Forum LAMS for Tech-Heads - General Forum: Re: Problems with Search LAMS Central

By: Edoardo Montefusco

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I think it's perfect.

Thanks
Edoardo

Posted by Edoardo Montefusco

By: Spyros Papadakis

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Hi Ernie,

Go ahead!

This is a very good first step.


Religion (one item - delete the second one)

I think we need and an "Other" option for the Subject.

e.g. A sequence about Photography for informal learning.


Spyros

P.S.
If it is possible in the future we could add and an optional sub-audience [a pop-up menu (?)] per subject as I had suggested.

This is very good for K-12 Education to locate very specific sequences for each class per subject.

Posted by Spyros Papadakis

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Spyros,

OK, I've changed the UI a bit more so it looks a bit better and not too long

So now I need to code the backend. Hopefully this won't take long.

I think we also need to change the landing page for LAMSCentral. Currently it lists all the available public sequences.

Perhaps we should display a few ones, have a search option (google like search), advanced search (keywords, language, audience and subject) and a list all option?

Would that work?

Thanks

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Spyros Papadakis

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Hi Ernie,

Good job!

I think also we need to change the landing page for LAMSCentral. The last upload


A search option (google like search), Advanced search (keywords, language, audience and subject) and a list all option is ok.

But, what about Search LAMS Central? Google custom search does not work.

Thanks and regards.

Spyros

Posted by Spyros Papadakis

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Spyros,

Yes, it seems that the Google Custom Search wasn't working as it was using an old API. I have upgraded it now, so please give it a try here:

http://lamscommunity.org/lamscentral/search

Thanks

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Spyros Papadakis

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Hi Ernie,

Yes it works!

Thanks and regards


Spyros

Posted by Spyros Papadakis

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Spyros,

Ok, so I'm been working a good chunk of today on this and now it works for uploading sequences.

So when you upload a sequences, now you need to:

• Put a better description of the sequence
• Force to select at least one target audience (Kindergarden, K-12, etc.)
• Select at least one item from the subject list

Also, I've been working on how to display this details in the sequence view as well as in the full list of lessons in LAMS Central.

And I think the best approach will be to have links on each subject so you can see the list of lessons that are related to them.

I'm sure there will be a lot of room for improvements and different ways we can slice the data a bit better.

So I'm looking forward for suggestions.

Thanks,

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Spyros Papadakis

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Hi Ernie,

I agree the best approach will be to have links on each subject so you can see the list of lessons that are related to them.

Let's start with the first implementation and will see other improvements in the future.

I'm looking forward to try the new upload!

Thanks,

Spyros

Posted by Spyros Papadakis

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Spyros,

I've just saw that you uploaded a sequence. Hope you liked the new way of doing it

Yes, when I catch a break I'll be working on the pages that do the breakout based on subjects. I'll keep you informed.

Thanks!

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Spyros Papadakis

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How could you search for sequences selecting the language, the target audience and the subject?

Posted by Spyros Papadakis

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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Hi Spyros,

Yes, I'll be working on this exact interface soon.

Thanks

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione

By: Spyros Papadakis

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Hi Ernie,

Congratulations, you're always such a great job.

I would like to propose one more field between the Audience and the Subject.

The field "Level" or "Class" with A B C D E F as options.

Could you please, add it?

This will be very usefully especially for people from Primary and Secondary Education.


Regards

Spyros

Posted by Spyros Papadakis