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LAO Entry Redesign

LAO Entry Redesign. Lisa Stedge Marcella Simon. LAO Site as Metaphor. Archeological Dig. Ecosystem. The LAO Site Challenge. Features Currently Available. Proposed Changes in Guest Accessibility. LAO Entry Use Cases: 4 ways to enter site from home. LAO Entry Re-design. Pending Decisions.

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LAO Entry Redesign

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  1. LAO Entry Redesign Lisa Stedge Marcella Simon

  2. LAO Site as Metaphor Archeological Dig Ecosystem

  3. The LAO Site Challenge

  4. Features Currently Available

  5. Proposed Changes in Guest Accessibility

  6. LAO Entry Use Cases: 4 ways to enter site from home

  7. LAO Entry Re-design

  8. Pending Decisions • To keep as much of the navigation intact as possible and enhance usability through text links and promotional language by: • Consolidating home and splash pages into one home page with 4 different types of entry. • Featuring the about page on the home page and including basic information. • Create guest “welcome” page that leads to Literacy Explorer. • Re-format welcome pages as pop-ups without navigation that lead to • Literacy Explorer. • “Trimming” the registration process and explore the possibility of parallel • registration for single and group users. • Changing Story Selector to Story Builder and enhancing the connectivity of Literacy Explorer to Story Builder and Read from the Web.

  9. Home site index search Register About Login welcome page Guest welcome page Literacy Explorer RFW SB welcome Site tour test Entry Flow Chart

  10. Search: Resources for Readers and Their Helpers Contact Us | Site Index About LAO LiteracyAccess On-Line provides reading activities and resources for readers and helpers including: Register (free) benefits of registration • Story Builder, where you can create stories, • write reports, and save your work in your • own account. • Read from the Web, where you can hear • language read out loud using a free • download of BrowseAloud software and • follow along, using our helpful tips and • prompts. • Free testing of reading ability for registered • users. Login guest Username A father helps his daughter learn to read using Story Builder. guest Password Sign-In Cancel Enter as Guest

  11. Search: About LAO Contact Us | Site Index | Logout The LiteracyAccess Online sitehelps facilitators (parents, tutors, teachers, and others) work with children who are having difficulties becoming good readers. The site is a collaborative project between the Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center, Springfield, Virginia. The project is in the third year of development and is funded by a Steppingstones to Technology grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Reasons to register for free on the LAO site: Literacy Exploreris based on a reading strategy, which involves three steps: Pre-Reading, Reading, and Post-Reading. Reading activities featured in Literacy Explorer include: To get help using the LAO site, please visit the Site TourandHelpfeatures. • Free testing of reading ability. • Save stories and reports in your own account. • Keep records and track progress. • Read from the Web, where you can hear language read out loud, using a free • download of BrowseAloud software, and follow along, using helpful tips and prompts. • Story Builder, where you can create stories, write reports, and save your work in your • own account. Text links

  12. . Welcome to Literacy Explorer! Literacy Explorer provides you with a selection of reading activities, accompanied by helpful tips, tools, and resources designed to support you and your reader. Literacy Explorer is based on recent findings in literacy research, as well as current best practices in reading teaching. Literacy Explorer contains three reading activities designed to motivate readers be providing them with stimulating content at their reading level and in their areas of interest. Story Builder allows you to create a story, report, or essay using material from the world wide web or your own words. You can insert images and pictures in your story. Registered users can save their stories to be read later and can even publish their stories on the web. Read From the Web provides you with the opportunity to choose material on the world wide web and read it together, employing tips, resources, and strategies shown on the page. If you download the free screen reader BrowseAloud, you can listen to word pronunciation while you read. Read From the Bank allows you to choose a age level appropriate story from our story bank. Literacy Explorer is based on a reading strategy that involves three steps - pre-reading, reading, and post-reading. We provide activities and tips for each one of these steps. To get the most out of your reading session, please visit our Preparation section first. Text links

  13. Welcome to Literacy Explorer Literacy Explorer is a reading strategy system that provides you with a selection of reading activities, accompanied by helpful tips, tools, and resources designed to support you and your reader. Literacy Explorer is based on recent findings in literacy research, as well as current best practices in reading teaching. Text links

  14. Current Welcome Set-Up Splash (no book menu bar) First Time User Button Member Button Site Tour Button Generic Welcome Login (live book menu bar) Site Tour (dead book menu bar) Come Explore with Us B&W Text Only (no book menu bar) Personalized Welcome (live book menu bar) Next Page Button Join LAO Button To Site Tour Skip Tour Button Join LAO Regis. & Data Entry Form (live book menu bar) Cont. Generic Welcome Login (live book menu bar) Acc’t Creation Confirmation & Thanks (live book menu bar)

  15. Desired Welcome Set-Up with 3 Types of Welcome Home (no book menu bar) Sign-In Button Register Button About LAO Button Enter as Guest Button 3 About LAO (live book menu bar) Personalized Welcome Pop-Up with Any Necessary Reminders & Advertising of Any New Features (no book menu bar) Welcome! We’re glad to have you as our guest! Pop-Up (no book menu bar) Registration Data Entry Form with Auto Sign-In (no book menu bar) 1 Register Link Registration Confirmation & Personalized Welcome Pop-Up (no book menu bar) Continue Button 2 Continue Button Continue Button Literacy Explorer (live book menu bar)

  16. Pop-Up Welcome # 1 Welcome back, Andrew! We noticed it’s been 5 months since the last time your student, Cynthia, took a reading assessment test. If you think Cynthia is ready to try taking a test, again, all you have to do is go to the Testing section. Did you know we have added a new feature to LAO? It’s called Reading with Flair, and it can help Cynthia with reading aloud to others. Continue

  17. Pop-Up Welcome # 2 Congratulations on registering, Morton! If you ever want to edit your account in the future (i.e., add new readers, create new groups, etc.), you can go to Facilitator Support, which is located on the main “stack of books” menu bar. Also, your reader(s) can take a reading assessment test, anytime, by going to the Testing Section. Plus, communicating with other facilitators and readers is easy, by going to the Communication Section. Continue

  18. Pop-Up Welcome # 3 Welcome to LiteracyAccess Online! We’re glad to have you as our guest! Enjoy exploring our site, and remember to register (always free!), if you find you would like to save the stories you build and the work you do with your reader(s). That way, you can always take a break from whatever you’re doing on our site, and come back to where you were at any time! Continue

  19. Currently, “Contact Us” isonly an e-mail link.Therefore, we propose a“Contact LAO” page….

  20. Search: Contact LAO Contact Us | Site Index | Logout Enter your message here: Enter your name here: Enter your e-mail address here, so we can reply to your message: Send Message

  21. Pop-Up Thank You for Contacting LAO Thank you for contacting us at LiteracyAccess Online! We’ll get back to you, soon! Continue

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