1. AWESOME-Dissertation UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Co-Investigators: Rebecca ORourke (School of Education & Lifelong Learning Institute ) Aisha Walker (School of Education & Lifelong Learning Institute ) Vania Dimitrova (School of Computing) Lydia Lau (School of Computing) Melissa Highton (Staff Support and Development) Research Assistants: Kathryn Kaufhold (School of Education & Lifelong Learning Institute ) Sirisha Bajanki (School of Computing) Proof of concept prototype: Alex Le Bek ( Website Design: simple solutions from advanced technology) PARTNERS UNIVERSITY OF COVENTRY (Centre for Academic Writing) UNIVERSITY OF BANGOR (School of Lifelong Learning)

2. Who are the users? End users –students (UG and TPG); teachers; writing advisors Other users –learning developers; learning technologists Stakeholders –Project partners: Coventry (Centre for Academic Writing); Bangor (School of Lifelong Learning) –UoL stakeholder group –UoL webmaster –Emerge –JISC UandI programme

3. When and how the users are involved Emerge UIDM (Users and Innovation Development Model) UIDMAWESOME (agile timeboxing) stage 1phase 0 (May-Sept 07) involving users & stakeholders stage 2phase 1 (Feb-Apr 08) involving ROR & AW as users for initial design/prototype; partners/stakeholders for feedback stages 3/4phase 2a (Apr-July) two instantiations (Education and Fashion Design) phase 2b (July-Sept) user trials (Education and Fashion Design)

4. AWESOME – startup page

5. School of Education Instantiation

6. Home page – multimedia content and a bit of fun!

7. Home page – latest update in Press

8. What is a dissertation page – some content are pre-populated

9. What is a dissertation page – ADE provide the framework for users contribution to content

10. What is a dissertation page – the use of tagging for retrieval

11. How to choose a topic page – tailoring structure to context

12. How to choose a methodology page - linking to external portals

13. How to choose a methodology page - factbox for pointers to all related facts

14. How to develop your literature page - active encourage for participation

15. How to write clearly page - learn from previous feedback

16. How to write clearly page - user can add comments & tags Provide relevant tags being used A form interface for entering underpinning ontology

17. Project management page

18. My dissertation page and other personal spaces