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  • Web redesigner Contact: André Malan- 778 558 4516 andre.malan@ubc.ca
  • GOAL: release by mid-August
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BUG LIST (broken links etc) - EVERYONE ADD ITEMS HERE

  • navigation "Local" link should have "logon" instead of "view" inside the URL to bugs.cs.ubc.ca for the Imager wiki
  • Research pages: hover on faculty names does weird thing

 

ACTION ITEMS FOR ANDRE

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[ALMOST DONE] style and layout

  • wrap "human centered tech" in left sidebar; then make left sidebar narrower

[NOT DONE] Banner

  • HCI -> Human Centered Technologies
  • put HCT on bottom (longer) and G, V on top
  • make them all visibly clickable (according to random user test)
 

[DONE 09/30/09] move prototype onto CS server, into current imager webspace with a ghost link so faculty can start editing directly.

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      • See also references below, e.g. Under News.
      • Important NOW: instructions on how to modify text content that pertains to yourself, e.g. faculty bio info.
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[ALMOST DONE] History

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[ALMOST DONE] History - waiting on image from KB (??)

 
  • try to break up big block of text. Wish list: neat old photos, artifacts of old days that Kelly might have around? Original founding faculty photo?? Kelly might have (Karon will ask him)

[DONE 09/30/09] Finding Us

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[DONE 09/30/09] Contact list - see Karon's source mt'l from mid Aug

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[DONE 09/30/09] News & Events

  • Keep most recent 10 items (can adjust this) and automatically put everything else into a SINGLE archive. Which could be manually cleaned out when someone notices.
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[almost DONE 09/30/09] News & Events

  • remove leading bullet
  • (done) Keep most recent 10 items (can adjust this) and automatically put everything else into a SINGLE archive. Which could be manually cleaned out when someone notices.
 

[NOT DONE] Meetings: waiting on Juliet

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  • Missing Michiel's bio (he needs to supply)

[NOT DONE] Students and postdocs: private contact

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  • Do NOT need to separate into different tables for different programs (one for all)
  • password protected, not obscurity - ask anthony winstanley for how - anyone with a cs account
 
  • Put FULL student and postdoc contact info on private webpage (not twiki, which won't work well). Use same mechanism for updating as for public list.
  • Question: should this be two pages, or alright to be one for this piece?
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  • populate!
  • working with Juliet, ADD a "comments" column which will be on both public and private page; and ensure that the "ROLE" field is very consistent, limited to a small number of preset options. Any elabaoration on them like "on leave" or "research technician" or "visitor" should be in the comment field. See Juliet action item below.
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[DONE 09/30/09] alumni

  • hide until we have accumulated a database consisting of former students migrated into an alumni database. But, otherwise set it up with a few manually entered items.
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[Not DONE 09/30/09] alumni - waiting on faculty to say what they want

  • make a skeleton that's visible for now both in left sidebar and a page
  • KM needs to ask faculty what they want here, and get 1-2 years past data to populate (w/ juliet's help)
  • then, hide until we have accumulated a database consisting of former students migrated into an alumni database. But, otherwise set it up with a few manually entered items.
 
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[DONE 09/30/09] Research / Graphics etc

  • Link names at start of blurbs; remove caption names.
  • HCI/Haptics tag in left menu: hold off until HCI fac decide what to call it
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[note DONE 09/30/09] Research / Graphics etc

  • when click on faculty name on faculty page, should take to anchor on respective research page.
  • (done) Link names at start of blurbs; remove caption names.
  • (done) HCI/Haptics tag in left menu: hold off until HCI fac decide what to call it
 

[ALMOST DONE] Publications & Theses

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  • papers need to be dumped
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  • procedures: link to twiki, which needs to be updated. This link is currently broken. (twiki location: WebMaintProcedures)
  • (done) papers need to be dumped
 
  • We need a plan for theses. Current database is not well populated. For now, Andre will dump what we have.
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[ALMOST DONE] Courses

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[ALMOST DONE] Courses - links, waiting on faculty; add cogs stuff

  • add COGS section as a high level section (add after Viz)
  • ask Rensink which courses should be included (appropriate given pre-reqs etc - say, top 2) plus blurbs and links
 
  • contrast between 1st and 2nd level headings - add a thin line delineation; could use this elsewhere (finding us, etc check other pages w/ sections)
  • consistency in linking (respond to faculty requests checking first pass)
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    • New plan: files named in convention heidrich_15; associated with tag (title and full author list), and link to paper (eventually; for now, to pubs page?)
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[ALMOST DONE] Banner - waiting on HCI fac

    • HCI -> User Interfaces (waiting for HCI group to confirm or change this)
 
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BUG LIST (broken links etc)

  • [fixed] News and events, right sidebar title - broken link
  • navigation "Local" link should have "logon" instead of "view" inside the URL to bugs.cs.ubc.ca for the Imager wiki.
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Completed items

  • [DONE 8/4/09] combine grads, undergrads
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ACTION ITEMS FOR KARON:

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ACTION ITEMS FOR KARON: ALMOST DONE

  • [NOT DONE] photos: van de panne will be handling through grad student Ben C.
 
  • [DONE] assign "other imager faculty" action items
  • [DONE] get Andre access to Imager Twiki (CS ID Q0T6, cwl = ramcio)
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  • [DONE] assign "other imager faculty" action items
  • [DONE] get Andre access to Imager Twiki (CS ID Q0T6, cwl = ramcio)
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  • [DONE] find what current status on pubs database is from Wolfgang and Moyra
    • --> status quo for at least another year
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  • [NOT DONE] photos: have professional photographer come through in early Sept, when there is lots of activity?
    • Tried to delegate to van de panne / McGrenere - confirm??
 
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  • [DONE] Courses: take a look and decide what needs to happen here (farming out, reorg) needs to be looked at and improved
    • see notes in COURSES section below
 
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ACTION ITEMS FOR JULIET:

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ACTION ITEMS FOR JULIET: NOT DONE!

 
  • [NOT DONE] Alumni: start an alumni database which is same format as students database.
... When a student graduates, their record is simply moved into the alumni database along with any new contact info provided by professor.
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      • Research Associate

  • [NOT DONE] meeting page. Which meeting belong here, which elsewhere; calendar (google) or list display; can we keep it simple, and who maintains?
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    • Imager fac agreed that Catalog belongs on website, for all; those which are "public" include pointers to further information. Request Juliet to solicit/compile the catalog.
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    • Imager fac agreed that Catalog belongs on website, for all; those which are "public" include pointers to further information.
    • JOK, please collect this list from faculty, with links and designation, and put it into a text file?
    • It will provide a LIST of meetings including links (URL or personal contact), and designation of open or private.
 

ACTION ITEMS FOR OTHER IMAGER FACULTY

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ABOUT US SECTION

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ABOUT US SECTION - ALMOST DONE

 
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  • [NOT DONE] Lab overview - JOANNA
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  • [ALMOST DONE] Lab overview - JOANNA - Andre is porting; waiting for photos
 
    • includes NEW photos, to come from professional (drop the existing photos and separate section at bottom of
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    • Include brief list of great places where our students go to work (solicit examples from entire group)
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  • [NOT DONE] History: "short wikipedia" entry - KELLY ???
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  • [ALMOST DONE] History: "short wikipedia" entry - KELLY has done; waiting for a photo or two
 
    • this section might get worked into the Lab Overview. Keep separate for now.
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  • [NOT DONE] Finding Us - TAMARA
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  • [DONE] Finding Us - TAMARA
 
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  • [DONE-check?] lab Contact page - JULIET / KARON

  • [NOT DONE] Meetings: - JULIET
    • JOK, can you please collect this list from faculty, with links and designation, and put it into a text file?
    • plan: this will be a catalog not calendar; intended for advertising purposes.
    • It will provide a LIST of meetings including links (URL or personal contact), and designation of open or private.
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  • [DONE] lab Contact page - JULIET / KARON
 
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PEOPLE SECTION

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PEOPLE SECTION - DONE

 
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  • [NEED: KELLY, JOANNA, TAMARA, WOLFGANG, ALLA, MICHIEL, RON] Faculty bios (xx words) and photo for each professor (later, these will be text-editable directly by the prof, but give to Andre in first pass) - (done: Dinesh, Robert, Karon)
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  • [DONE] Faculty bios (xx words) and photo for each professor (later, these will be text-editable directly by the prof, but give to Andre in first pass) - (done: Dinesh, Robert, Karon)
 
    • Probably word limit = 50; embedded links fine.
    • Update your mugshot if desired

  • [DONE - check?] Staff - Information about Juliet - JULIET / KARON
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  • [PARTLY DONE] Research area overview text: this is a short (2-3 sentence) overview at top of each of the three research subgroup pages.
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  • [DONE] Research area overview text: this is a short (2-3 sentence) overview at top of each of the three research subgroup pages.
 
    • Graphics - done
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    • User Interfaces - done, needs approval by group
    • Viz - awaiting [TAMARA]
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    • User Interfaces - done
    • *Viz - done
 
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COURSES SECTION

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COURSES SECTION - ALMOST DONE

 
  • The plan: turn our courses into a shorter list, sorted into the three areas but grad/ugrad continuous, with course number, title and a couple of sentences.
  • additionally, within each area section follow our courses with "external courses", which include dept, name/number and remarks like "most HCI graduate students are expected to take this one"
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  • [NOT DONE] courses: EVERYONE
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  • [ALMOST DONE] courses: RENSINK - cogs courses? EVERYONE - links
 
    • Supply 1-2 sentences for the course that you nominally "own".
    • E.g. TAMARA/ROBERT -> 314; KARON -> 344, 543; JOANNA -> 444, 544; TAMARA 533C, ETC
    • EVERYONE: review external list and contribute remarks like "most HCI students are expected to take this one."
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JOINING IMAGER SECTION

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JOINING IMAGER SECTION - DONE

 
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  • [NOT DONE] Joining Imager - TAMARA
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  • [DONE] Joining Imager - TAMARA
 
    • TAMARA will take first pass, or farm out to someone else
    • ALLA has "information for prospective graduate students" on her website which could be used as reference.
 
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