Earlier this week, I wrote about the short-term roadmap for teach.mozilla.org. Now I’d like to share a few details about what we envision a little farther out (Q3 and into Q4).

Badges

The bulk of the work here will be improving the user experience for both badge applicants and badge reviewers. We’ll also be rolling out some new badges that are aligned with our programmatic plans, and will recognize the key volunteer roles we’ve identified (i.e. Regional Coordinators and Club Captains).

Directory

I’m really excited about this project because it will transform the site from simply being a place to find resources to a community, and because we’ll be able to offer more customized experiences for users once we know more about them. The Mozilla Learning Network Directory will include rich mentor profiles and group pages (where “groups” include Clubs, Hives, and organizations), as well as the ability to search and browse. The initial build will also include a full integration of Discourse. (We’re drawing heavily on the Hive Directory for inspiration.)

Curriculum functionality

It’s been a long time coming, but soon we’ll begin designing a more permanent solution for making our curriculum content dynamic. This will include adding basic user interactions (“Likes,” ratings, comments), as well as dynamically facilitating the creation and display of remixes and translations. We’ll likely also have a tool for users to create and share their own playlists, and to submit curriculum for consideration.

Ongoing iteration on the engagement flow

We’ll continue to learn what works in terms of connecting people quickly to what they need, and we’ll likely continue to make changes as a result of those learnings. Our engagement strategy will get some serious power behind it as we move forward with the email tooling project that’s happening in parallel.

Thimble!

Finally, our team at CDOT are actively working on making improvements to Thimble, our open source code editor for teachers and learners. We wrote about those improvements a few weeks ago.

http://hannahgrams.com/2015/06/04/medium-term-roadmap/