Feedback+site+improvements

Please indicate here in bullet points improvements that can be done on the My.COOP website:
 * Change password requirements: they are way too complex and we receive complaints and requests from users (see for instance in the LinkedIn groups, but also from colleagues) to assist with creating their login
 * Done: the non-alphanumeric requirement has been removed. We anderstand this was the one that could actually be confusing.**
 * The home page needs to be centred on My.COOP and a little explanation (we can use the general flyer for that), the video in the centre, the 2012 IYC logo distract (some users think they have accessed our platfrom when clciking on the IYC logo). The video and logo can be made smaller and be located on the side. Also, our e-mail: mycoop@itcilo.org needs to be made accessible from the homepage for easy communication.
 * The online modules need to use pictures without logos.
 * There is a need to simplify the offer of forums. The multiciplicity of different forums with the objective of focusing discussions does not work. Participants are discussing in the general platform forum on course topics, participants reply to topics regardless the forum they are in, etc.
 * The website should be indexed, it is difficult to find it through searching machines such as google
 * The partnership principles should be made accessible and visible on the platform (on the partners page?)
 * The online modules are difficult to download (too heavy) even from for instance the ILO office in Pretoria. Do participants need to be able download these modules?
 * I don't think we need a separate icon for promotion materials. Too many icons makes the platfrom less user friendly. Users may get lost.
 * On the partners' page: check the links, some logos such as the one of Agriterra are not hyperlinked to their website.

Clicking on the link below you can read the report on My.Coop Platform Evaluation with the technical improvements that should be done. [|Platform evaluation_1.docx]