User Experience and Development Task Force

Overall Status: ACTIVE

Task Force Members

Goals

  • Investigate potential areas of improvement for the ULMS discovery user experience. 

  • Propose improvements to the ULMS discovery user experience.
  • Work with campus developers to create system enhancements and integration that implement improvements to the ULMS discovery user experience

Milestones for AY 2018-19

MilestoneCompletion DateTasksNotesStatus
Analyze discovery assessments including AY 2017-18 ULMS Discovery UI TF assessment, Chico's forthcoming discovery UX evaluation, and published findings from other institutions
 
  • Present at a Discovery Open Forum
  • Put together list of assessments to review
  • Summarize findings of assessments

IN-PROGRESS

Environmental scan of  institutions that have deployed Primo's New UI
 
  • Update and complete the list of sites to review
  • Write up recommendation of potential Primo UI changes and development needs
  • Present at a Discovery Open Forum

IN-PROGRESS

Develop and update ongoing list of ideas of UX ideas for improving discovery experienceOngoing
  • Present at November 2018 Discovery Open Forum
  • Present at February 2019 Discovery Open Forum

IN-PROGRESS
Collaborative development of Uresolver replacementTBD
  • Determine best technical approach (i.e. Alma API, AngularJS, and/or PHP, etc.)
  • Provide update at a Discovery Open Forum
  • Formulate timeline for development, testing, and completion 

IN-PROGRESS
Lightweight list sharing toolTBD

NOT STARTED
Update CSU Primo configuration spreadsheet 

IN-PROGRESS

Major Milestones for AY 2017-18

MilestoneDateNotesStatus
Complete survey of CSU perceptions of Primo UI 
  • Compile list of potential questions, review and select final; determine deadline or completion 
    Survey form: https://goo.gl/forms/GmqeIlwJ3PYAXCrr2
  • Send out survey
  • Write up report with analysis of results

COMPLETED

Complete environmental scan of non-CSU institutions that have deployed Primo's New UI 

IN PROGRESS

Setup Trello Board and Github Site for tracking development work 
  • Determine location for this space and create structure/content/links
  • Select maintainer for AY 2017-18
  • Announce to CSU and request participation 

IN PROGRESS

Setup and promote information structure for information sharing 
  • Determine location for this space and create structure/content
  • Determine who is the Primo point-of-contact on each campus and the scope of their roles. Create a page to document this information.
NOT STARTED

Resources

UX Best Practices Task Force Report