Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching

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Television and RadioIndex forLearning
andTeaching
TRILT offers the most extensive available online
UK television and radio listings. It provides
fully-searchable details on around 300 channels
programmes from June 2001 on, with selected data
back to 1995.
http//trilt.bufvc.ac.uk

• In association with
• EDINA and JISC

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Potential Testers

• UK HE/FE institutions licensed to record and
  retain copies of programmes
• BUFVC members (HE, FE and others)
• TRILT Steering Committee
• JISC
• Education- or media-related organisations (NSA,
  BFI etc)
• TRILT team, EDINA staff and BUFVC staff
• Call for volunteers

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Format

• Qualitative and quantitative data
• Two tests
• Alpha (six weeks) for functionality
• Beta (eight weeks) for content
• Questionnaire
• Interviews
• Quick response/light user tick box

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Administration

• No changes to the database during the test
• Timing
• Keeping in touch with testers

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Assessment and Responses

• Response rates
• Will not be 100 so ensure that the initial
  sample is large enough
• Responding to
• Negative comments
• Positive comments
• Requests for additional content or functionality

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Ongoing Feedback

• Informal
• Probably relating to individually delivered items
• Formal
• Probably relating to major changes in delivery

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Television and RadioIndex forLearning
andTeaching
TRILT offers the most extensive available online
UK television and radio listings. It provides
fully-searchable details on around 300 channels
programmes from June 2001 on, with selected data
back to 1995.
http//trilt.bufvc.ac.uk

• In association with
• EDINA and JISC