MySQL Version of ZoomSoft

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MySQL Version of ZoomSoft

• Curricular Computing
• Isuru Seneviratne
• Sam Maurer

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What is ZoomSoft?

• Web-based image storage and display system
• Development began 2 years ago
• Lets professors supplement 35mm slides with
  high-resolution digital files for use in student
  assignments and/or lectures
• Professors can present slideshows in class
• Students can examine and compare images online
  from any computer
• Students can quiz themselves on artists and
  painting titles

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This Years Project

• Update ZoomSoft to store image information in a
  database
• Create initialization and administration scripts
• Integrate collections, title and description info
• Improve the Quiz yourself feature
• Add a slideshow feature

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Final Result

• Scripts for initializing and creating new
  ZoomSoft websites
• Scripts for editing image and collection
  information
• Fully upgraded user interface
• Documentation for professors, students, and
  future developers

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ZoomSoft Improvements

• Intuitive zooming and image comparing interfaces
• Integrated slideshow and quiz features
• Automatic thumbnail generation
• Easy to modify collection and image information

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Technologies Used

• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• PHP
• MySQL
• DHTML (JavaScript CSS)
• Adobe Photoshop