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Welcome to the Centricity2 Private
BETA Phase
What is Private BETA Testing?
Early distribution of new or modified functionality. Some may not be ready for “prime time”.
There will be “bugs”, misspelled words and things may look “rough” or unfinished.
Testing is performed on an internal Schoolwires site
You will get frequent stable releases (builds) of the product
Focus on functionality. Will this fit your needs as well as your teachers, community, students, etc. Will they like it?
BETA TimelinePrivate BETA– Started in April 2010 with 5 clients– Opening to additional 10 clients in May 2010– June 2010 – Invite additional 40 clients throughout the
month– End of June 2010 – Open BETA site to all clients
interested in taking a closer look at Centricity2
Public BETA – Stage 1 & Stage 2– Approximately 5 clients will be invited– Will use copy of their data to perform testing– Clients will move their public site to Centricity2
What do I do?
Pick a time of day when you can spend about 30 minutes focused on Centricity2.
Get the latest information at pd.connect. This is your homepage for all things BETA.
Choose a User Story Topic packet as a guideline for testing.
Access the Centricity2 BETA site and use the test case packet to review functionality.
Give feedback, comment and vote on other testers’ ideas
PD Connect Community Site
Site url: http://pd.connect.schoolwires.net. Login information will be sent in an email.
PD Connect Homepage– Shortcuts– Announcements
Centricity BETA Community Section– General Information on the current BETA Phase– Topical User Stories for testing– Release Notes for latest build– Access to User Assistance Resources
Centricity2 BETA Site
BETA Site URL: http://c2.beta.schoolwires.net
Centricity2 BETA School District – sample site with content– BETA School District – lots of content– 3 Subsites - High School for content
BETA Client School District Site– One School District Site for each client– One subsite for each client– Each client will have a Site Director and 2 other general user logins to
use for editors. Self register to add more users.
Centricity2 Feedback Site
Feedback Site URL: http://pdconnect.ideascale.com . Access site and create your own account and login. Accounts will be approved for access.
Enter ideas and suggestions from the “smiley widget” in the BETA site manager or by logging into website directly
Read other testers feedback – ALPHA and BETA
Add Comments and VOTE
Moderated by Product Development Staff
What kind of feedback?
Compliments
Usability – flow / ease of use
Suggestions – how to
Questions / How to’s?
Defects – functional only & not on release notes
Thank you for your time and willingness to become part of the BETA Client testing
team!