The portal "Resource Box" was developed for a Bioversity team researchers and has the aim to enhance the access and use of crop diversity to adapt to climate change.
The research process, in the context of building more resilient seed systems, includes the following 8 steps:
- Situational analysis and planning
- Data preparation and software selection
- Climate change analysis and identification of germplasm
- Germplasm acquisition
- Field-testing
- Germplasm conservation
- Participatory evaluation
- Knowledge-sharing and Communication
For each step (or module) the user has the possibility to collect information, readings, images.
The tool is developed on TYPO3 using tx_news extension and also custom extension to manage the questionnaries for each module. Through Disqus API it was possible to connect a feedback system for each quiz.
USER SIDE
At the end of each module the user can draw up a questionnaire to assess the preparation via a score system. Once the questionnaire has been finished the user releases a feedback.
ADMINISTRATOR SIDE
Through restricted area,The administrator of the portal manages the questionnaires (create, modify, and delete the various questions included in the questionnaires) and also can display and track the progress of the questionnaires. & Nbsp;
By DISQUS it is able to moderate and manage the feedback left by users who completed the questionnaires.