Considerng issues and suitability

2. Consider these issues and the questions below in your learning journal and discuss them in your groups within the UV online community.

* Was the chosen space suitable for the message and potential audience?

Plone:
Message: Introducing myself, why I am at Ultraversity and possible research ideas
Suitable: In html mode headings can be used for the different topics for simple layout, in content panel mode different panels can be used for different areas
Target Audience: My fellow researchers, researchers from other cohorts and learning facilitators
Suitable for everyone, because Plone is easy to access by clicking on my name in Plone. This way, IT novices can find the space as well.
Convenient to access the page, because we all work in Plone.

First Class:
Message: Not sure about my message, just a page about myself really. I tried to keep it not university-related and more personal
Suitable for the message, as the design and layout are very simple as well.
Target Audience: Fellow researchers
Even though we all have to create our own FC space, I don't think they are very suitable. The web publisher is not very user-friendly, in my opinion. So some pages are simple, others more advanced.
They are not as easy to access, as one has to enter the url into the browser, unless someone provides the direct link to their web page.

Web Blog:
Message: My web blog is my personal learning journal, so no message is being sent to an audience
Suitable as a personal learning journal, but would also be suitable as a personal blog to keep audience up to date with my life.
Target Audience: Myself
My learning journal is for my own reference. Others are welcome to view the blog, quote from it and possibly draw conclusions from it for their own work.

My Web Space (www.cohort6.co.nr):
Message: A platform for C6
Suitable, as the layout it simple and the page is easy to navigate
Target Audience: Fellow researchers
Again, the space is suitable for the audience, because it can be accessed even when Plone or FC are down.
An IT novice may experience some difficulty locating the page (URL has to be entered into browser or link provided), but this far into the course, this should be a minimal problem.


* Were there any ethical issues that you encountered in the development of your online space (confidentiality for example)?


* Did you face any technical challenges and how did you overcome them?
see other post

in iweb: Tables cannot be created in iweb, but I needed them. I designed the tables in Word, made a screen shot and inserted the tables as images.
I found out about this by using google and finding a web page dealing with the downsides of iweb.