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The original FTA manuals look fantastic and I believe the work was funded heavily by the EU. The problem as I see it is the tenancy to obsolete quite fast. | The original FTA manuals look fantastic and I believe the work was funded heavily by the EU. The problem as I see it is the tenancy to obsolete quite fast. | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 2 October 2014
Contents
Introduction
The original FTA manuals look fantastic and I believe the work was funded heavily by the EU. The problem as I see it is the tenancy to obsolete quite fast.
To get things started I propose that the FTA create a development manual with a number of stages.
- Each project should have roles like:
- contributor
- reviewer
- translator
Development Cycle
- Scope phase
- Decide on the contents of the project
- Decide on the roles within the project
- Early development phase
- Sections to be managed using a standards based 'markdown' language like txt2tags.
- Alternative options
- booki
- CNX/OpenStax (has its own XML standard (CNMXL, but also allows MathML and other XML standards to be im/exported from their online platform).
- Note 1: Training will be needed when this is defined.
- Note 2: (WT): Access Control: how do we handle permissions of users with different roles and projects?
- Alternative options
- Wiki template for the course development page
- State the course title, objectives
- Pre-requirements
- Who's involved
- Tasks to be done
- It being part of certain curriculums or course programmes
- Time line
- Development state, etc
- Sections to be managed using a standards based 'markdown' language like txt2tags.
- Material assembly phase
- Two parts to each course:
- A Learner Guide.
- A Learner Workbook. [IMS QTI]] for compatibility with Moodle)
- Optional parts, depending on the educational methodology:
- Slideware
- Video lectures
- Two parts to each course:
- Beta release phase
- Bi-annually the txt2tags are assembled as 'html' published Beta material that is accessible by those that sign on for such materials.
- Beta testers to review and log suggestions/errata etc..
- Ticketing system:
- RT: Request Tracker (GPLv2) could be used for this purpose.
- MediaWiki Extension:Tasks
- Tickets to be tracked and updates made as necessary with acknowledgements.
- Review reported errara and omissions before moving to next phase.
- Final release phase
- Apply an "official" FTA template
- Convert HTML manual to an Open Document Format (ODF) or whatever is decided.
- A method to convert the markdown or HTML to the ODF and Portable Document Format (PDF) formats. And ebook formats like ePub.
- Graphics to be standardised (specific volunteer help needed for this)
- Convert HTML manual to an Open Document Format (ODF) or whatever is decided.
- Apply an "official" FTA template
