[drupal-docs] video documentation samples; take one.

[Anisa]

I was going to write lots, but still working on that brevity thing.  ;)

This is just to better understand, but, what is your intent with these 
videos?  What needs are you trying to fill?  What made you think, a 
video would work better there than other forms of support?

Anisa.

Ian Ward wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Two sample video documentation presentations are available here:
>
> http://www.developmentseed.org/viddoc/createaccount.html
> http://www.developmentseed.org/viddoc/postingtotheblog.html
> (Internet Explorer Required, we're working on this)
>
> Quicktime Format, will work outside of IE:
>
> http://www.developmentseed.org/viddoc/createaccountqt.html
> http://www.developmentseed.org/viddoc/postingtotheblogqt.html (this 
> one is uploading as I send this...up in 5 mins.)
>
> Please note the script for this video is not meant to be final, nor is 
> the audio cut final.  What we'd like everyone to look at in these 
> videos is the overall visual presentation, including use of text 
> boxes, what is referenced w/ those text boxes, etc. to get more 
> initial ideas before solidifying a general format for the videos.  
> Also, please comment on the style/tone of the audio.  What will help?  
> Talking slower, talking less, etc?
> One question/scenario we have is that a node creation page, such as 
> /node/add/blog will appear different for a user with node admin 
> privileges as compared to a user without node admin privileges.  Does 
> this merit creating two videos?  Or, if we do one video and show what 
> an admin would see on a node/add/blog page, essentially will a user 
> get overwhelmed?  How to deal w/ this?  Is it dealt with well through 
> the use of popup boxes?
>
> Finally, these videos deal with fairly simple subjects.  Once the 
> format is agreed on, we can redo these and make the below video 
> presentations and create videos on more complex subjects like 
> navigation and explaining all htmlArea functions.
> Other notes...we need to write exact scripts for each video in order 
> to decide what video is linked to which, for example, when signing up 
> for a user account, should that be the same or separate video from 
> adjusting "my account" settings?  If separate, should we even talk 
> about changing password immediately after creating a new account 
> because it is a common task a user may want to do immediately to avoid 
> forgetting login?
>
> Outline of presentations:
>
> -User Registration
>
> -Adjust "my settings"
>
> -Create content: (linked to default workflow, input formats)
>   -blog entry
>   -story
>   -page (linked to creating custom navigation and managing url aliases)
>   -book
>   -event
>
> -Default workflow settings and examples
>
> -Input format settings and examples
>
> -Navigation (based off Kieran's navigation tutorial, and which could 
> include:)
>   -How to interview users of your site
>   -How to design your site so information is grouped the way your 
> users think it should be grouped
>   -All the parts of a Drupal site involved in navigation
>   -How to change the navigation in your theme
>   -How to create a special home page that doesn't have your theme on it
>   -How to create blocks
>   -How to create menus and menu items
>   -How to show blocks only for certain pages, or types of users
>   -How to show blocks based on events, such as logging in.
>   -How to set default navigation for uncategorized content on your site
>
> -Send a private message
>
> -htmlArea demo
>
> -Configure a CivicSpace site
>
> -Subscribe to an RSS feed on a CS website using a common news 
> aggregator app.
>
> It may make sense to put together a flow chart to help show the 
> relationships between each videos, like the Create New Account demo is:
> see also Adjust 'My Account' Settings
> and for administrators 'My Account' settings is see also: User 
> Configuration
> and User Configuration is see also: User Permissions
> etc. etc.
>
> We should add to the above list of possible video presentations then 
> map out the actual number of videos which need to be made, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Ian and Eric
>
>