<div>I have been having some ideas for pushing the help system to the next level by embedding the power of the community knowledge directly in the UI using videos: See-Me-Do kind of thing. I came across some related projects </div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.autodeskresearch.com/projects/learning">http://www.autodeskresearch.com/projects/learning</a></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15.2778px; "><h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; ">
ToolClips</h3><p style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; ">One of the main learnability challenges associated with complex software applications is learning to use the tools which the application provides. Advancements in the technologies that we use provide new opportunities to provide the necessary assistance. In particular, video assistance has become widespread. However, such assistance is generally in the form of long video tutorials, accessed externally from the software application. With the ToolClips project, we augment traditional tooltips with videos, giving users rapid, contextual, and within-application access video clips, to help understand how to use the associated tools. Our research on ToolClips has been published and is also being transferred into Autodesk products.</p>
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CommunityCommands</h3></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
Amazon recommends books to its users. Netflix recommends movies. With CommunityCommands, Autodesk will recommend command functionality to its users. CommunityCommands collects usage data from thousands of Autodesk users, through the Customer Involvement Program (CIP), and then generates personalized command recommendations using newly developed algorithms. CommunityCommands will expose users to the critical commands which they should be using, but are not aware of, accelerating the learning process. </blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>I think if implemented properly these might make the activities and the system itself more accessible to a large number of children - especially those in underdeveloped nations with little/no exposure to technology and very little external help. </div>
<div><br></div><div>And.. I had proposed an idea earlier <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2010/Adaptive_UI_Framework_for_Different_Age_Groups">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2010/Adaptive_UI_Framework_for_Different_Age_Groups</a> </div>
<div>Is it sounding too complicated ? unnecessary ? not clear ? timeline not good ? - appreciate any feedback.</div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><br></div><div>Am really looking forward to be part of the community.</div>
<div><br></div>Thanks,<br clear="all">Mohan<br>