1. Target Audiences/Customers for Ensemble notes by Lois Delcambre

2. Target audience: owners of curated collections What they want from Ensemble (?): ◦ more satisfied users of their content ◦ more content of reasonable quality ◦ (perhaps) users whose need are better met (than they are currently), e.g., by resources that complement their collection discovered through a broader search ◦ (perhaps) metrics that track when ensemble users visit their site, download or use their content Note: if they end up with more users (who only pass through ensemble once, to first find the collection) they might be very happy – and we should be too.

3. Target audience: Users of existing collections What they want from ensemble (?): ◦ (perhaps) nothing ◦ (perhaps) the ability to comment, rate, tag resources in the collection ◦ (perhaps) the ability to issue broader searches beyond the collection ◦ (perhaps) the ability to have their interaction tracked – in order to have rewards ◦ (perhaps) cool tools (e.g., VKB or Walden’s paths) ◦ (perhaps) social navigation

4. Target audience: Contributors to collections What they want from Ensemble? (perhaps) recognition for their contribution (through tracking/logging, badges, awards) (perhaps) broad use of their contribution (perhaps) discussion related to their contribution (perhaps) easy access to other collections?

5. Target Audience: Community members (who comment/rate/tag/discuss) What they want from Ensemble (?): An active community of (interesting) peers that comment and discuss topics of interest Easy to use tools/mechanisms to comment, discuss, rate, tag (perhaps) metrics, badges, etc. that describe their contributions and activities (perhaps) the ability to search for other comments (perhaps) easy or seamless commenting, rating, tagging in the collection as well as in the broader context of ensemble

6. Target Audience: University Faculty Members What they want from ensemble (?): to find educational resources to use in their class such as: ◦ (small size) examples, individual test or assignment questions, diagrams ◦ (medium size) lectures, tests, assignments, simulations, visualizations, ? ◦ (large size) a syllabus and all related materials including a set of lectures for a class, the set of reading assignments, the set of assignments, … comments/discussion about strategies, books? easy access to a place to contribute resources?

7. Target Audience: High school (K-8?) Teachers? What they want from Ensemble (?):

8. Target Audience: Students University students? High school students? Independent learners? What do they want from Ensemble (?): learning objects (just like professors)? discussion forum (on topical material)? ???

9. Target Audience: Group conveners Working groups (e.g., from SIGCSE) with some or all content public Working groups (e.g., from the ACM Education Board) with perhaps some or all of their content private Special interest groups – to discuss approaches to CS1 or compilers, or the database class … What do they want from Ensemble (?): Nothing – Google docs is just fine ensemble docs – (full featured but not from Google) a web site – with their html content – hosted an interactive web site (with content types, comments, rating, tags, …)