...
| self-promotion | find people | coordinate projects | maintain contacts | stay current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
profile Profile | + | + |
| + | 0 |
-privacy controls or messaging | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-contact info | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
groups Groups |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
connections Connections |
|
|
| + | 0 |
Which of these are necessary for the undergraduate student? At this point, privacy control becomes essential (students can't contact other students via email without consent). It is even less likely that students will maintain contacts in Sakai and will use other tools for that. They might like to stay current, but are not nearly as invested in their specialty at this point in their career. Thus, again, the first three goals are probably the most relevant, with self-promotion becoming less important after they leave school.
| self-promotion | find people | coordinate projects | maintain contacts | stay current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
profile Profile | + | + |
| + | 0 |
-privacy controls or messaging | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
-contact info | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
groups Groups |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
connections Connections |
|
|
| + | 0 |
Note that groups are not essential, but are another way of maintaining loose affilliation--I might join a group, but I don't necessarily want to let everyone in that group in my network. For short term projects with a small number of members, direct contact is fine, but large groups with membership that shifts overtime will need a group function.