[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dashboard?
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:21:46 -0700
Sure. Think of a control panel or anything that gathers in one place the data
and tools needed to accomplish a certain set of tasks that logically go
together.
In this case what we want to create is a sequential checklist of all the steps
that a volunteer should go through to improve the chances that a PQ book
doesn't bounce their submission.
The least sophisticated version would simply make the links clickable. These
would take the user to a separate page with the data needed at each step.
The next more sophisticated step would retain the list ordering but embed each
step's database as an element visible and searchable from within the dashboard
page.
A final step in sophistication would be to optimize this single-page dashboard
to reflect back to you where you were in the process, be optimizable for all
accessibility needs, collect results as exportable or similar functions.
It is unlikely that the third level will ever be achieved. We are shooting for
something resembling the second level to correspond with publication of the
updated manual.
Side note:
You idea of a list of submission suggestions by genera, series, or other
category would be an excellent addition to such a dsahboard if the data were
collected into a spreadsheet and managed by a volunteer.
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin [llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 1:01 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dashboard?
Scott, can you explain what a dashboard is and now to use it? I'm not familiar
with this concept.
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