[Sagamore Online] proof of concept website and google drive test

[Dave Allen Barker Jr]

Some cleanup that I did (that might inform future process).

  * On the Math Fact Mountains webpage
    <https://sites.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/test-google-sites/math-fact-mountains>
      o Remove text styling (bold, font size).  I'm guessing the text
        was pasted from somewhere, bringing in its own styling and
        overriding the site's default styling (the default styling makes
        the site look cohesive and allows for future site-wide style
        changes).
      o Remove the embedded Google Drive folder with the worksheets and
        manually link each worksheet instead.  It's more work upfront,
        but they shouldn't change much, and a more streamlined
        presentation is achieved.
      o Use actual formatting (so it gets styled): paragraphs, lists
  * In the Workspace for Math Fact Mountains
    <https://sites.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/test-google-sites/math-fact-mountains/workspace>
      o Change the title from "Workspace" to "Workspace for Math Fact
        Mountains".  Page titles often show up in places without
        context.  The page address remains just
        "math-fact-mountains/workspace".
      o Link to the Math Fact Mountain Google Drive folder at the top of
        the webpage instead of embeding it in the webpage.  Avoids a
        blank space where the embed should be when not logged into the
        PTA account (with the link prompted a login if need be).
      o Clean up formatting: use headers and actual numbered lists
        (instead of manually numbered lines)
  * Site Change
      o Replace "First in Math" Resource entry in site footer with
        "Math" page that points to both First in Math and Math Fact
        Mountains, and link back the the math resource listing from
        those two pages


On 02/27/2014 05:23 PM, David E.F. Klein wrote:
> Dave (and anyone else interested),
>
> I just spent an hour testing the future of the PTA using Math Fact
> Mountains as an example. A brief summary is below:
>
> I created a new page on the PTA test website with a general
> description of what the mountains are, what the process for completing
> them is, the mountain names, contact information, etc. I made all of
> this information up because I couldn't find it anywhere on the current
> school or PTA sites. It would be great to also have a link to the
> forms themselves so people could print them out at home and maybe a
> pretty picture of a happy kid pointing at his/her name on the wall.
> This is the basic stuff that all parents should know but don't until
> they painfully piece it together over the years.
>
> https://sites.google.com/a/sagamorehillspta.org/test-google-sites/math-fact-mountains
>
> I also created a link at the bottom of this web page to a second web
> page called "workspace".  This page has the background information for
> the PTA Chair and other volunteers about what the heck they are
> supposed to do and how. This page also has a direct link to the PTA
> Google drive (discussed next) so that all the relevant information can
> be found in one place. If you are logged into the website as a PTA
> member you can see it. If you are just a random Joe Blow you can't.
>
> I then created a new folder on the PTA Google drive. This folder
> contains the word template for printing the names to post on the wall.
> It also contains a subfolder of all of the word lists sent to me each
> week by Judy of the names of the students that passed the tests. It
> could also have budget info or any other random stuff.
>
> The thought behind all of this is that with a little bit of up front
> effort, this particular task is good to go in the future if I get hit
> by a bus. Anyone in the PTA can get to the info and now knows what to
> do with it. We should be able to the same for any other PTA events or
> activities.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> David
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