harpreetgill

=Harpreet Gill - Usability Analysis Glossary=

Timeline
-Contributed a majority of the content and design to the Team Camel Page. -Created the Bhangra Page. -Did some formatting to the Yugoslavia Turbo Folk -Did some formatting and grammar check on Google Page. -Edited Sports Page for grammar -Added some wwe superstars to the Roster list in the Professional Wrestling Page.

Analysis and Reflection
1. I’m excited to use wikispaces this term, as I have never used it in the past. I’ve always been interested in collaborative learning and this will be my first time being part of an online community of this standard. My peers have told me a great deal already, but I hope to experience it first hand. I want to be able to have full customization of my space and converse with other students at the same time. This aspect will be very helpful when group projects come up as it will be more efficient to communicate with my partners. I also intend on helping other students manage their wikispaces by adding new content where applicable and leaving feedback on their content. My only concern is the fact my contributions to other pages will not always be right and which could possibly hinder the content on the space. So I will try to make a conscious effort to be focused while I’m editing peer work. Finally, by the end of the term I hope to learn as much as possible through wikispaces, while maintaing networks throughout my community.

2. Before I edit any work on a space, I ask myself three questions. Firstly, I wonder if there is enough content on the subject. Secondly, I ponder if I was able to understand the information presented on the space. Finally, I ask myself if it has a quality graphical user interface. If there is enough content and I get a good understanding of the material, I will choose not to change the work. However, if I don’t feel satisfied with what I read, then I try to add to the site without changing the entire document. However, I never try not to delete any work because I do not want to over-ride the great effort that a student put into the work. Students should have the right to display all their content. I think it’s a great idea that students have the ability to edit each others’ work because students do not always have the right information on their topics. Plus, the content is not always completed, so other students can add more information to complete it. Finally, I don’t tend to check my work very often because I usually feel satisfied with my content. However, I recently started checking to see what other students think and have contributed to my page.

3. As I have worked through out the semester on wikispaces my opinion hasn’t changed a great deal. This was definitely a unique experience and I believe I have learned a lot while interacting with other students. Being able to edit and format pages precisely were the key aspects in maintaining spaces. However, one of the main limitations wikispaces was not being able to talk to members in real-time. Whenever I needed someone to finish something on our space, I would have to leave a message and wait for them to complete the assigned task. If there was a chat interface I could tell them right away of their assigned task through an integrated chat system and they could begin working on it. I think that adding a community message board would facilitate further discussion between users. They could discuss multiple issues in one thread. It would be structured, and without any confusion of who is saying what, and when they are saying it. When people are posting information on a page, it is not always structured, so people might type their information on different parts of the space without others knowing. I think the best aspect of Wikispaces is the speed of its user interface compared to those of other online tools. Another bonus was that the course content could quickly be downloaded without any hassle. Everything the student needed was situated on the toolbar. The lecture notes, course outlines, and summary notes could be viewed without downloading anything. If you wanted to view a document on webct vista you would most likely have to download it, whereas on wikispaces it can be viewed on your browser. As a result, studying for tests becomes easier to study for tests as the material was already placed on the 300 wikispace.