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1 Requirements
- 1.1 Initial Position
- 1.2 Inventory
  - 1.2.1 Activity: CREATE
  - 1.2.2 Activity: MOVE
  - 1.2.3 Activity: COPY
  - 1.2.4 Activity: LINK
  - 1.2.5 Activity: ADD TO DESKTOP
2 Guideline
3 Status
4 Components that are not compliant with the Guideline
5 Discussion

1 Requirements

1.1 Initial Position

Every implemented activity in ILIAS consists of a starting point, an activity and a target page. Examples for activities are creating, editing, copying, moving, deleting,... The starting page is the point in ILIAS where such an activity can be started, e.g. actions menu entry in ListGUI. The target page is where the user is directed to after the activity has been finished, e.g. the edit screen of a newly created object or the starting page where the activity has been started.

For a good usability of ILIAS it is obious that the starting page of an activity should be clear to users - otherwise they do not find where to launch a certain activity, e.g. creating a new object. Additionally, the page where an activity can be started should differ between object types (as long as it is not an "inner-object" activity. Example: it makes sense that all objects in a category can be deleted in the category's ListGUI and that not a specific repository object types has to be deleted in the Administration.

Target pages should be treated in a similar way. But Mantis report #14700 describes that blog, wiki and weblink object behave different on copy or move actions. And it seems not to be clear what the reason for this different behaviour is. Before defining a guideline and deciding about it, it seems to be reasonable to describe the current status for the different object types and the most important activities. This shall be done below.

1.2 Inventory

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1.2.1 Activity: CREATE

Object Type	Starting Page	Target Page
Category	`Add New Item` in category
Category Reference	`Add New Item` in category, course, group
Course	`Add New Item` in category
Course Reference	`Add New Item` in category, course, group
Group	`Add New Item` in category, course, group, folder
Folder	`Add New Item` in course, group, folder
Session	`Add New Item` in course, group, folder
Item Group	`Add New Item` in category, course, group, folder
Booking Pool
Forum
Chatroom
File
Weblink
Web Feed
Wiki
Blog
Learning Module ILIAS
Learning Module HTML
Learning Module SCORM/AICC
Glossary
Data Collection
Bibliography
Mediacast
Media Pool
Exercise
Test
Question Pool Test
Poll
Survey
Question Pool Survey
Portfolio Template
Cloud Object

1.2.2 Activity: MOVE

Object Type	Starting Page	Target Page
Category
Category Reference
Course
Course Reference
Group
Folder
Session
Item Group
Booking Pool
Forum
Chatroom
File
Weblink
Web Feed
Wiki
Blog
Learning Module ILIAS
Learning Module HTML
Learning Module SCORM/AICC
Glossary
Data Collection
Bibliography
Mediacast
Media Pool
Exercise
Test
Question Pool Test
Poll
Survey
Question Pool Survey
Portfolio Template
Cloud Object

1.2.3 Activity: COPY

When copying an object, ILIAS always adds "- Copy" to the object's title. So the next thing a user does is changing the title of the copied object. Therefore, the target page should always be the Settings tab where this can be done.

Object Type	Starting Page	Current Target Page	Recommended Target Page
Category	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Parent container	`Settings` tab of object
Category Reference	Copy process not supported
Course	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Parent container	`Settings` tab of object
Course Reference	Copy process not supported
Group	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Content` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Folder	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Parent container	`Settings` tab of object
Session	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Info` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Item Group	Copy process not supported
Booking Pool	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Booking Objects` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Forum	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Threads` tab (presentation view) of object	`Settings` tab of object
Chatroom	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`View` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
File	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Info` tab of object	`Edit` tab of object `[1]`
Weblink	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Content` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Web Feed	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Parent container `[2]`	`Settings` tab of object
Wiki	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Page` tab of object `[2]`	`Settings` tab of object
Blog	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Presentation view of blog without content	`Settings` tab of object
Learning Module ILIAS	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Presentation view of LM `[2]`	`Settings` tab of object
Learning Module HTML	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Info` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Learning Module SCORM/AICC	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Settings` tab of object `[2]`	no change required `[3]`
Glossary	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Terms` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Data Collection	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Copying currently not possible due to bug
Bibliography	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Content` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Mediacast	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Content` tab of object `[2]`	`Settings` tab of object
Media Pool	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Folders` tab of object `[2]`	`Settings` tab of object
Exercise	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Assignments` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Test	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Info` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Question Pool Test	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Questions` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object `[3]`
Poll	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Results` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Survey	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Info` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object
Question Pool Survey	`Copy` in container ListGUI	`Questions` tab of object	`Settings` tab of object `[3]`
Portfolio Template	`Copy` in container ListGUI	Presentation view with content but without tabs	`Settings` tab of object
Cloud Object	Copy process not supported

[1] : Object type has no Settings tab.
[2] : No "- Copy" added to object title
[3] : Settings tab still needs tltle and description input field.

1.2.4 Activity: LINK

Object Type	Starting Page	Target Page
Category
Category Reference
Course
Course Reference
Group
Folder
Session
Item Group
Booking Pool
Forum
Chatroom
File
Weblink
Web Feed
Wiki
Blog
Learning Module ILIAS
Learning Module HTML
Learning Module SCORM/AICC
Glossary
Data Collection
Bibliography
Mediacast
Media Pool
Exercise
Test
Question Pool Test
Poll
Survey
Question Pool Survey
Portfolio Template
Cloud Object

1.2.5 Activity: ADD TO DESKTOP

Starting point of activity is always the parent container.

Object Type	Current Target Page	Recommended Behaviour
Category	INSIDE category	Similar behaviour like all other objects (staying where action has been started)
Category Reference	INSIDE category
Course	Container where action has been started	No change required
Course Reference
Group
Folder
Session
Booking Pool
Forum
Chatroom
File
Weblink
Wiki
Blog
Learning Module ILIAS
Learning Module HTML
Learning Module SCORM/AICC
Glossary
Data Collection
Bibliography	Aktion nicht vorhanden	Adding action and stay where action has been started
Mediacast		No change required
Media Pool
Exercise
Test
Question Pool Test
Poll
Survey
Question Pool Survey
Portfolio Template
Cloud Object

2 Guideline

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3 Status

Effective from release: { not approved yet | x.y }
Approved by Jour Fixe at: { link to Jour Fixe agenda }
Implementation status: { implemented completely | partly implemented | needs implementation }
Funding for streamlining existing features: { name of organisation }
Implementation of guideline: { all developers | name of responsible developer }

4 Components that are not compliant with the Guideline

5 Discussion

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Last edited: 16. Nov 2015, 14:26, Kunkel, Matthias [mkunkel]