Meeting Notes: October 2

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1. 1. figure out which areas are most important to highlight - come up with a tour
      1. course materials, teaching resources, exam resources
   2. perhaps demo how to use in a course

1. logo revision & top level pages may have image tie in to main site
   1. Kim - will re-color logo and add "UCSB English Department"

1. graphic depiction of relationship between categories and subcategories
   1. shift font size to differentiate between subcategories and "articles in"
   2. Kim

1. Guidelines/Best Practices - introduction to most important features of the site
   1. Teachers, Students, etc.
   2. How to get started
   3. Ryan

1. Ryan will contact Joni about consulting with staff

1. subcategories for LCI, etc. in each course
   1. Talk to center RAs about which courses might be added to each sub-category
      1. high priority: get center RAs to the training
   2. email calls to the entire department
   3. Marthine

1. last timesheet info to Alan
2. describe software for converting .pdfs to word and send to Alan
   1. "PDF Converter"?
3. not necessarily committed to the project ; if you need to step back, that is acceptable
4. other group of people to invite to train

1. Message Boards category in the sidebar
   1. Staff comm w/ students
   2. for use in individual courses, etc.
   3. community portal
   4. Kim

1. sample interviews, etc.
   1. table until after Training and until we can talk to Zia

1. Talk to Brian about file uploads
   1. ask Alan to contact him
   2. Kim