Difference between revisions of "Usability of Mediawiki as a collaborative workspace for knowledge creation"

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* Do users know how to rate pages? How do they understand the scale of rating?
 
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** Possibility of a "paperclip assistant" to help users understand the rating system, maybe even encourage them? ("First time here? Learn more about rating bar!")
 
* Do users bother rating pages? Do users need to be encouraged to rate, do the users notice the rating tools?
 
* Do users bother rating pages? Do users need to be encouraged to rate, do the users notice the rating tools?
 
* Usability: are the rating tools easy to use and clear?
 
* Usability: are the rating tools easy to use and clear?

Revision as of 07:31, 28 June 2010

Main message:
Question:

How do the various collaborative elements of Opasnet wiki support knowledge creation?

Answer:



Tasks

  • Refactor the current Peer rating extension. The new extension system should have two rating bars: scientific quality and usefulness.

Thoughts on scope

Possible issues with the rating system

  • Do users know how to rate pages? How do they understand the scale of rating?
    • Possibility of a "paperclip assistant" to help users understand the rating system, maybe even encourage them? ("First time here? Learn more about rating bar!")
  • Do users bother rating pages? Do users need to be encouraged to rate, do the users notice the rating tools?
  • Usability: are the rating tools easy to use and clear?
  • What are the benefits of the ratings to the author(s) of the page?
  • What are the benefits of the ratings to other users?

Discussion tools

  • The Discussion tools should be included in the study.

Other

  • Wiki editing conflicts (multiple users editing a page)