2. Create a Site

Be Careful

If you're following the storyboards, due to time constraints, only the "build" path was selected for implementation in 2.6. Creating a site by import, copy, and template will be introduced in future iterations.

1. Dashboard

1. My Sites widget

The link to create a new site can be found in the My Sites widget or in
the Join a Site page

2. Create a Site

Will pop up the wizard to create a site




2. Create a Site: Non-Course

*A non-course site is the same as a project site.

1. Course site/Non-course site

Select whether you are making a course site or not.

ToDo :

Domain

Description

Work Estimate

Technical

Make the extra options (dis)appear for a course site

8 hours

 

 

Total: 8 hours

2. Site Name - Site Id - Site Description

This allows you to enter your site's name, unique id (used for the url) and
description

ToDo :

Domain

Description

Work Estimate

Tracking

Design

Add the unique id field + design feedback on it

12 hours

Technical

Implementation

16 hours

Data Feed

Make data feed that accepts site name, site id and site descriptions and tries to save it

2 hours

(tick) create /site/new (see /direct/site/describe)

Data Feed

Make data feed that checks the existence of a site id

1 hour

(tick) action /site/:ID:/exists

 

 

Total: 31 hours

3. Go Back

Remove the Go Back button, because the intermediate screen has been removed too.

ToDo :

Domain

Description

Work Estimate

Design

Remove Go Back button

20 min

Technical

Make change in HTML

40 min

 

 

Total: 1 hour

4. Create Site

Creates the site and drops you into the newly created site.




3. Create a Site: Course

1. Subject/Course/Section

The first feed is simply meant to get the field information (variable and configurable in Sakai) for course setup. This will not be called if not setting up a course site. Choices for the fields may be not set.

NOTE: This will probably actually have to be 4 separate feeds (term, subjects, courses, sections) rather than one

ToDo :

Domain

Description

Work Estimate

Tracking

Design

Investigate whether these fields are general enough and in what extent it needs to be customizable

8 hours

Data feed

Data feed that return the available subjects/courses/sections

4 hours

(tick) see /direct/course-data/describe for details

Data feed

Data feed that takes site id, site name, site description and subject/course/section

4 hours

Technical

Implementation

16 hours

 

 

Total: 24 hours (Incomplete est.)

2. Approver's Email and Special Instructions

Remove for now. If an Instructional Designer sets up the course site, he can change
the site's owner in the permissions screen once he is done.




TOTAL HOURS = ~72 (1.9 person weeks)