INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION

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INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION

• Online questionnaires - IPM
• Forum, WIKI, Ezines, Mini sites,
• Image gallery, Podcast, Vodcast, Blogs, RSS

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Online questionnaires - IPM

• Online questionnaires - IPM http//ec.europa.eu/yo
  urvoice/ipm/
• IPM is a web-based application designed to the
  create, launch and analyse replies to online,
  structured and multilingual questionnaires
• The open source software version of IPM has been
  developed by the Commissions Directorate General
  for Informatics.
• The objective of the IPM initiative is to use
  modern technologies to allow us to understand the
  needs of target groups better.

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Online questionnaires
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Forum
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Forum

• A web site allowing discussions and dialogues on
  any given themes.
• Each participant can register his/her opinion
  (and any other information) freely.
• Discussions and behaviour in forums are usually
  governed by a set of agreed rules.
• In some cases, a person known as a moderator
  acts as a chair of the debate.

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Forum
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Types of Forum

• Communication
• Debate
• Information
• Support
• Opinion gathering
• Polls

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WIKI
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WIKI

• A Wiki (meaning quick in Hawaiian) is a
  collaborative content management tool
• Comprised of interconnected pages
• Editable by authorised visitors
• Accessible and managed using an internet browser
• Using a simple syntax for content creation (no
  HTML)
• Incorporating an edit history

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WIKI

• Types of wiki
• Encyclopaedias
• Knowledge Bases (support, developers)
• Internal documentation
• Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Directory / Information portal
• Internet / Intranet sites

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EZINES Newsletters via email

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MINI SITES

• Website of a few pages.
• Dedicated to a specific theme or subject
• Highlight key information and new material in a
  single, easy-to-navigatearea.

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Image gallery

• Photo galleries have been popularised with Web
  2.0 tools like Flickr, Picasa, Gallery

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Image gallery

• A Image gallery is a web-based software that lets
  you manage, share, view and download images
• Grouping of images by theme, category, etc.
• Photo management includes automatic thumbnail
  creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering,
  captioning, searching and more

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Image gallery

• Albums and photos can have view, edit, delete and
  other permissions per individual authenticated
  user.
• Its great for virtual communities co-workers
  can manage their own photos on a shared website.

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BLOGS
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BLOGS

• Types of Blogs
• Diaries
• Events
• Business
• Politics
• Conference
• Alerts
• Projects
• News
• Brainstorming
• Customers
• Collaborative Space
• Knowledge Management

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BLOGS

• Blog stands for Web Log
• It is a web site made up of articles that
• are classed in reverse chronological order
• are updated frequently
• allow a dialogue with the readers via comments
• are rich in multimedia content (text, links,
  files, photos, videos, podcasts)
• are available for syndication
• allow for multiple authors
• contain archives by month or by category
• are searchable

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Video Audio Podcast
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Video Audio Podcast

• A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of
  such files, that is distributed over the Internet
  using syndication feeds for playback on portable
  media players and personal computers.
• Podcasts are often distributed through RSS - Rich
  Site Summary (a format for delivering regularly
  changing web content)

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RSS tools

• Examples of icons that identify RSS feeds.
• An parser is a tool capable of including RSS
  feeds to a website. By this way, webmasters can
  integrate external content to their own websites.