{"id":252,"date":"2018-06-29T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/blog\/digitalteam\/?p=252"},"modified":"2018-06-29T15:36:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T15:36:03","slug":"weeknotes-10-sprint-9-end-of-an-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/blog\/digitalteam\/2018\/06\/29\/weeknotes-10-sprint-9-end-of-an-alpha\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknotes 10, sprint 9: end of an Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Chris Lockhart, our Web Content Officer, for putting the Weeknotes together this week. Here\u2019s what he had to say:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Alpha is coming to an end <\/span>next week<\/b>. It is still possible to review the work we have undertaken so far on our blog<\/a>\u00a0and we would love to hear your feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of our end-of-phase work, we are currently crunching some data from our user research and putting together the information for our Show and Tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are very excited for our Show and Tell next week, where we\u2019ll be sharing everything we\u2019ve learned. We\u2019ll keep our cards close to our chests until then – don\u2019t want to spoil the big reveal! There\u2019s only a few p<\/span>laces left, so get yours <\/span>via this link<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What we’ve done<\/h3>\n

This has been a week of research, analysis and prep for our presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Launch control<\/b><\/h4>\n

Sue from our Web Content team launched the remote study in our testing platform, UserZoom, after solving several technical complications between vendors. We had an anxious wait before we started collecting responses from year 12 students recruited by YouthSite. When we had collected enough responses, Rosie from Institutional Research (IR) used the study data to create an analysis of the results so far. We will be sharing these insights at the Show and Tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nLaunch control, we are go!
\nPhoto by\u00a0SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The remote study is still collecting responses: at time of writing our quota is 80% full. Once it\u2019s at 100%, Rosie and Needee from Institutional Research (IR) will be doing a full analysis and we\u2019ll use this to inform the next steps – the learning and doing doesn\u2019t stop with the end of Alpha.<\/span><\/p>\n

Presenting the whole picture<\/b><\/h4>\n

In preparation for the Show and Tell, I have summarised the archive of user research that we\u2019ve done in the build up to Alpha. We\u2019re using this user research, alongside the other aspects of what it takes to maintain course pages, to show the full picture of how course content can be improved. The other factors include:<\/span><\/p>\n