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{ OER Management Made Easy or so I thought. joe hobson / Navigation North Slide 2 Federal Registry for Educational Excellence http://free.ed.gov joe hobson / Navigation North 1 Slide 3 History version 1 v1 2006 2013 Custom ColdFusion- based system Highly curated collection of resources 14,000 visits per week / average 1:49 time on site joe hobson / Navigation North 2 Slide 4 History version 2 v2 June 2013 Sept 2014 Moved to WordPress Driven by custom plugin connected to federal Learning Registry Access to 420k resources, but no longer curated 4,000 visits per week / average 1:31 time on site joe hobson / Navigation North 3 Slide 5 the New New Thing v3 October 2014 Still on WordPress Remove Learning Registry integration (for now) Only 1681 resources joe hobson / Navigation North 4 Slide 6 No control over resource selection Couldnt remove resources Couldnt choose publishers Couldnt add new resources Couldnt feature resources Dependent on unreliable, external services No connection between blog posts & resources the Problems - Content 5 joe hobson / Navigation North Slide 7 Not responsive Not responsive 45.5% mobile 45.5% mobile 7.5% tablet 7.5% tablet Terrible SEO Terrible SEO Poor 508 compliance Poor 508 compliance the Problems - Design 6 joe hobson / Navigation North Slide 8 Solutions: Category Templates joe hobson / Navigation North 7 Easy Nav Breadcrumbs Multiple templates Additional text blocks Slide 9 Solutions: Curation joe hobson / Navigation North 8 Multiple featuring options Front Slider (smooth-slider plugin) Prominent Blog Posts Slide 10 Solutions: Leverage WordPress joe hobson / Navigation North 9 Powerful, understandable CMS Roles & Permissions Categories & tags Friendly URLs Additional Plugins Slide 11 Solutions: Custom Post Type joe hobson / Navigation North 10 Slide 12 Development joe hobson / Navigation North 11 Specs & features written up in detail Coding & design by offshore company with multiple developers Quick sprints with feedback Multiple staging environments Middleman between developers & client Slide 13 Issues: Client joe hobson / Navigation North 12 Inadequately prepared at start Lag time between questions & responses Delays in decision-making Resources not provided until last minute Slide 14 Issues: Developers joe hobson / Navigation North 13 Version control Incomplete data for testing Incompatible staging environments Responsive design overly device dependent Copied theme, instead of child Customizing 3 rd -party plugins WP prefix for tables Slide 15 Issues: Migration joe hobson / Navigation North 14 Importing categories into existing data Time necessary for screenshot functions Mapping of old URLs Differences between staging & production servers Slide 16 Remaining Questions joe hobson / Navigation North 15 Cross-over between plugins & themes Dependencies Availability on WP plugin site Managing Updates Slide 17 Future Development Plans joe hobson / Navigation North 16 Integration with Learning Registry Better search support for metadata fields Highlighting related Resources Resource list sorting Browse by Common Core standards Localization Editing Resource Categories https://github.com/navnorth/wp-oer