LLC's+NEW++Website


 * Edith Comments in red ** Karen Comments in blue

**What are the requirements for LLC website?**

 * deliver information about facilities, oppertunities for language learning/ learning objects etc
 * portal into a catalogue
 * calender of events (google calender?)
 * booking resources/ study spaces in advance
 * encouraging interdependent learning (guidence for seaking langugae practice oppertunities : busuu,italki,palabea, mocha,lang8 etc)

What kind of tools would be helpful to make the content easy to find and navigate, interactive and fun for the users
Booking equipment and resources online - We need to approach ITS for this - If gets popular, we need to know if something is already booked or in use at the time. How can we try to ensure computers to use LLC language software don't disappear?

The searching capability available in the Libraries website: "Find" would benifit us in aiding access to language learning strategies and guides. Where we can list online software like (chinese multimedia and bussu) as online databases, which can be recomended in cassimir when student search for these like search for Spanish verb drills could bring up all the online conjugatos we have listed.

To add value to students visiting the site we should make the external links more prominent in a feed?

Example, of online resources from Ministry of Education:

**Web 2.0 Tools/ Social media tools:**
 * Twitter Worth it for a library? []
 * Encouraging students networking online with ....facebook, busuu, etc

Here is an example of how similar centers are using facebook: [| http://www.uic.edu/depts/lclc/networking/languagepartner.shtml]

[|http://www.facebook.com/iloveilac?v=app_2373072738#!/iloveilac?v=wall]

Learning Object for the web:

 * What is independent learning/ how?
 * Seaking oppertunities for language practice

**To do:**
Stocktake of web content. Done :)

Video testimonies from students - We have Lorenz's consent so I will convert his testimony asap. Tatyana, believes that we need a page or dedicated area, that lists some useful language tools for all language students, such LINGRO, ZILN, LiveMocha etc. Agree - eg. Language Resources index page
 * Would you want to see it again to select what comments we want to add? Yes - let's take another look, else too long
 * Where would you want it? Services for students? Other places? Services for students
 * Other students (Int'l) could also be interviewed, who wants to organise that? KB will create some questions and seek a couple of intl student volunteers to be filmed

G:\Final LLC Showcase\Raw material\LLChotpotshowcase.swf to the projects page (I need to update that page too) Add G:\Final LLC Showcase\Raw material\Lorenz's testimony to the services? Add the powerpoint made by LLAS Why Study a language.zip

Limitations:
In the LLC, our 'Catalogue PCs' (OPACs), could in fact display the LLC website/homepage - showing the Catalogue Search link - that could encourage users to explore our website more here. It would also be very useful for us to show students internet links useful for them. Can the OPAC computers have Internet Explorer for this purpose? Talked to digital NO OPAC computers not allowed to surf the net.

For the presentations of the external websites/ links it would be nice to have a preview screen to show what the external website looks like, similar to this snap shot tool as seen on this site, so me of the VUW sites appear to be using a pop up preview for [|staff profiles like here] I really like that idea! Not suported by Digital as this makes it hard to vie on portable devices.

Comments

 * How do we compete amongst all the other online tools that students are required to use at VIC: the websites, myvictoria portal, blackboard. What point of difference are we able to offer on our website that would create students interest and make it necessary to visit the website on a regular basis?
 * Well when students come to the LLC what de they come for?
 * What are the questions they ask that we answer "no" to, can we then provide with an online tool?
 * Since we are not open on week-ends, are there any resource we can provide online for them to access outside working hours?
 * How can we build a community of language students among language buddies, mentors etc... 3rd year students helping 1st year students


 * Tatyana thinks that we should try to find a more direct medium to communicate with all language students at Vic,
 * to create a virtual space for them to keep up to date with workshops,
 * online learning tools and connect with other students like posting notices to search for language buddies.
 * Is this too ambitious? It just seems that there are so many different way to post announcements/ news at VIC but we keep missing our real target audience. Do we need to research this?

Language and Culture Learning Center
[] This site has a good use of expandable tabs. Plus the calendar of event and expandable details about events. Classrooms are described and given an inline calendar through Google calendar

Great website for features: []
The new Vic International site is good example of what we want LLC website to look like []