As previewed at the February 2020 Monthly Meeting, we will embark on a few different learning journeys in the spring, and we hope you will join us.
Why join: If you want to spend time learning about these topics, but think that if you don't tell anyone you're going to do it, it won't happen.
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This round of group learning will take place from March - May 2020:
The CDI's new Usability Collaboration Area is churning out tons of info in both live/recorded presentation mode and "resource reviews," crafted and posted by Sophie Hou. Goal: read the resource reviews on three usability concepts posted in January and apply them to my own projects.
Do you have a site or project that could benefit from integrating usability in design, including usability principles efficiently, or fostering a user centered approach? The Join me!
People talk about NetCDF format often, and how it has great documentation, and interoperability. Will I ever be asked to review a NetCDF file, or expected to open one? I need to find out more, and I think this well-rated (1500 views and 34 thumbs ups) 75-minute YouTube video will help. Watch with me.
I always nod my head when someone more knowledgeable about programming says that unit testing is necessary. I nod my head when they say it is an important element to consider in software reviews. But... What is unit testing? How do I do it? I hope to find out on March 17. You too?
If you are in the Department of the Interior and just got migrated over to Microsoft Office tools, there are apps that are supposed to make our lives easier by automating tasks. Power Automate and Power Apps are two tools that I think I need to know more about, but haven't identified specific learning resources yet. But if you are intrigued by the potential of saving time and energy with these tools, please sign up to join me.
Update:
After a bit too much searching, I have settled on the following page for learning about Power Automate: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/get-started-flows/
It is 1 hr and 8 min which is probably over my attention span, but I will try to get it done over the next two weeks and report back if it is useful. I think this may be useful for the CDI proposal submission process and other repetitive CDI actions. At this point I am a bit beat down on learning new things, haha, but I'll give it a shot. Please join me. Comments welcome here.
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Hsu, Leslie
Week 1: Introduction Unit Testing Webinar
I watched the Unit Testing Webinar "live" today and loved it.
When ready, the recording will be posted here, on the CSDMS webinars page.
Wondering what others found most useful from the webinar? Feel free to reply here!
Neilson, Matthew E.
I enjoyed the different 'use cases' of unit testing at various career levels: I thought that was a unique approach to describing the benefits. I also enjoyed the short, practical example of running unit tests.
Phone audio wasn't working for me for the first 5 minutes or so, but I don't think I missed much and can watch that portion of the recording when it's available.
Hsu, Leslie
Week 2: NetCDF Why and How
Hi all. Well, I watched the NetCDF video, and trust me, I would've prioritized something else if I hadn't promised you that I'd watch it. I give the video a thumbs up because:
Did others find this video enlightening as well?
Unknown User (chungyihou@usgs.gov)
Hi everyone, for this week's Usability Resource Reviews, if you have any questions or feedback about the usability topics and resources that I have covered so far (including all the posts from January and March), please post your comments here or feel welcome to get in touch directly. I would love to hear your thoughts and discuss how usability can help you with your work. Thanks!
Hsu, Leslie
Week 3: Usability Resource Reviews
Once again - group learning completed here this week only because of peer pressure. Resource reviews posted here.
Anyone else have thoughts on how to apply these concepts to your own work?
Sophie did a great job summarizing the resources and assuring me that they would take a short time to read on the wiki pages.
My highlights:
When should I conduct usability testing for a product? (2 min)
Guerrilla usability testing: How to introduce it in your next UX project (less than 10 min!)
Sharing ownership of UX
Three ways to apply these concepts to CDI products/ideas:
Unknown User (chungyihou@usgs.gov)
Hi Leslie,
Thank you for sharing your highlights from reading the resource reviews. A few thoughts from me:
The three ways that you have identified to apply the resources to CDI products/ideas are great! If you need any additional input/would like to brainstorm some more, please feel welcome to let me know. I would be happy to help. - Sophie