MCTM+New+Website+Suggestions

**Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics NEW Website Suggestions**

 * NEW Website:** http://61.8.141.221/mctmv1/index.php


 * Directions: Please post any suggestions regarding the FUNCTIONALITY of the site in relationship to your role, level, region, committee etc.**


 * General Comments:**
 * Taking a quick tour of the website, it looks REAL good (Stew)
 * Overall, however, the site looks fantastic. (Ed)
 * I think the new site is very appealing and has a lot of potential for great things. (Dolores)
 * I'm still thinking of other things, but I like the new MCTM site! (Andy)
 * How/where do we upload document files (e.g., MS Word documents and/or pdf's)? (Jon)


 * General Suggestions:**
 * Shouldn't the copyright at the bottom of the page include the full name of the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics? (Ed)
 * Membership and conference sign-up should be more obvious. (Ed)
 * The "Benefits of Membership" man should be located near the logins and join links.(Diana)
 * There is an "all articles" line at the bottom and on the left hand side. I don't think we need two on the home page. (Dolores)
 * All Article (needs an s) (Diana)
 * Main picture needs to show older students too (Michele E)
 * Where there are photos of people, can we use actual people from Maryland schools and classrooms, especially the headline photo.
 * Will there be a place for meeting minutes to be posted? (Michele E)
 * The new website should have new links to NCTM, membership, conferences, etc. Maybe an NCTM pulldown menu? (Andy)
 * Can “Recent News” be placed somewhere else where it can easily be found once you get into the homepage, say, in place of the "Login"? (Carlo)
 * “Math’s Class” of “Math Class”? (Carlo)
 * “Print Page” button seems a little too big for the purpose. (Carlo)
 * Can we make the picture blocks for Help for Parents, Help for Students, Classroom Ideas, and NCTM clickable (also cause the mouse pointer to change to a "hand" when mouse-over) in order to access links instead of using “Click Here”? (Carlo)
 * Will it be better if we make the titles of the articles under “All Articles” complete as they appear on the main page? (Carlo)
 * How about a “Site Map"? (Carlo)
 * How do the search features work? (Jon)


 * Home Page**
 * The image of the teacher and students only includes elementary school aged children. We need middle school (12-14) and high school students (15-18) represented in the picture, as well. (Jon)
 * Benefits of Membership should read, "Join MCTM Now!" (How do we change the links of the categories on the left hand column of the homepage? (Jon)
 * How do we manage the topics (change the titles of the pull-downs, order of page links in the pull down, etc.) running along the top of the page(s)? (Jon)


 * Communication**
 * The Whiteboard is not functional. When will this be developed? (Jon)
 * Internal email - how will we access this? It currently goes to the list of Board members. (Jon)


 * Events & Products**
 * The up slanted arrow on the Events & Products and Communities is misleading. It looks like you should click on the arrow to see more. (Dolores)


 * Maryland Math Month**
 * Maryland Math Month - the links to the activities are a lttle too small. (Dolores)


 * Mathalon**
 * The MATHALON information is now out of date. The date for the 2008 MATHALON is November 1, 2008. I can send the new brochure and registration form when you can accept it. (Stew)


 * Math Help**
 * What is the difference between student help and parent help resources? (Ed)
 * It appears that you have plans to have the parent help and the student help go to different pages, but now they go to the same page. I hope I'm right about the plans - the help should be different (Stew)
 * Help for Parents picture looks inappropriate - possibly a parent and a child sitting at a table with books open (Michele E)


 * Membership**/**Registration**
 * We would like to have a multi-year membership option. (Ed)
 * How can we modify the fields when someone joins? (Jon)
 * How will we be notified? How will we receive the money? Here's how it's currently done: http://www.marylandmath.org/membership/join.asp (Jon)
 * Can we set a date that the computer will automatically email and remind the member to renew membership? (Jon)
 * News**
 * Change News to "News and Resources."
 * Add Early Childhood Level Resources, Intermediate & Upper Elem. Level Resources, Middle School Level Resources, High School Level Resources, College Level Resources, and Higher Education Level Resources after "Website Resource Links" (Then delete Website Resource Links).


 * Professional Development**
 * What is the plan for the professional development section? What resources will be available by level/topic? Is this an achievement product? (Ed)
 * Teacher 2 Teacher - how will this work? Not yet functional. (Jon)
 * Publications**
 * What publications will be available? (Ed)
 * Banneker Banner and MCTM Newsletter should be under Publications instead of News (Michele E)


 * Sponsors**
 * The word 'exhibitors' is misspelled at the top menu bar under conference exhibitors as 'exibitors' (Ed)
 * Take 'no image available' icons off of the conference exhibitors page (Ed)
 * Change Corporate Sponsors to Corporate Partners


 * Teacher of the Year**
 * Change the Teacher of the Year to "Maryland's Outstanding Mathematics Educators"? (Dolores)


 * MCTM Executive Board**
 * When we upload the picture it views in a way that is two wide (It stretches the image.).


 * Contact Us**
 * The space where the message is written is too small. Make it larger so that writers can proofread what they have written. (Michele E)
 * The left side says "Board Meetings Dates" instead of Board Meeting Dates (Michele E)
 * Whiteboard on the left side goes to Mathalon page (Michele E)
 * How about posting MCTM's contact information such as postal or office address, office number, and/or e-mail addresses? (Carlo)