Rob / Jani and all, What we would like to do, is to take this forward in partnership with Open Office in an official manner and run some courses on a rev-share or similar so that we can put effort into doing this as well and sell training to users together with Open Office.
Since this would then be partly a commercial effort, does this require us to send a formal proposal to the pmc or go into a vote or is there a seperate process for this? Please let me know. Thanks, Sheran On Jan 20, 2014 7:43 PM, "Isuru Hewavitharana" < isuru.hewavithar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sheran / Rob, > > I have changed the logo and text as requested. Please do a cache refresh > (CTRL + F5) and retry. > > Cheers! > Isuru > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Thanks Rob, > > > > As per the system, you can configure what courses you want to keep open / > > closed / work according to the point system, so you can run say 3 > courses, > > for beginners, intermediate, advanced so each user can select which level > > to participate in. > > > > If it is felt that the users need validation (an assessment to gauge > their > > skill level) prior to selecting which course they should take, that can > > integrated with ease as well from the back-end. > > > > A colleague, Isuru is on copy, he will change the logo asap in order to > not > > violate any trademark policies. > > > > Regards, > > Sheran > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > Re-posting to dev-list from documentation. > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > Going through the Open Office documentation, I noticed the huge > effort > > > > taken on content creation and maintenance in each of the different > > > > Wikis<http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/> and > > > > a separate effort to certify users via the certification > > > > project<http://www.openoffice.org/certification/> (which > > > > is really great!). > > > > > > > > At LayUp <http://www.getlayup.com/?source=oa>, we're working on > > building > > > > something similar (a gamified, retention oriented training and > > > > certification platform targeted entirely at software products) and we > > > would > > > > like to help take the online certification aspect to the next level > and > > > > setup a live demo. > > > > > > > > I've setup an online demo of what such a system could look like for > > Open > > > > Office > > > > > > > > URL - *Open Office Demo - LayUP > > > > <http://www.getlayup.com/layup/index.php?site=demo2>* > > > > > > > > The login credentials for *user *and *admin *are as follows - > > > > > > > > *Username* - user > > > > *Password *- demo > > > > > > > > *Username *- admin > > > > *Password *- demo > > > > > > > > We've taken a lot of effort into setting this up, so instead of just > > > > spamming it, we would appreciate if someone can have a look and guide > > us > > > on > > > > how we can take this forward. > > > > > > > > > > I took a quick look. I like the platform, nice and clear, easy to > > > use. I think new users would like this. > > > > > > From a learning perspective it might be worth having an install > > > module. This would be platform-specific (Windows install differs from > > > Mac which differs from Linux). But we do receive a good deal of > > > support questions related to install, so this might be an area worth > > > covering. > > > > > > I don't know if your platform allows it, but it would be great if > > > there was a way to take an initial test and based on test results be > > > placed into a higher rank automatically, rather than having everyone > > > start at the same initial level. That way it could be interesting for > > > skill building of users who know a little, as well as absolute > > > beginners. > > > > > > You'll need to give some attention to the trademark issues involved > > > here as well. You currently have it called "Apache OpenOffice Academy > > > by Layup". That name, plus the use of the Apache OpenOffice logo, > > > suggests a certain relationship between the website and the OpenOffice > > > project which could confuse users. You can read more about our > > > trademark policy here: > > > > > > http://openoffice.apache.org/trademarks.html > > > > > > Note: the speed for me was perfect. No issues. I'm near Boston. > > > Jan is in Spain. I wonder whether that could be part of the issue? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > > > > > > > > > The effort is much appreciated! > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Sheran > > > > > >
