MyAthens: New Features and Future Directions Sarah Quintin – Software Engineer [email_address]

Sarah Quintin – Software Engineer

[email_address]

Overview What is MyAthens? New functionality New panels Enhanced panel configuration Additional resources Customisation Branding What’s next?

What is MyAthens?

New functionality

New panels

Enhanced panel configuration

Additional resources

Customisation

Branding

What’s next?

What is MyAthens? User portal for Athens Central point of access to a user’s resources Customisable homepage with panels Users can update some account details Forum Help section

User portal for Athens

Central point of access to a user’s resources

Customisable homepage with panels

Users can update some account details

Forum

Help section

Customised Search Panels Enable your users to query existing search engines from MyAthens Create search panels in the Admin area Add advanced features such as drop-down lists and hidden fields

Enable your users to query existing search engines from MyAthens

Create search panels in the Admin area

Add advanced features such as drop-down lists and hidden fields

Web Content Panel Create panels with the content of your choice Use the WYSIWYG editor for simple content ( text, lists, logos or links ) Or the HTML editor for more advanced features (forms etc…)

Create panels with the content of your choice

Use the WYSIWYG editor for simple content ( text, lists, logos or links )

Or the HTML editor for more advanced features (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

Additional Resources New functionality allows administrators to add and allocate additional non-Athens protected resources These will then be merged with existing Athens protected resources in MyAthens Users can flag additional resources as favourites from the MyAthens resources page

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

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

Users can flag additional resources as favourites from the MyAthens resources page

Adding Additional Resources Additional resources added via the admin interface. URL Title Description

Additional resources added via the admin interface.

URL

Title

Description

Assigning your Additional Resources Additional resources can be allocated to permission sets Modify permission set page displays Athens resources and additional resources side-by-side New resources are merged with existing Athens protected resources in MyAthens

Additional resources can be allocated to permission sets

Modify permission set page displays Athens resources and additional resources side-by-side

New resources are 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

Future directions Pre-populated Delicious panel Notification section Announce new panels Organisation news Most importantly we value your feedback, comments and suggestions!

Pre-populated Delicious panel

Notification section

Announce new panels

Organisation news

Most importantly we value your feedback, comments and suggestions!

Over to you… Any questions, comments or suggestions?

Any questions, comments or suggestions?