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[Kristina Hoeppner <1946291@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Dianne. These are two separate things. Can you please create
a new wishlist item for changing the button text?

We had pondered changing 'Pages and collections' to 'Portfolios' a while
ago but the consensus in the community - of the people who participated
in thinking around this change - was to say 'Pages and collections' as
they are creating pages or collections of pages. It is worthwhile
exploring this again through discussion in the community as opinions
might have changed over time. Therefore, it would be good if you started
a discussion topic in the pedagogy forum on mahara.org as the community
is more likely to see queries there than here on the tracker.

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       Status: New => Incomplete

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

Status in Mahara:
  Incomplete

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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