MyAthens Future Directions Sarah Quintin – Software Engineer [email_address]

Sarah Quintin – Software Engineer

[email_address]

MyAthens Enhancements New panels and additional panel functionality Enhanced panel choice configuration Additional resources Customisation Branding Style

New panels and additional panel functionality

Enhanced panel choice configuration

Additional resources

Customisation

Branding

Style

Collaboration with Staffordshire Demonstration of new functionality produced in collaboration with Paul Johnson, the Subject and Learning Support Librarian from Staffordshire University

Demonstration of new functionality produced in collaboration with Paul Johnson, the Subject and Learning Support Librarian from Staffordshire University

Customised Search Panels Easily build and configure custom search panels within the Admin Area Search engines (Google, Yahoo etc..) ‏ Metalib Organisation's website (e.g. Staffs website) ‏

Easily build and configure custom search panels within the Admin Area

Search engines (Google, Yahoo etc..) ‏

Metalib

Organisation's website (e.g. Staffs website) ‏

Web Content Panel Custom build panels with your choice of content. Use the WYSIWYG editor for simple content (text, lists, images) Or the HTML editor for more complex content (forms etc…)

Custom build panels with your choice of content.

Use the WYSIWYG editor for simple content (text, lists, images)

Or the HTML editor for more complex content (forms etc…)

Del.icio.us panel What is Del.icio.us? Social bookmaking service Users can store, share and discover web bookmarks. Users can tag bookmarks How is it relevant to MyAthens? Administrators and their users can bookmark non-Athens resources and use the existing Del.icio.us panel to display them in MyAthens

What is Del.icio.us?

Social bookmaking service

Users can store, share and discover web bookmarks.

Users can tag bookmarks

How is it relevant to MyAthens?

Administrators and their users can bookmark non-Athens resources and use the existing Del.icio.us panel to display them in MyAthens

Del.icio.us panel So, what's new? Users can now filter their own bookmarks by tag Simply supply their (or their Organisation's) Del.icio.us username and choose the relevant tag from the drop-down list

So, what's new?

Users can now filter their own bookmarks by tag

Simply supply their (or their Organisation's) Del.icio.us username and choose the relevant tag from the drop-down list

Adding Additional Resources New functionality to allow administrators to add and allocate additional non-Athens protected resources These will then be merged with existing Athens protected resources in MyAthens

New functionality to allow administrators to add and allocate additional non-Athens protected resources

These will then be merged with existing Athens protected resources in MyAthens

Adding Additional Resources cont… Additional feeds added via the admin interface. URL Title Description

Additional feeds added via the admin interface.

URL

Title

Description

Adding Additional Resources cont… New resources can be allocated to permission sets Modify permission set page updated to display Athens resources and additional resources side-by-side New resources will be merged with existing Athens protected resources in MyAthens

New resources can be allocated to permission sets

Modify permission set page updated to display Athens resources and additional resources side-by-side

New resources will be merged with existing Athens protected resources in MyAthens

Restricting users' panels New functionality in the Administrator's Interface Restrict panels available from MyAthens panel chooser Define which panels are shown to users on first login

New functionality in the Administrator's Interface

Restrict panels available from MyAthens panel chooser

Define which panels are shown to users on first login

MyAthens Branding Addition of organisations' logos to MyAthens Administrators can upload an image via the Panel Options page in the Admin area

Addition of organisations' logos to MyAthens

Administrators can upload an image via the Panel Options page in the Admin area

Different styles Users can change the appearance of MyAthens via View->Page Style menu in their browser

Users can change the appearance of MyAthens via View->Page Style menu in their browser

Over to you… Any questions, comments or suggestions?

Any questions, comments or suggestions?