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This is the next iteration of an exploration of project milestones via the User Story Map format. The earlier version is still accessible in Miro.

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I . Authoring Discussions

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II. Operating Discussions

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III. Engaging in Discussions

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IV. Developing the Discussions Experience

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Iteration / Release

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IA. Selecting Forums Tool

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IB. Configuring Forums

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IC. Course Lifecycle Management

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IIA. LTI Operations

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IIB. Moderating Discussions

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IIIA. In-Context Discussion

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IIIB. Notifications

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IIIC. (Varying Context) Group Based Discussions

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IVA. Developer Efficiency

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IVB. Platform Runways / Services

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v1

Initial Milestones

  • v1.0: Initial config for 3rd Party (Basic Integrations)

  • v1.1

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  • : Educator configuration of Discussion 3rd Party (Basic Integrations)

  • v1.2

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  • : Educator preview of Initial Basic Discussion MFE (Main App) experience

  • v1.3

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  • : In-Context Discussion Educator

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  • preview

  • v1.4

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  • : Discussion App Advanced Workflows (Cohorts, Anonymous Posts, etc)

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  • v1.5

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  • : Discussions Social Presence Improvements

  • v1.6

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  • : Learner / Moderation Notifications

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v1.N

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In-Context Discussion Configurable by Third Parties

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Milestone Detail

Authoring / Operating

Engaging

Developing

v1.0

  • Discussion App selection page in Studio

  • Selecting Yellow Dig as a forums tool

  • Operating: Course-wide LTI integration

  • Course-wide Navigation tab

  • Course Apps as Backend Plugin or Hard-coded

v1.1

  • Selecting Piazza as a forums tool

  • Display Support Levels of Discussion Tools in tool selection

v1.2

  • Selecting edX Forums as a forums tool

  • Configuring forums - General Topics

  • Wayfinding

    • My active posts listed first

    • Browse topics

    • Help

  • Augment

    • Style updates to clarify hierarchy of posts

    • Visibility of actions (follow, vote, etc.)

    • Differentiate staff and TAs

  • edX Discussions MFE + Rest API

v1.3

  • Configuring in-context discussions

  • Build in-context sidebar

  • Sidebar Component for course MFE

  • Course apps as frontend plugins

v1.4   

  • Configuring Cohorts

  • Configuring Anonymous Post Behavior

  • Configuring Blackout Dates

  • Feature parity with edX today

v1.5

  • Profile images displayed

v1.6

  • Digest Notifications

  • Notify learners of post responses

  • Notify moderators of actions required (flagged posts, etc.)

Later Milestones

  • Platform Cleanup and Health (redistributed to other milestones)

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v1.N

  • Improved Role & Permission Configuration for Discussions Apps

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v1.N

  • Support External Development for Medium + Full Support Integrations

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  • Support Import / Export Persists Discussions Configuration

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  • Import / Export Support to enable Github Authoring Workflow still persisting Discussions configuration 

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v1.N

  • TBD --> v1.N Refactor from Ruby to Python (Cs-Comments-Service)

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