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  •  Chrissi Dean (Unlicensed) to identify who, if any, staff from CSU we sholder tap to join either of these groups.I think yes to Communications, as they publish content, but over to you.
  •  David Archibald (Unlicensed) to identify who, if any, staff from CSU we sholder tap to join either of these groups.I think yes to Communications, as they publish content, but over to you.

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Display Images (WIP-228) and Embed external media (WIP-230)

Content for email to request contributions

The WIPII team have almost completed the initial workshops with faculties and schools (one to go). While still synthesising the observations and preparing our report-back, a few themes have already emerged that have been requested in every workshop to date. Without concluding that these are the only areas (of course there will be many more) we know that we need more detailed requirements for these following two areas:

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Faculty/UnitContact personCommunicationNominated for Displaying imagesNominated for Embedding external mediaHad their say
Architecture and DesignFay Julian Kristin SvendsenKristin Svendsen 

Education

Noeleen Williamson

Away, so forwarded to Rae Leighton

Spoke to Ray and she wants to wait until Noeleen is back (15/6)

Noeleen Williamson

Rae Leighton

Tabitha McKenzie 
EngineeringSue Hall Christo MullerChristo MullerYes, yes
Graduate Researchn/an/an/an/a 
Humanities and Social Sciences Kristina McGuiness-King 

Melissa Gough

Pippa Wiseheart

Nina Cuccurullo 

Michael Daubs

Morna Lorden 

Melissa Gough

Pippa Wiseheart 

Edith Paillat

Joost de Bruin

Sydney Shep

Yes, Yes

Yes, Yes

Yes, yes

Yes

 

Law

Alison Munro

Carol Sorenson

Carol nominated Denise Blackett for bothDenise BlackettDenise BlackettYes, yes
ScienceMegan SellersAway, so forwarded to Johan Barnard and Sam Fisher. Megan nominated Sam Fisher for bothSam FisherSam FisherYes, yes
Victoria Business SchoolClaire Williams Ann Thomson and Kay de MalmancheAnn Thomson  and Kay de Malmanche 
Research centres, institutes and chairsn/a    
Web team  Angela LudlowAngela LudlowYes, yes
Wider COMTn/an/an/an/a 
Other CSUn/an/an/an/a 
Studentsn/an/an/an/a 

 

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Thank you to everyone who contributed to the requirements documents for Displaying images and Embedding external media. I found your contributions easy to understand, especially where you provided links to examples. I was pleased with how many of you had the same or similar requirements, as this builds a case to develop to some common need and benefit many users.

I have written these requirements up as user stories (expressing the description of a software feature from a user perspective) and am sharing the (self-explanatory, I hope) titles with you so you both know what I have captured, and so you can feedback to me where I may have missed or misunderstood something you said.

Note that this list does not represent a commitment to develop all these features, as that is a project management/governance decision. It is a check that I have accurately documented or expressed your requirements.

 

  1. Displaying images: I have written five user stories:
    1. Upload and publish an image in one step: A drag and drop feature that lets you place an image on a page you are creating and it is uploaded in to Squiz and saved in the background.
    2. Resize an image easily: Many of you shared that image resizing is a challenge, so this story describes how it could be made easier. It has a linked story that is a cheat sheet resource on how to do this easier/better.
    3. Add a caption to an image: Without having to work in the HTML, with simple tools to reposition and preview your work.
    4. Publish an image alongside text: Images to illustrate a story/text block in an attractive way but easy to achieve.
    5. Display a collection of images: A template that makes this easy and looks great. For times when many images are appropriate.
  2. Embedding external media: I have written two user stories:
    1. Scaffold the embedding of popular external media: Make it simple to embed from the most common external media sources, while being secure. It could have a linked story that is a good practise guideline on how to do this easier/better.
    2. Display a collection of embedded assets: Appropriate for resource collections such as recorded lecturers, tutorials, etc.

Please come back to me if you have further questions or input.

Once again, thanks for making a contribution.