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Sheridan Student Assignments OData Portals Assessment (Interactive…
Sheridan Student Assignments
OData Portals Assessment
Data Wish List
Immigration
: contribution of new immigrants to local businesses/economy
Crime
: trends over time
Education:
to compare performance across schools
x 2
Health:
consequences of inaccurate medical procedures (
malpractice?
)
Finance:
Revenues of public corporations
Infrastructure:
location of public facilities (e.g. Bicycle rental, food and clothing donation centres)
Food Prices:
by location in the city
Housing:
rental pricing
Environment:
Live Green Toronto Business Memberships
Dataset Page
! Comments
to capture uses of data and reveal opportunities to improve
+ Related datasets
! Data collection method
should be included
! Plain English
should be used to help non-experts understand the data more holistically, including abbreviations and unfamiliar domain terminology
! Tags
should be assigned to datasets to help find related content
Navigation / Findability
— Search
does not work properly - results are too broad
! Search should be limited to datasets
, such as in the Ontario Portal
! Tags
are helpful to zero-in on datasets of interest, like the Ontario Portal
! Unclear information architecture
, including taxonomy (
not M.E.C.E
) and hierarchy (Category v. Sub-Category)
— Search bar
disappears when scrolling down the page
— Data catalogue categories
nested under primary navigation menu causes confusion due to unexpected behavior
— Organization categories
are too broad to help find data, would be helpful to have subcategories
—Data catalogue in a single page
makes usability difficult
— Related Datasets
not particularly usable due to the large number of items
! Menu should always be displayed
regardless of scroll location
Interactive Ideas
! Chat
with OData team for help finding data
! Leave contact info
and data needed for follow-up
! Public data request submissions
for users to contribute and vote on to help prioritize
+ Way to preview data
prior to downloading it
! Grade datasets on usefulness
! How-To Videos
for data novices
! Filter dataset prior to downloading it
to increase its relevance to users (e.g. by address, name)
! Dataset status should be clickable
in Ontario's data catalogue, and it could be extended to Toronto
! Share datasets
via social media
! Allow users to find datasets by metadata
, for example from the dataset page click on "Quarterly" refresh rate to find all datasets released quarterly
! Most popular datasets
by downloads or hits
! Direct download of datasets
by clicking on the file format in the catalogue
! Login portal
save users' history
! Compare performance with nearby cities
like Mississauga based on alike datasets (e.g. crime rates)
Other Feedback
! Map Cart
function in the Canada portal is not straightforward to use
+ Mapping tool
is well-developed (
Wellbeing Toronto?
)