Re: [d@DCC] Site set up to annotate Bill C-32

From: Andy Kaplan-Myrth <andy _-at-_ kaplan-myrth.ca>
To: "General Copyright Discussions (questions, organizing, etc)" <discuss (at) list.digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:21:31 -0400
References: <4C1127F7.9050405@geof.net>

I haven't had a chance to visit the site yet, but it sounds like a fantastic
tool for collaborative discussion of legislation, or other large documents.
Great stuff!

Are you planning to keep the enrollment key on the site and use it just for
a limited group of people (limited to the extent anything is limited when
this list is public!), or will you open it up and promote it to the public?

Cheers,
Andy

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On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Geoffrey Glass <geof@geof.net> wrote:

> I have set up a Moodle instance with annotation for examining Bill
> C-32.  But I need some help to populate it.  So far we have text up to
> Section 11.
>
> Here's the site:
>
>    http://faircopy.ca/moodle/
>
> The site will ask you for an enrolement key, which is:
>
>    clement-moore
>
> If folks could help convert the bill text to clean HTML that would be
> very useful.  We're chopping the bill into manageable chunks, each of
> which will have a forum discussion associated with it.
>
> The site includes an annotation feature.  We can highlight passages of
> text and write margin notes, and share this commentary with each other.
> It's a lot like the margin notes in Word.  This is integrated into a
> discussion forum, which I believe makes it ideal for examining
> legislation.  (The UN is developing a system to use the same annotation
> tool to do this for parliaments in Africa.)
>
> I have some videos explaining how to use the annotation feature here:
>
>    http://www.geof.net/code/annotation
>
> This annotation system is *not* the same as other services for the Web
> at large (e.g. Diigo).  They function very differently (e.g. pop-up
> notes instead of margin notes, no integration a the host application).
> I have been involved in academic research into using this feature, and
> it has been very effective.
>
> I apologize for any bugs.  This is a new version version with a number
> of new features I think would be very important to us (e.g. flagging
> unread annotations, hyperlinking and abbreviating URLs in margin notes),
> but as I wanted to get this up as quickly as possible there are a few
> kinks to work out (bug reports are welcome).  Particularly with Internet
> Explorer - don't use it.  I recommend Firefox instead.
>
> QUICK USER GUIDE
>
> 1.  On the main page, click on the "Bill C-32: Copyright Modernization
> Act" link.
>
> 2.  You will be asked for the enrolment key, which is clement-moore.
>
> 3.  You will then see one or more discussion topics.  Click on the "read
> the rest of this topic..." link at the bottom of a post to enter the
> forum proper.
>
> 4.  The margin for creating notes is on the right.  It can be displayed
> or hidden by picking "Hide annotations" or one of the other options from
> a drop-down menu at the top right of the page.  You probably want
> "Shared Annotations", which will display notes made by other people.
> "My Private Annotations" lets you write notes only you can see (as the
> admin there are ways I can get at them too, but I won't see them in the
> margin).
>
> 5.  To create an annotation, select some text in the body of a message,
> then click in the right margin.  Alternatively, you can type Enter
> instead of clicking.
>
> 6.  The help button (?) next to the drop down is worth clicking.  It is
> *not* a tedious list of buttons and options:  I tried to make the help
> text clear and to the point.
>
> 7.  There is also an "Annotation Summary" option in the drop down menu.
> This provides a searchable and filterable list of annotations by
> yourself and others.
>
> 8.  The quote marks button next to each annotation initiates a forum
> post responding to it.
>
> Geof
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