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titleGeneral Instructions for Beta Testing the ITAV Toolkit
  

Instructions for Beta Testing the ITAV Toolkit

Your program has been assigned one phase to beta test and provide feedback on the toolkit activities.

  1. If you haven’t already, please review the pertinent parts of the ITAV Guidebook.
    1. Introductory materials, pp. 5-10
    2. Community Engagement section, pp. 32-36
  2. Next, identify what phase your program is in; see What Phase Is Your Program below for details.
  3. Then, review the activities for Phases 1, 2, or 3.
    1. Community Engagement Activity Table of Contents - (once ready)
  4. Decide which activities your program would like to test. Typically your program will select activities from within your phase, but you are welcome to test activities from other phases if they sound pertinent.
    1. Identify someone to serve as facilitator for each activity
    2. Determine whether you will complete the activity virtuallyor in person
    3. Download the instructions for local use, or copy the Google doc if you would like to collaborate with others online. 
  5. Determine a timeline for conducting the activities. The Community Engagement beta testing period runs from Sept 1, 2021 through Sept 30, 2021.
  6. Complete the activities and fill out the preliminary evaluation sheet by the deadline provided.
    1. Word version
    2. Google Doc
  7. Fill out the full beta testing evaluation instrument by the deadline provided (will be sent later in September 2021).


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titleWhat Phase Is Your Program?

What Phase Is Your Program?

For each facet, give your program a score from 1-10 based on your knowledge of your program’s strengths and weaknesses in that area. Scores between 0-3 will align most closely with Phase I, between 4-7 with Phase II, and 8-10 with Phase III.

Follow along on the wiki to select your phase, or download the worksheet. 

Facet: Community Engagement

The core of each program is an open source software application serving cultural heritage organizations. There are parallels with proprietary software development processes, but working within the open source world brings its own challenges around community, resources, and governance that affect the software development process.

  • Phase 1: Getting Beyond Initial Stakeholders: Programs are focused on primary stakeholders. There may be a lack of engagement with broader communities.  
  • Phase 2: Establishing Community Engagement Infrastructure: Programs are determining how to facilitate engagement that works for the community. 
  • Phase 3: Evolving Community Engagement: Programs tend to have well established infrastructure but need to continue to evolve engagement to keep up with new technologies, communities and collaborators. 


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