Process.arts functionality requirements for an open practice platform
Below is a basic list of process.arts existing core functionality and additional functionality identified through site use for future development. This is the first draft, and functionality will be added and updated.
process.arts is an open practice platform for sharing art, design and media practice based learning and teaching, the site is open to anyone to encourage open communities of practice across individuals, groups, colleges worldwide. The site offers a rich media/social media experience to sharing arts practice, users are encouraged to openly share and use creative commons licensed content and support others in doing the same. Also see some ideas for the digital stewarding role (specifically in relation to creative sector communicating/sharing its resources and learning and teaching with the world)
Non-user (Site visitor)
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User identity profile and interaction |
Content Creation |
Content interaction |
Groups and communities
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General site wide |
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View site user profiles and content |
None |
View and search all content Flag content Feedback via form
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View and comment on all content and forums |
See all content including posts, forums, groups, comments and user profiles
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Download openly licensed content Share content via social media |
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View who’s online, visitor counts – use and reuse – interactions (number of comments, downloads etc…) |
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Add comments (admin approved before published) |
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Links to process.arts social media |
Logged in User
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User identity profile and interaction |
Content Creation, edit and publish |
Content interaction |
Groups and communities
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General site wide |
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Login Shibboleth – LDAP - Create general an account |
Create rich media post
RSS feeds for all content
Playlists for ordering content and videos into structured learning pathways |
Post comments direct (no mediation)
Content use data – Quick response field – “did you find this resources useful, how did you use it?” |
Create groups Invite members to join groups
Personalise groups with group name, information. Home/landing page and banner images
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New/ improved nice menu styling
Featured content Recent content Most viewed Popular content My content |
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Create and edit profile Images and image and text info. Tables of content (work times, calendar) Key information sets – Like linked in where work, study.
Skills list/tags can see other users skills similar to yours |
Posts including combined posts of lots of different media:
Video direct upload
3rd party video
Images and image slideshows – light box
Image galleries - be able to upload batches of images as gallery pictures displayed in posts.
Text Audio uploads and embed 3rd party
Full editor with create tables and text formating
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Flag content Download openly licensed content
Share content via social media
Add comments (without approval)
Flag content
Add to site Feedback form
Search via:
All content type search
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Add content to groups (Admin/steward approved, with guidance)
Increase group visibility on PA by surfacing most active groups on front page.
Search groups
View most recent or active groups
Create a group forum and add forum posts
Groups to be able to organize there content into specific specialist categories |
View who’s online, visitor counts – use and reuse – interactions (number of comments, downloads etc…)
OER dropbox – see here
General improvements to all the navigation, interface etc. top menu and right menus could look and work better
Video for iPhone ipad - Have an image placeholder or video conversion to show video on iPhone and iPads
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Send messages to other users |
Attach all different file types and display as icons
Easily add Creative Commons license to all posts
Must be able to embed easily - e.g slide share (iFrame style embeds) and flash Embed 3rd party images and audio from URL links
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Field and menu searches:
Tags College Group Material Resources Category Create a forum topic and add forum posts
Add images to personal lightbox
Custom bookmarks – see here
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Create content button is too small, make a big Create content button |
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Follow users or groups |
Video upload direct (large good quality)
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Comments lists |
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Add own social networks |
Wiki style option for ‘collaborative’ post editing options, open editing or version control. |
College lists |
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Subscribe to content |
Using Prezi in process.arts, how can we easily embed Prezi presentations in content |
Timeline of content |
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Bookmarks |
Be able to share and copy images from users image browser, see if this can be developed to improve folders, renaming etc. |
Make the subscribe options and tabs more explicit and simplified. |
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View all of own content and be able to organize and display own content in clusters. |
Forum is basic could be improved be good to integrate this with content and groups as well |
Open tagging - Like we have in NAM so others can add to content - crowd sourcing data |
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View own content and site stats |
Hide download option for copyright content |
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Browse own sever content by able to organize and upload and remove
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We had the save as draft module running for a while but I'm not sure its was too good, we could do with looking into a more advanced module to use. Maybe just integrate this with the introduction of wiki style posts. Must be open or content may get lost. |
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Administrator/steward
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User identity profile and interaction |
Content Creation |
Content interaction |
Groups and communities
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General site wide |
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Authenticate users
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Edit and delete all content
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Authenticate comments
Promote groups through social media networks |
Steward and develop groups
Confirm the development of groups |
Feature content
Identify and report bugs
Identify Site development and extended functionality |
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Add new content categories |
Feature content
Edit Authored by: Authored on: information
Edit publishing optionså
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Promote groups through social media networks |
Site footer contet needs to be updated including the terms and conditions. |
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