Halfway There!

So far, my feedback has been phenomenal. It’s nice to have another educator’s perspective, and it’s even nicer when they give ACTUAL feedback about content.

Rob pointed out a few typos and wording issues I had, which are truly horrifying things to a former language arts teacher. They will be fixed immediately. He also gave me a great idea of how I can tweak one of the assignments to make better use of our seasoned librarians. Additionally, he suggested I hide most of the navigation options on the side bar, as they aren’t being used. I had actually planned on doing that, but I’ve just been putting it off to focus on the content.

Speaking of things I’ve put off, I’ve finally started adding some images as headings into the course to jazz it up. I’m using a Lego-themed image because it relates to makerspaces and it just seems to cheer things up a bit and break up some of the text. I’ve been debating about making something similar to separate the activities for current and new librarians, but I haven’t decided if I want to get that crazy with it yet. I don’t want to overdo it or make it look too juvenile, especially since the course audience is adults.

Dr. Faulkner said that the average corporate ID project only lasts three weeks. Since we are in week eight of our course, we’ve clearly worked at a much slower pace. I feel like I had the course planned out and uploaded by week three, but it’s taken all of these other weeks to refine it with feedback and really make it better. I probably would have had an “acceptable” course at three weeks, but I think we are all aiming to do better than that.

I’m curious if the three week timeline also applies to instances when the designer is not the content expert. It seems like it would be hard to make that work when you’re trying to meet with the content expert and get all of that coordinated with your design. Then again, I’ve only ever done this as homework; I’m sure it’s different if it’s all you’re doing all day long and have the company resources at your disposal.