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[Dianne Tennent <1946291@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  I know these have been terms long in use with the project, and terms
  that pervade the codebase and the site and are probably well understood
  by the existing community. But from an information architecture
  perspective, I think these are creating some confusion. Doris and I were
  chatting about some simple ways to improve the IA.
  
  'Collections and pages':
- As a new user of Mahara, I saw that I could create a collection and a page, but I wondered, how do I actually create my portfolio? 
- On viewing the profile page, listed under the heading "My Portfolios" is a list of collections and pages. At this point I realised, ohh, when I create a collection (or a page) I am creating a portfolio. A collection IS a portfolio, a page IS a portfolio. 
+ As a new user of Mahara, I saw that I could create a collection and a page, but I wondered, how do I actually create my portfolio?
+ On viewing the profile page, listed under the heading "My Portfolios" is a list of collections and pages. At this point I realised, ohh, when I create a collection (or a page) I am creating a portfolio. A collection IS a portfolio, a page IS a portfolio.
  
  When we navigate to the Create menu, we see "Pages and collections",
  when we look at this page the heading is "Pages and collections", when
  we click 'add', the heading of the modal is "Create page or collection"
  
- My proposal is that we replace "Pages and collections" with
- "Portfolios". This will improve the user experience by clarifying what
- collections and pages actually are, clarifying the idea that a portfolio
- could just be a page, or a collection of pages and also having a cleaner
- look for the headings.
+ My proposal is that we replace "Pages and collections" with "Portfolios"
+ or "Portfolio Library". This will improve the user experience by
+ clarifying what collections and pages actually are, clarifying the idea
+ that a portfolio could just be a page, or a collection of pages and also
+ having a cleaner look for the headings.
  
  Secondly, the term 'add' implies that something that already exists is
  being added to the user's profile. However in reality, when we click
  'add', we are actually creating a page, or a collection/portfolio that
  didn't already exist.
  
  As a new user, seeing the word 'add' creates some hesitancy, as we don't
  have anything to add at that point. What we're trying to do is create
  something new. When we open the menu we see a "Create" menu, when we
  click 'Add' the heading of the modal says 'Create'.
  
  Therefore, my proposal is that the word 'Add' be replaced with 'Create'.
  
  I believe these are relatively simple changes that could have a really
  positive effect on the usability of our awesome project.

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Title:
  UX/IA: 'collections and pages' and 'add'

Status in Mahara:
  New

Bug description:
  I know these have been terms long in use with the project, and terms
  that pervade the codebase and the site and are probably well
  understood by the existing community. But from an information
  architecture perspective, I think these are creating some confusion.
  Doris and I were chatting about some simple ways to improve the IA.

  'Collections and pages':
  As a new user of Mahara, I saw that I could create a collection and a page, but I wondered, how do I actually create my portfolio?
  On viewing the profile page, listed under the heading "My Portfolios" is a list of collections and pages. At this point I realised, ohh, when I create a collection (or a page) I am creating a portfolio. A collection IS a portfolio, a page IS a portfolio.

  When we navigate to the Create menu, we see "Pages and collections",
  when we look at this page the heading is "Pages and collections", when
  we click 'add', the heading of the modal is "Create page or
  collection"

  My proposal is that we replace "Pages and collections" with
  "Portfolios" or "Portfolio Library". This will improve the user
  experience by clarifying what collections and pages actually are,
  clarifying the idea that a portfolio could just be a page, or a
  collection of pages and also having a cleaner look for the headings.

  Secondly, the term 'add' implies that something that already exists is
  being added to the user's profile. However in reality, when we click
  'add', we are actually creating a page, or a collection/portfolio that
  didn't already exist.

  As a new user, seeing the word 'add' creates some hesitancy, as we
  don't have anything to add at that point. What we're trying to do is
  create something new. When we open the menu we see a "Create" menu,
  when we click 'Add' the heading of the modal says 'Create'.

  Therefore, my proposal is that the word 'Add' be replaced with
  'Create'.

  I believe these are relatively simple changes that could have a really
  positive effect on the usability of our awesome project.

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