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Current version by: Brittany McCrigler

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Contribute is a very important page to our university students. Many instructors and students choose to do an "editing-only" version of the technical writing project, especially on their first round. Students use the Contribute page to find things to work on, propose them to us, and then we flag them for student use.
Currently, the Contribute page has no way of showing a list of guides with many of the flags. You have to do this by direct URL. It would be great to have a drop-down or some other way for users and students to access all the guides with any of the flags that require correction. Most of the flags displayed are for guides that require a lot of work. Easy access to guides that simply need a polish on the grammar side of things will help users start with an simple task. Completing simple tasks will build rep and confidence to complete more difficult tasks and corrections.
-Some feed into Answers would be helpful. We know that people find iFixit mostly through Answers, so we want those pages looking sharp. Providing an easy way for people to get to questions that need responses would be a great start in that direction. We need to make the process of contributing clear, maybe by adding an intro video, or visual design to help you figure out what to do with the overwhelming list of guides that need help.
+Some feed into Answers would be helpful. We know that a lot of people find iFixit through Answers, so we want those pages looking sharp. Providing an easy way for people to get to questions that need responses would be a great start in that direction. We need to make the process of contributing clear, maybe by adding an intro video, or visual design to help you figure out what to do with the overwhelming list of guides that need help.

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Original post by: Brittany McCrigler

Text:

Contribute is a very important page to our university students. Many instructors and students choose to do an "editing-only" version of the technical writing project, especially on their first round. Students use the Contribute page to find things to work on, propose them to us, and then we flag them for student use.

Currently, the Contribute page has no way of showing a list of guides with many of the flags. You have to do this by direct URL. It would be great to have a drop-down or some other way for users and students to access all the guides with any of the flags that require correction. Most of the flags displayed are for guides that require a lot of work. Easy access to guides that simply need a polish on the grammar side of things will help users start with an simple task. Completing simple tasks will build rep and confidence to complete more difficult tasks and corrections.

Some feed into Answers would be helpful. We know that people find iFixit mostly through Answers, so we want those pages looking sharp. Providing an easy way for people to get to questions that need responses would be a great start in that direction. We  need to make the process of contributing clear, maybe by adding an intro video, or visual design to help you figure out what to do with the overwhelming list of guides that need help.

Status:

open