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Navigation in Connexions

Module by: Richard Baraniuk. E-mail the author

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Summary: Overview of Connexions navigational aids

Warning:

The information in this module is outdated. Please see Viewing Connexions Content and Roadmap Tutorial for the latest information about navigating within Connexions.

When viewing a module, user needs to know

  • where am I?
  • where have I been?
  • where could I go? (encourage exploration)

Connexions Roadmap

  • allows students to easily and intuitively navigate course path
  • helps students, instructors, and authors better visualize links between topics

Mozilla-based Roadmap

  • module view (center)
  • course view (left)
  • cnx view (right) - not yet implemented - mockup (best viewed with Internet Explorer)
  • tool bar (top)

Roadmap features

  • course view saves current location when leaving course path
  • all tools designed in conjunction with usability experts from Rice Psychology Department

Web navigation a wide open area of research

  • challenge: intuitive aids (graphical?)
  • open-source and open standards will encourage development of a plurality of different Roadmaps

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'My Favorites' is a special kind of lens which you can use to bookmark modules and collections directly in Connexions. 'My Favorites' can only be seen by you, and collections saved in 'My Favorites' can remember the last module you were on. You need a Connexions account to use 'My Favorites'.

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Definition of a lens

Lenses

A lens is a custom view of Connexions content. You can think of it as a fancy kind of list that will let you see Connexions through the eyes of organizations and people you trust.

What is in a lens?

Lens makers point to Connexions materials (modules and collections), creating a guide that includes their own comments and descriptive tags about the content.

Who can create a lens?

Any individual Connexions member, a community, or a respected organization.

What are tags? tag icon

Tags are descriptors added by lens makers to help label content, attaching a vocabulary that is meaningful in the context of the lens.

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