anintroduction

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anintroduction

• Professional College Student
• Webmonkey
• http//roguerobots.com

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• Why is it so hard?

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thereality

• HTML 4.X
• Standards are non existent
• Quality varies to extremes
• Luck of the draw

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whyhow

• Dreamweaver is not easy
• Contribute is still complicated
• Design is challenging
• The process is very foreign to most people

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theprocess

• VPN
• SFTP
• Shell Account
• HTML / CSS / 508 / XHTML
• Well designed layouts to organize information

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• Professor Bob
• 30 year experience
• Authority in field
• Outstanding lecturer

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thequestion

• Easier creation
• Simpler maintenance
• More accessibility
• Better community

How do we make things easier?
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potentialsolutions

• More training
• More templates
• More assistants
• Content Management Systems (CMS)

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defineCMS

• Content Management System
• Application to manage information on websites
• Easy to conform look and feel
• Admin groups and users

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CMSexamples

• WebCT
• Open Source
• Plone
• Drupal
• Geeklog
• Typo3

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Plone

• Powerful open source CMS
• Validates against 508, W3C, XHTML, CSS
• Wildly customizable

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Plonefeatures

• Simple Publishing
• RSS Feeds
• Scalable for tens of thousands to a dozen people
  to use
• Extensions manage pictures, links, documents

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CMS/-

• Installation process
• Difficult to setup
• Overkill
• Easy to scale

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defineBlog

• Web Log
• CMS Application that publishes posts on a common
  webpage
• Sorted in reverse chronological order
• Can be an individual diary, a new portal,
  commentary possibilities are endless

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Blogexamples

• Gizmodo.com
• Political Blogs
• Millions more in variety, format, style

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Blogpackages

• Wordpress
• Open Source
• Blogger
• Moveable Type
• Xanga
• LiveJournal

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Wordpress

• Powerful open source CMS
• Validates against 508, W3C, XHTML, CSS
• Wildly customizable

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Wordpressfeatures

• Simple Publishing
• RSS Feeds
• Scalable for tens of thousands to a dozen people
  to use
• Extensions manage pictures, links, documents

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• Professor Bob
• 30 year experience
• Authority in field
• Outstanding lecturer

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classesneed

• Simpler tools for information dissemination
• More initiative for inter-disciplinary learning
• Better organization and management of information

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studentsneed

• Easier ways to gather information (RSS)
• Ability to grasp broader amount of information
• Resources that enhance non-traditional learning
  experience

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What about communities?
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communitynow

• Already in existence
• Need nurtured
• Tools for connection will foster community
• Online Forums
• Discussion of Topics
• Exchange of Information

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communitynetworks

• Technical Forum
• Residential Advisor blogs
• Computer Hardware Exchange forum
• Professors Blog on homework w/ discussion

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conclusion

• Simplify
• Current system is not working
• Implement better tools
• Build value

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