Key
[ Content ] [ Web
Interface ] [ Graphics ] [ Video/Audio
]
[ Flash ] [ Bundled Applications
] [ JScript ] [ QTVR ]
[ GFLS ] [ Product Issues ] [ Family
Night ]
Key
Management: CS=Chris Smeed; CT=Chris Thomas; PW=Peter Whitehouse
Others: MD=Michael Dezuanni
What users will actually read, arising from diverse sources, in all sorts of shapes and qualities
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Un-allocated content to a team for value-adding |
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Content teams in liason with CS |
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e-content – determine what has already been entered into the database, enter rest (copy-paste) |
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Oliver Kelly with PW |
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e-content – media sourcing |
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Oliver Kelly with PW |
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Proofing database content |
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Quinn, Katter and Walker, Stott |
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Query testing – extracting smart stuff out of the database |
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CT + PW |
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Sourcing of graphics for each form - database run to identify those forms with NO graphics reference, and those with reference - check if they correlate |
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Content teams in liason with Br Gagin |
| Project manager's forewards, preambles, Credits/Greets pages design and access, Disclaimer and Copyright pages | |
Web team with CS, CT and PW |
HTML tasks that need to be done to marry content to interface, what users will use to access content, navigate around the product
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Screen sequence decisions – what leads to what on way in to main choice screen |
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Web team with CS, CT and PW |
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Dimensions for frameset |
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thanks CS, CT |
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Font/colour scheme for frameset - external style sheet to be built (and later modified by management team with Web team) |
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Web team with CS, CT and PW |
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Navigation map (overview) to explain to webheads how it all works |
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Web team with CS, CT and PW |
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Detect issues – how to do this, what options we are giving, alternative branch to Flash-enhanced version |
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Paul Whitman and Anthony Sexton |
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HTML/Flash equivalence issues |
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CS, CT |
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Define Frameset, store in appropriate location |
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Web team with CT |
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Define intro sequence pages with dummy click-thrus |
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Web team with CT |
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Define content page template |
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Web team with CT |
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Define McKeering doc template |
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Web team with PW |
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Establish fixed navigation in prototype graphics (made pretty as graphics become available) |
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Web team with CT |
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Establish Dynamic Nav in text (made flash/dhtml when graphics become available) |
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Web team with CS |
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Markup database entries based on template including relevant images (when available) - develop query that incorporates page template and relative references to files |
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Web team with CT, PW |
| pull pages from database to give to web team for weaving | |
Web team with CT, PW |
| Tuning/Tweaking/Quality control of existing pages | |
Web team with CT, PW |
| Media Pruning, seealso nav rationalisation | |
Web team with CT, PW |
Picture elements needed to visually enhance the product
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Product Logo design from scratch – for intro sequence and for navigation |
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Graphics team with CT, CS + PW |
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Puzzle mosaic for main choice screen - 6 versions (no mouse-over, then mouseover for each major area) |
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Graphics team with CT |
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Fixed navigation design - side puzzlebuttons |
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Graphics team with CT |
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Scanning of photo content (once sourced), annotating file location/name - captured @ 300dpi, saved into appropriate subdir with a trailing 'X' to indicate it requires post-production and final re-sampling/resizing. |
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S. Clifford + PW |
| Graphics post-production, cropping, resizing 500px wide x whatever proportionally- Black and white photos to stay greyscale - old/discoloured ones in colour to reflect actual condition. After post-production, 'X' removed from name prior to linking to content page | |
James Dean with Sam Clifford & PW |
| Page background images (1500x600px white with faded grey artistically rendered imgs) - a number are required for each of people, groups, events, artifacts and places. Groups should have a different one for each major type of group. Use material found in raw graphics folder | |
David Poxon |
| Incidental Graphical Embellishments | |
Graphics Team |
Bandwidth hungry media to be used as part of the content
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Identify what content has video and what bits are to be included |
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Video team with MD |
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Video headmaster preamble |
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Video team with MD |
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Output format: MPEG, SIZE: 250px X 190px |
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Video team with MD, CT |
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Identify any audio content, determine what bits of it we need to include, identify a format, capture etc. |
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Video team with MD, CT |
| List what video relates to, present inventory of shorts to manager to allow us to mark them up | |
Video team with MD |
Low bandwidth elements providing dynamic animation for the product, including intro and navigation
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Intro Sequence |
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Flash team with CT |
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Top Dynamic A-Z navigation for each of 5 major areas |
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Flash team with CS |
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Top Dynamic Chronological Nav for each of 5 major areas |
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Flash team with CS |
| Side (fixed navigation) | |
Flash team with CS |
What applications/utilities/plugins we are bundling with the product for clients to install
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Identify versions of software to be included and locate where they (and license) can be obtained for them |
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Paul Whitman, Anthony Sexton with PW |
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Obtain (download) software for bundled applications |
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Paul Whitman, Anthony Sexton with PW |
The specific programming elements necessary within the interface, and the product startup
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Search engine (full text) |
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JScript team with PW |
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Autorun, detect and install options |
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JScript team with CT, CS, PW and GFLS |
Interactive Panoramas that will be a guided tour for us of our 3 campuses?
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Identify places around the college that are suitable for a vr, ensure they are sufficiently interconnected to form a guided tour (plan), also 'borrow' wOnKo's QT versions of maroon, |
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QT team |
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Obtain panorama tripod |
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QT team with PW |
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Capture images around terrace, capture outside Pugin's Chappel and Tennyson as well |
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QT team |
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Stitching images together and publishing them in QTVR format (using College owned software) |
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QT team with PW |
| Work out how best to display them - thumbmail images then link to popup window might work - suggestions welcome | |
QT team with Ben W, Chris U and CT, PW |
Our Consultants – what do we need them to do for us now?
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Contact regarding re-engaging consultants after teams have decided what they want |
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PW |
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Determine what credits they require in product |
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PW |
The product is the CDROM, it is saleable to the public, has a production deadline and is to be showcased on Nov 2 at a "family night" that will also give participants the opportunity to see developmental aspects of the project
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Job |
When |
Who |
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Booklet Issues of design, content |
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CIR Committee with PW then Graphics team |
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lo-res screengrabs of CDRs: Outside (pages1&4) of CD booklet, Inside (pages 2&3) of CD booklet, Inlay card to be same as page 4 (with turn-ups containing titling) - what do you think? |
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CIR Committee with PW then Graphics team |
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CDROM artwork design - lo-res grab available for comment |
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CIR Committee with PW then Graphics team |
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Colour separation/ process colours, professional printing requirements |
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GFLS with PW then Graphics team |
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Sponsors page? Who, what? |
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CIR Committee with PW |
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Credits and Greets section – who, what? |
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CIR Committee with PW |
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Preambles – how to best present these? What form, when we get them? All now received (Bishop, Br. Steve McLaughlin, Hugh Lunn) + film of Principal |
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Marketing - Ongoing
throughout 2000 and into 2001. |
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CIR Committee - thanks Angela Ramsay |
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Mastering – how, what? – Talk to Centech re this |
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PW |
| Mastering CDROM (home burn) and testing. | |
CT, CS, PW |
| Sending of CD and artwork to duplication service | |
CIR Committee |
Our chance to showcase the product and the skills learnt along the way
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Job |
When |
Who |
| Organising technical presentation and product overview. | |
CIR Committee |
| Organising team presentations for CC. | |
CIR Committee |
| Organising Computer Centre open session. | |
CIR Committee |
| Organising computer/projector for each team presentation. Thank You Video Pro | |
CIR Committee |
| Organising refreshments etc. | |
CIR Committee |
| A BIG rest (and possible medicated leave) for the management team :) | Thank you one and all | Chris Smeed, Chris Thomas and wOnKo |
