Target release

Epic

SWIK-296 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Document status

DRAFT

Document owner

Abi James

Designer

Developers

Allan Third

Work Package & deliverables

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Summary

We wish to offer the option to download decks in a common formats

Background and goals

Assumptions

Requirements

#	Title	User Story	Importance	Notes	JIRA
1		As a user I want to export my presentations to PDF format, for reading offline or printing.	Must have		SWIK-203 - Getting issue details... STATUS
2		As a user I want to export my decks

User interaction and design

Description of fields/input/elements + validation + test scenarios

Questions

Below is a list of questions to be addressed as a result of this requirements document:

Question	Asked by	Outcome
Need to decided what other formats we wish to export content in

Not Doing

Feature	Status

Source material for user/stakeholder feedback

Requirements (/user stories) from pilot roadmap:

As a content producer I would like to export my SlideWiki slides to PowerPoint (or PDF at least). (Frauenhofer)
As a content producer and training provider, I need to import and export different types of materials((e.g. presentations, SCORM packages, HTML, ePUB, Word files, pdf files etc. ) (EKDDA)
besides standard features (import / export, collaborative editing)(PUPIN)
As a content producer I would like to import existing educational material (from different sources) to SlideWiki and export it to various formats (e.g. presentations, SCORM packages, HTML, odp files, pdf files etc.) (GFOSS)
I think a powerpoint.openoffice.appleslides import export is critical. (VUA)
As a content producer I would like to import PowerPoint slides to SlideWiki and export my SlideWiki slides to PowerPoint (or PDF at least).(UFRJ)

Evaluation/improvements by Farid Hasanov master thesis :

Issue 1 - Simplification. (about "Print deck" option)

"It is key to mention the download problems occurring when the user tries to save a deck

for offline viewing. The issue is dedicated to simplify downloading or exporting

options of a presentation. For now the available options are to download a deck and

to export it as SCO. In both cases the presentation could be viewed in offline mode using a browser. But the downloaded file is archived with a lot of Javascript les, even more folders and one HTML file, possibly misleading users that do not have any webdevelopment

ideas. Even for those accustomed to this, it will be more pleasing to see just

one file instead of an archive full of useless les. There is a way to save a presentation

as a PDF, but for that, a user should click the "print deck" button and then export it

into PDF using the printing options of a browser."

Proposed solution - directly offer PDF file: "According to the design rules, the site should be self-sufficient, and for that reason export as PDF has to be performed without the browser's aid.".

Issue 2 - State of the button. It was reported by users that the download button appearsonly when the whole presentation is selected. However, when the slide or sub-deck is selected, "Download" does not appear in the run down menu.

Issue 3 - Finding the button. Another small problem that arose regarded difficulty

finding the "Download" button. Source. This issue was discovered by two out of three users during the experiment. Metrics violated: Friendliness, Ease of use.

"Possible solution. [...] adding an option to download a deck as PDF. This link will instantly open a PDF file, either in the browser or using the PDF viewer installed on the system. The option to save or print this file will be provided by the PDF viewer rather than by the website. Obviously, this new link will remove the obligation of using the "Print deck" link. In the current

version of Slidewiki, in order to download a presentation as a PDF, the user has to print

a deck before using the browser's "Save page" or "Print" command. I propose that the

option [..] "Download Deck", which involves downloading a deck as a web file which

can be viewed as a HTML file, be renamed to "Download Deck as a web file". This will

eliminate misunderstandings with other types of deck download. Moreover, here the link

to download a presentation as a Powerpoint file was added. Additionally, "Download"

is an independent button now and appears just before "More" in the panel."

Evaluation at UniBonn :

● Most of the comments concerned:

○ The slowness of loading slides and downloading the PDFs.

○ The incorrect rendering of slides, especially of the downloaded PDF version.

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