Tools November Report
TEITAC Communications Task Force Tools Report
Jared Smith, National Center on Disability and Access to Education
Task Force Members
- Jim Tobias
- Mike Paciello
- Bruce Bailey
- Gregg Vanderheiden
- Jessica Brodey
- Debbie Cook
- Jared Smith
Tools
- TEITAC.org Website
- Mailing Lists
- Wiki
- Calendar
- TRACE Online Hand Raising Utility
TEITAC.org Website
- Provides access to all tools
- Not publicly editable
Mailing Lists
Currently 10 lists:
- teitac-committee (89 – Committee members only! Primarily announcements)
- teitac-general (70)
- teitac-websoftware (101)
- teitac-video (51)
- teitac-telecom (61)
- teitac-hardware (32)
- teitac-closed (32)
- teitac-subparta (64)
- teitac-documentation (43)
- teitac-tools (21 – Communications Task Force)
- Primary mechanism for communication
- List details are found at http://list.teitac.org/
- Change subscription settings
- Request/change your password
- Change your e-mail address
- DIGEST version
- Temporarily halt mail delivery
- Send messages to {listname}@list.teitac.org
- You must be subscribed to a list to post to it
- Multiple e-mail addresses? Let Jared know
- Filter on subject line – [teitac-telecom]
- Limit posts and replies to teitac-committee list
Mailing List Etiquette
- Do not set autoresponders and vacation messages to reply to the list … or temporarily disable delivery … or add "out of the office" or "vacation" to the subject line.
- Trim replies to display only relevant portions of the original message.
- Keep subject lines simple. Do not change subject line unless topic changes. Digest users must trim messages and modify subject line.
- Limit "me too", "thank you", or other less relevant messages.
- Replies go directly to the list, not to the sender.
- Report abuse or other problems.
- Publicly accessible
- Searchable
- E-mail addresses are removed to avoid spam
Wiki
- Wiki – What I Know Is…
- A knowledge document network.
- Great for documentation and sharing of knowledge. Less good for conversation.
- Anyone can create/edit pages. Must register and verify e-mail address first.
- Compare changes (diff).
- Each subcommittee has a "working space" or main page.
Interface functionality is available to
- Link to all tools
- Access All Pages or Recent Changes
- Set your preferences
- View your watchlist
- Add a page to your watchlist
- Discuss a document
- Edit a document
- Edit a section within a document
- View a documents change history
- View a documents table of contents
- Document names should be descriptive.
- Power comes in inter-linking documents.
- To create a document, enter the document name into your browser – http://teitac.org/wiki/DOCUMENT NAME … or create a link to the new document and follow that link.
- Avoid / ? & in document names
Wiki Editing
Simply enter the text you want to display, like you would in a text-only e-mail. WikiText is only required for additional formatting.
WikiText
== Headers ==
- Headers provide structure to document and are used to automatically generate table of contents
- Start with 2nd level header (two =’s)
- Lists
* bulleted list
# numbered list
- Formatting
``italicized text`` = italicized text
```bold text``` = bold text
`````bold and italicized text````` = bold and italicized text
- When editing a document, leave a descriptive summary
WikiText Links
http://teitac.org/
[http://access-board.gov/ Access Board homepage]
[[Hardware Meeting 11-12-06]]
[[Hardware Meeting 11-12-06|Notes from Monday's Meeting]]
Wiki Tips
- It’s difficult to break the wiki (but please don’t try).
- Be respectful of the work of others, but wiki is all about change and contribution.
- Wiki is primarily self-governing.
- Plenty of help resources online. Ask for help.
- Don’t worry if it’s broken – let others fix it.
- Identify subcommittee members to be wiki editors.
Subcommittee Meeting Protocols
Currently at Subcommittee meeting protocols
Calendar
- Lists all upcoming committee and subcommittee meetings.
- Subscribe to Google Calendar.
- Recommend an event (TEITAC only).
How can we help?
- Are the tools working?
- Are other tools needed?
- Subcommittee face-to-face meetings?