storybook view

[Laurent Savaete]

here's what I have in mind for implementing storybook lesson view.

I would take flashcard decks with a choice interaction.
By default, they are shown as currently, in "quizz mode", but at the
top (or bottom) of the screen, we add 3 links that allow the user to
toggle between 3 modes (toggling resets the deck to its start, and
replaces the content of the screen):
- "study mode": like regular flash cards: show them one by one, prompt
first, and answer when user clicks a "show answer" or "flip the card"
- "quizz mode": what we have now
- "storybook mode": show each card in turn, both (all?) sides
together, with a "previous" and "next" link, to turn pages.

The mode links are always shown, so that the user can switch mode at any point.

Let me know if that's how you think of it as well.

[Ian Sullivan]

I like the idea of different "mode buttons" and the idea of re-using the
storybook presentation format in choice lessons. I'm not sure if we want
to actually fold it into the choice lessons entirely though, since
choice lessons viewed sequentially don't actually have any "story" to them.

What if we move 'storybook" to its own lesson type and for choice
lessons we have "Lesson" mode and "Practice" mode as the only two
options. Then under "Practice" we have these four options, fewer for the
phrase choice lessons:

Flash card - text + audio prompt, picture match
Practice reading - text prompt, picture match
Practice listening - audio prompt, text match
Practice recognition - picture prompt, audio match

Then all the different practice modes are in one place and people don't
need to know what the different modes really are, they just start in
"Lesson mode" and the only option is switching to "Practice". We could
break out the "Practice" options as separate links on the final screen
of the lesson where we offer a link back to the source page, so
everything is one click away once you finish the "lesson" mode.

What do you think?

-Ian

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[Laurent Savaete]

sample lesson at http://laurent.dev.wikiotics.net/en/storybook1

a couple notes:
- I'll add a template tomorrow
- I missed the page count at the bottom, it stays at 0, will fix tomorrow

Comments welcome so I can fix.

[Jim Garrison]

I think storybook should be an "interaction." There will be times when
storybook makes sense, but not "choice" (i.e. things are not separated
into prompt and answer. Ian, correct me if I'm wrong.)

That said, it would be nice to have the functionality as well any time
somebody is taking a choice lesson. So I like your idea, and think it
should be another way of doing roughly the same thing.

[Jim Garrison]

Nevermind; see Ian's email.

[Ian Sullivan]

Looking good. Some suggestions. Bigger picture if available, text on the
bottom, "back" and "forward" buttons positioned on either side of the
text if possible. Also, s/Frame/Page/ if possible.

-Ian