Creativity and Entrepreneurship LLC -

Image Gallery Reflection

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:49:04 -0700

Our group made a website through Coppermine PhotoGallery. The website we created was made for up-and-coming artists, where they could post their work to be viewed by all. The art could be rated and commented upon by anyone who accesses the site. The purpose was to allow artists to gain recognition among fellow artists and art lovers that share their same passion. Unlike some of the other groups, we did not run into very many problems. We were able to upload, crop, and comment on photos with little trouble. We were also able to change the background of the website, and allow each adminstrative user to work the cite with their own choice of background. I think this was mainly because our website was not very complex. It was easy to set up and was user friendly from either end. Our website is quite functional and we think it could be used in a real-world context.

Exotic Plants

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:29:14 -0700

We were still unable to add text into our website, so we could not upload pictures, fun facts, articles, etc. about our plants.

E-commerce

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:15:51 -0700

We encountered many problems with creating this website. At first we wanted to do an auction type website but that didn't work because of technical difficulties, so we ended up doing cms with a shopping cart. Our idea was to sell exotic plants, and we posted a picture of a venus fly trap and did the pricing system as well. Then our website crashed again so we had to redo the entire thing, and then it wouldn't let us add pictures or text but these are the things we were going to do: create a 'fun facts' page about our exotic plants, create a blog so that customers could post what they wanted improved about our website or what additional, different plants they wanted to see.

Image galleries

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:41:39 -0700

Who IS the cooolest????

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:56:01 -0700

Superman

0% (0 votes)

Batman

0% (0 votes)

Jen

33% (90 votes)

Spider-Man

33% (91 votes)

Mac Harris

34% (92 votes)

Total votes: 273

Overview

Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:55:09 -0700

This segment of your course this quarter is devoted to thinking creatively about possible business uses of open source software. The suite of open source tools at your disposal includes everything from content management systems, to blogs, to customer relationship management applications, to discussion boards, to e-commerce programs, to image galleries, to online ad management, to project management, to e-learning, to online polls and surveys, to wikis (see: Fantastico Features).

Your work in this segment will be divided into four separate phases:
- developing a basic understanding of open source software and what tools are available (January 17)
- devising a basic plan for a prototype use of open source software to power either a general business idea or a specific business process (January 24)
- developing a prototype of the open source application (February 14)
- sharing your work with your peers (February 21)

CLASS OUTLINE
January 17
- introductions
- question about what web sites/web services you find the most compelling
- question about what ways you think businesses are taking advantage of the web
- introduce the idea of open source software
- brief overview of the Fantastico Suite
+ CMS
+ Blogs
+ Customer Service
+ Discussion Boards
+ E-commerce
+ Image Galleries
+ Ad Management
+ Project Management
+ E-Learning
+ Polls and Surveys
+ Wikis
+ Etc.
- overview of what I'd like us to accomplish during our 4 sessions together (see GOALS)
- demonstration of various open-source implementations
- demonstration of installation
- demonstration of administration and customization

GOALS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Session 1 (January 17)
- decide which type of open source functionality interests you most
- form working groups to develop an open-source prototype
* Homework Assignment: do some research on actual implementations of your chosen open-source software

Session 2 (January 24) - bring laptops (at least one per group)
- discuss implementations that you've discovered
- develop a general plan for your open source prototype (including roles for team members)
- do actual installation of your open source software
- start experimenting with customization
- brief overview of some common structures and functions (e.g., roles, themes/templates, modules/add-ons, etc.)
- locating help files/documentation
- using the class website to track your progress (and problems)
* Homework Assignment: meet at least once outside of class and work on customizing/adding content to your open source prototype and post your progress to the class website (under your Project Page)

Session 3 (February 14)
- brief demonstrations for the class about your progress
- discussion of challenges you are encountering
- debugging
* Homework assignment: Meet at least once to continue working on your prototype

Session 4 (February 21)
- final presentations of prototypes
- final discussion regarding the usefulness of open-source prototyping
- discussion of the pros and cons of using open source software in business environments