First experiments with the web sites

After some reflection, I made today my first experiments with the learning environment for the course.

To start with, I made a small conceptual map ;-) with the requires content and features.
I will add that later on.

For the site, my choices are limited by what is supported at CERN and what the users expect.

The content and functionality are obviously the main issues but the first visual impact cannot be ignored ("your readers are only a click away from your web site..."). Therefore some thoughts on that...
From the user point of view, the site should look familiar and and give a nice and clear visual impact. Although designing nice looking sites could be great fun, it is not the core of this project so I would rather use something which has a decent design and I do not have to worry about it too much.

I contacted CERN web services with my requirements and they adviced me to use SharePoint collaboration area which offers all the functionalities I need for a course.

So done, now I'm experimenting wih my site to see if I can build something reasonable.

It is not too bad, I do not know yet how to modify some items but I've contacted our helpdesk to learn more (they will probably tell me that I should have gone to a course organized on the subject last week...). I was able to add some items which I definetely think are necessary such
as a wiki area for participants, and I more or less know how to change the permission to enter to the different web areas - for the moment anonymous access is allowed.

At the moment, the most important area is the administration area where I will but the description of the different learning modules from the organizational point of view, i.e. what will be done and who will do it.