP SUPPORT?
What, who and how? What – Guides (technical / pedagogy), training, events, case studies Who – Staff, students, departments, program teams How – Self-support, central training – Support queries, bespoke training – 1:1 consultations
Timeliness & localisation of support Search results
Timeliness & localisation of support Guides can be added by devolved developers
Timeliness & localisation of support Filter case studies – expose in portlet
Timeliness & localisation of support Custom resource sets
Timeliness & localisation of support
Support Home
SUMMING UP
OVER TO YOU
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