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Cclewley: /* The 'Teach' environment */

2021-10-01T12:31:58Z

The 'Teach' environment

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	== The 'Teach' environment ==		== The 'Teach' environment ==
	The ‘[https://impvis.co.uk/teach Teach]’ environment holds every individual visualisation that has been [[Uploading a new visualisation\|uploaded]] by a creator and subsequently [[Visualisation status#Approved\|approved]] and [[Visualisation status#Published\|published]]. Here visualisations can be sorted by category. When visualisations are launched from the 'Teach' environment, it will appear full screen (via URL parameter, eg ‘teach=1’) by default, with any text panes minimised (if the visualisation is written using the 2020 [[ImpVis template description\|ImpVis template]]). If a user is signed-in to the website, they can 'favourite' visualisations.		The ‘[https://impvis.co.uk/teach Teach]’ environment holds every individual visualisation that has been [[Uploading a new visualisation\|uploaded]] by a creator and subsequently [[Visualisation status#Approved\|approved]] and [[Visualisation status#Published\|published]]. Here visualisations can be sorted by category. When visualisations are launched from the 'Teach' environment, it will appear full screen (via URL parameter, eg ‘teach=1’) by default, with any text panes minimised (if the visualisation is written using the 2020 [[ImpVis template description\|ImpVis template]]). If a user is signed-in to the website, they can '[[Favourite visualisations and Collections\|favourite]]' visualisations.

	The 'Teach' environment is designed with the needs of the instructor in mind, as they can browse the full range of ImpVis visualisations available to find ones that best fit their learning & teaching needs.		The 'Teach' environment is designed with the needs of the instructor in mind, as they can browse the full range of ImpVis visualisations available to find ones that best fit their learning & teaching needs.
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	The ‘Learn’ area is where ‘Collections’ appear. A Collection can be a single visualisation or a combination of visualisation pages and are linked to specific modules. It is therefore particularly useful for learners, as they will easily be able to find Collections that were created specifically for their module, by filtering the Collections by module, department, or year group.		The ‘Learn’ area is where ‘Collections’ appear. A Collection can be a single visualisation or a combination of visualisation pages and are linked to specific modules. It is therefore particularly useful for learners, as they will easily be able to find Collections that were created specifically for their module, by filtering the Collections by module, department, or year group.

	Any [[User roles#Creators\|creator]] or [[User roles#Instructors\|instructor]] can create Collections. Any signed-in user can ~~‘favourite’~~ a Collection. A creator or instructor can [[Creating a Collection#Copy an existing Collection\|copy an existing Collection]] to link it to their own module - this will create a stand-alone copied version of the Collection which can subsequently be edited to suit the instructor's needs.		Any [[User roles#Creators\|creator]] or [[User roles#Instructors\|instructor]] can create Collections. Any signed-in user can ‘[[Favourite visualisations and Collections\|favourite]]’ a Collection. A creator or instructor can [[Creating a Collection#Copy an existing Collection\|copy an existing Collection]] to link it to their own module - this will create a stand-alone copied version of the Collection which can subsequently be edited to suit the instructor's needs.

	== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/code Code]' environment ==		== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/code Code]' environment ==
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	When a user signs in to the ImpVis website, they will have access to the 'MyVis' dashboard. The dashboard includes:		When a user signs in to the ImpVis website, they will have access to the 'MyVis' dashboard. The dashboard includes:

	# The user's favourite visualisations		# The user's [[Favourite visualisations and Collections\|favourite]] visualisations
	# The user's favourite Collections		# The user's [[Favourite visualisations and Collections\|favourite]] Collections
	# Visualisations that the user has been asked to reviewed		# Visualisations that the user has been asked to reviewed
	# Visualisations that the user has reviewed previously		# Visualisations that the user has reviewed previously

Cclewley: /* The 'MyVis' portal */

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The 'MyVis' portal

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	# Visualisations that the user has reviewed previously		# Visualisations that the user has reviewed previously

	There are links at the top of the dashboard to '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/visualisations My Visualisations]', '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/collections My Collections]', 'My projects', and '[https://wiki.impvis.co.uk Wiki]'. Superadmins will also see a link 'Manage', from which they can [[User roles#Superadmins\|manage the website]].		There are links at the top of the dashboard to '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/visualisations My Visualisations]', '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/collections My Collections]', 'My projects', and '[https://wiki.impvis.co.uk Wiki]'. The latter links to the main page of this Wiki. Superadmins will also see a link 'Manage', from which they can [[User roles#Superadmins\|manage the website]].

			Creators can [[Uploading a new visualisation\|upload]] new visualisations or [[Managing your visualisation\|manage]] their existing ones on the 'My Visualisations' page; when standard users or instructors try to access this page they will be able to request [[User roles#Creators\|creator permissions]].

			Creators and instructors can [[Creating a Collection\|create]] new Collections or [[Managing your Collection\|manage]] their existing ones on the 'My Collections' page; when standard users try to access this page they will be able to request [[User roles#Instructors\|instructor permissions]].

			Any user who is part of a project team can [[Managing your project on the ImpVis website\|manage]] their project on the 'My Projects' page. Staff users can [[Getting involved#Proposing a new project\|create new projects]] here as well.

	[[Category:ImpVis Website Guidance]]		[[Category:ImpVis Website Guidance]]

Cclewley: /* The 'Code' environment */

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The 'Code' environment

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	== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/code Code]' environment ==		== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/code Code]' environment ==
			The 'Code' environment is a one-stop-shop for everything you need to [[Getting involved\|get involved]] and get started on creating and coding your own visualisation.

			The Code environment therefore caters for creators, in particular two sub-groups: (a) aspiring creators, either staff or students, who would like to either propose a new visualisation or sign up to a previously proposed idea; (b) current creators who are in the process of designing & developing their visualisation.

			Central to the Code environment is the presentation of current projects. Current projects are divided in two categories: (i) looking for collaborators and (ii) work in progress. Within each of these categories, they can either be in the design phase or in the development phase. For the latter, there should be a [[Managing your project on the ImpVis website#Changing the progress status of your project\|fully agreed design]] in place.

			Projects generally have [[Project pages\|Wiki pages]] associated with them. Anybody can see the projects and enquire about them, but only signed-in users can sign up to projects and view their Wiki pages. Once a user requests to sign up to a project, one of the existing project partners will need to approve the request; the user will then become a full project partner with the same access permissions to the project as the previous project partners.

			Signed-in users who are staff members are able to propose new projects directly. These will appear in the 'Code' environment when a superadmin has accepted the idea. Everybody else can propose ideas by sending an email to the [mailto:info@impvis.co.uk ImpVis email account].

			Existing creators & instructors engaged on a project can find resources in the 'Code' environment to help them get coding. There will be three ‘visualisations’ to help them: (a) demonstration of template layout, (b) demonstration of template components, (c) playground. There are also links to relevant pages on the Wiki. These coding resources are regular visualisations uploaded with the category 'coding resources'; any visualisations with this category automatically appear here.

			== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/dashboar MyVis]' portal ==
			When a user signs in to the ImpVis website, they will have access to the 'MyVis' dashboard. The dashboard includes:

			# The user's favourite visualisations
			# The user's favourite Collections
			# Visualisations that the user has been asked to reviewed
			# Visualisations that the user has reviewed previously

			There are links at the top of the dashboard to '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/visualisations My Visualisations]', '[https://impvis.co.uk/code/collections My Collections]', 'My projects', and '[https://wiki.impvis.co.uk Wiki]'. Superadmins will also see a link 'Manage', from which they can [[User roles#Superadmins\|manage the website]].

			[[Category:ImpVis Website Guidance]]

Cclewley at 20:10, 30 September 2021

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	# Instructors: (mostly) staff members of HE institutions who wish to use a visualisation as a teaching & learning tool for their module.		# Instructors: (mostly) staff members of HE institutions who wish to use a visualisation as a teaching & learning tool for their module.
	# Creators: ImpVis project partners engaged in creating new visualisations.		# Creators: ImpVis project partners engaged in creating new visualisations.
			The website is therefore split into three main areas: 'Learn', 'Teach' and 'Code'. Any website visitor can browse to any of these environments; however if users [https://impvis.co.uk/signup register] with the website they will have additional functionality available to them. Registered users can request higher access permissions such as 'instructor' and 'creator' - this is described in the [[User roles]] Wiki page.

	~~‘Teach’ area is where~~ every individual visualisation ~~appears once it’s~~ approved and published. Here ~~you~~ can ~~sort visualisations~~ by category. ~~From here~~, ~~visualisations should launch~~ full screen (via URL parameter, eg ‘teach=1’) by default. ~~Any~~ user ~~can view the ‘teach’ area. They can then download a vis for offline use, or launch it. Any~~ signed-in ~~user~~ can ~~‘favourite’ a visualisation which means they will appear in their dashboard~~.		== The 'Teach' environment ==
			The ‘[https://impvis.co.uk/teach Teach]’ environment holds every individual visualisation that has been [[Uploading a new visualisation\|uploaded]] by a creator and subsequently [[Visualisation status#Approved\|approved]] and [[Visualisation status#Published\|published]]. Here visualisations can be sorted by category. When visualisations are launched from the 'Teach' environment, it will appear full screen (via URL parameter, eg ‘teach=1’) by default, with any text panes minimised (if the visualisation is written using the 2020 [[ImpVis template description\|ImpVis template]]). If a user is signed-in to the website, they can 'favourite' visualisations.

	‘Learn’ area is where ~~‘collections’~~ appear. A ~~collection~~ can be a single visualisation or a combination of pages. Any creator or instructor can create ~~collections.~~ Collections ~~are for specific modules, so should have institution, department, module, academic year labels~~. Any signed-in user can ‘favourite’ a ~~collection which means they will appear in their dashboard~~. A creator or instructor can ~~‘copy’~~ an existing ~~collection~~ to create a ~~new collection based on an existing collection~~.		The 'Teach' environment is designed with the needs of the instructor in mind, as they can browse the full range of ImpVis visualisations available to find ones that best fit their learning & teaching needs.

			== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/learn Learn]' environment ==
			The ‘Learn’ area is where ‘Collections’ appear. A Collection can be a single visualisation or a combination of visualisation pages and are linked to specific modules. It is therefore particularly useful for learners, as they will easily be able to find Collections that were created specifically for their module, by filtering the Collections by module, department, or year group.

			Any [[User roles#Creators\|creator]] or [[User roles#Instructors\|instructor]] can create Collections. Any signed-in user can ‘favourite’ a Collection. A creator or instructor can [[Creating a Collection#Copy an existing Collection\|copy an existing Collection]] to link it to their own module - this will create a stand-alone copied version of the Collection which can subsequently be edited to suit the instructor's needs.

			== The '[https://impvis.co.uk/code Code]' environment ==

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The ImpVis website can be found here: https://impvis.co.uk. This Wiki is within a subdomain of that: https://wiki.impvis.co.uk.

The website caters for an audience comprising three groups of people:

# Learners: students of STEMM courses who use our interactive visualisations to gain a deeper understanding of abstract concepts taught within their module.
# Instructors: (mostly) staff members of HE institutions who wish to use a visualisation as a teaching & learning tool for their module.
# Creators: ImpVis project partners engaged in creating new visualisations.

‘Teach’ area is where every individual visualisation appears once it’s approved and published. Here you can sort visualisations by category. From here, visualisations should launch full screen (via URL parameter, eg ‘teach=1’) by default. Any user can view the ‘teach’ area. They can then download a vis for offline use, or launch it. Any signed-in user can ‘favourite’ a visualisation which means they will appear in their dashboard.

‘Learn’ area is where ‘collections’ appear. A collection can be a single visualisation or a combination of pages. Any creator or instructor can create collections. Collections are for specific modules, so should have institution, department, module, academic year labels. Any signed-in user can ‘favourite’ a collection which means they will appear in their dashboard. A creator or instructor can ‘copy’ an existing collection to create a new collection based on an existing collection.