Increasing usability in „My Courses and Groups“

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1 Initial Problem

There is no search option or filter in "My courses and groups". Courses have to be searched in the (messy) list and then added to the favourites course by course. When a course is added to favourites, the page is reloaded. So, the entire list in the workspace starts over - and so does the search. And that is with a list which has a not useful sorting. A starting date, which can only be entered when the course has been found, does not help much either. A filter for searching recent courses from the current or previous semester could be useful and simplify the search. If lecturers are offering many courses (some havesix to ten courses due to hybrid scenarios in smaller subjects), it can take a very long time until all courses are selected to the favourites on the Dashboard.  The work would be enormously simplified, if one could declare several courses as favourites at the same time.

2 Conceptual Summary

1. Search and filter in "My courses and groups”
A free search field in which one can search for a title. It should be able to display which course has already been added to the favourites, which courses are online or offline. And a sorting by type for groups vs. courses.

2. Add multiple courses/groups to favourites
Add several elements from the workspace to favourites at the same time.

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

• My courses and groups
  

3.2 User Interface Details

3.2.1 Search and filter in "My courses and groups”

 

On the one hand, such checkboxes could be implemented. Search by course name -> Search my courses and groups filter; Favourites checkbox; Online checkbox; Checkbox Courses only; Groups only checkbox, Search for “Creation date” or “Start date”.

I would prefer a variant based on the selection boxes of the portfolio. A filter should appear in the upper left corner with which I can search for a defined title within “My Courses and Groups”. In the selection field,I can choose if I want to see “groups” and/or “courses”. Under “status” I can select between “online” or “offline”. It is also possible to select both checkboxes. The same applies to the panel “Favourites”. So, it is possible to search for all of my current courses from the Summer semester 2022 which have not yet been added to the “Favourites”. 

3.2.2 Add multiple courses/groups to favourites

In the Actions menu, the entry "Add multiple courses to favourites" is displayed:

In the list of courses and groups, each course can be selected via a checkbox. Using the "Add to favourites" button, several courses or groups can then be added to the favourites at the same time:

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

None

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• Author of the Request: Nicole Haack CCE UzK
  
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