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Fluid Content Management Research (2008)

Some of use cases identified in Fluid's Content Management Research included those pertaining to site and member management. In particular the Use Case Frequency Matrix found on the Content Management Research Models page includes the following use cases:

Site Setup / Layout
Setup course sites

Setup course sites
Setup course sites in collaboration with others

Look & Feel

Customize look & feel
Upload new icons
Create new icons
Re-arrange content portlets (customize)
Display a self-selected & owned image for each course site

Templates

Create all Spanish 1 sites
Create course site template used for all Spanish course (or a subset)
Create "site template" for everyone in my department to use
Share methodology for course site setup with others
Copy structure of site (no content)
Copy section infor from last year

Setup Project Sites

Setup project sites
Setup project sites for personal file storage
Setup project sites for collaboration on a book
Setup project sites for GSI/TA communication
Setup project sites for student groups
Setup project sites to work with a student on their dissertation
Setup project sites to transfer files between locations
Setup project site for research group
Setup project site to do merit review
Create shared digital space for all GSIs and supervisors for Spanish
Create my own project site

Reuse Content

Download content from old site (ARCHIVE?)
Reuse a site & its entire contents from semester to semester
Re-use previous course content
Don't copy over any date driven material when I reuse site
Transfer contents between LMS's easily (i.e Web CT to Moodle, CCNet to Blackboard)
Migrate a website (html doc) to bSpace

Designate

Setup department website for courses
Create course sites for instructors I support
Allow a student to make Moodle site

Enrollment
Roster

See current roster
Adds current students to course site (e.g. via roster)

Registration

Communicate to students that they must enroll in in both lecture & lab (course enrollment constraints)
Determine whether student has taken the class before
Ensure students have the proper pre-requisites for a course
Ensure students are enrolled in both lab & lecture (deal with expectations to this policy)
Drop students from course
Juggle student registration to "keep the course as full as possible"

Student Info

Obtain student level & major info from LMS
LMS should tell students their registration status (e.g. if just waitlist)
Determine whether enrolled in course

Section Sign & Drop

Assign students to sections
Allow GSIs to assign students to sections
Allow students to sign up for & change their own sections
Help students switch sections
Create course sections manually

Communication

Create announcements re: enrollment issues
Respond to student email re: enroll issues

Sakai Course Management Project (2006)

Pages at the Course Management space of particular relevance to site creation and course management are: