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Interactive timeline softwareCLIENT NAME: Richard Moore - (Manager of the National Automobile Museum of Tasmania) DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AS STATED BY THE TEAM OVERVIEW This project involves the creation of software which allows museums to create displays to be shown on computers for the exhibits shown. The main piece of software (the administration section), will allow a museum curator to create and edit the look and content of exhibit displays as well as link them to timelines which give further depth to the display. The client software is a basic web browser with all the menus turned off (for example the back and forward buttons) , to create a slick and easy to use environment for museum visitors of different ages and computer knowledge. The software will allow for the creation ofexhibit displays containing text, pictures and video, and will allow for customisation of the look of the displays. This allows the software to be used by different museums. TECHNICAL ASPECTS The software will use an SQL database to store information about timelines and the exhibitions created on the administration software will be stored in basic text files until the administrator chooses to render them to HTML. The exhibit pages that require database information and interaction will use PHP to handle this aspect. The program is to be programmed in Visual C++. The exhibition pages will be held on a server and will be accessed by client computers in the museum exhibition area. RELEASE TWO INFORMATION: Release two of Curator will improve on the first release in several areas. Firstly, The program shall be developed in such a way that it may be configured to reflect the look and content of different museums or museum sections. Several styles will be created using PHP and will be selectable by users of Curator in order to impose pre-determined looks to exhbit pages. This will provide a degree of seperation of style and content, which will allow users to create exhibits with consistancy faster and more easily. The user will also be able to configure all aspects of the client interface including colour, look and placement of navigation bars. Other improvements to Curator will include the ability to configure the client machines to look up the correct starting point to be displayed.Another improvement will allow the program to render the images in the exhibits as png files for the HTML page. In release 2, Curator will also allow a user to change picture and video properties. This will allow for more functionality for pictures and videos in exhibits. When the exhibit pages are displayed on the client machines in the museum, in release 2, they will automatically return to a pre-set home/start page after a pre-determined time. CURRENT PROGRESS OF PROJECT: SEMESTER TWO: Week 25 - Current week. The demonstration of our project was very successful. Many were impressed by its abilities. Week 24 - The poster has been handed in this week. Also the coding continues. Week 23 - The team is currently working on coding. Php and C++ coding is coming along well. Approaching the final weeks the team is working hard. The poster has been started and is coming along nicely. Week 22 - This week the team has been working on the coding. Week 21 - The team has been working hard this week on fixing bugs in our program and adding extra functionality Week 20 - This week the team is working on the online content report and other design documents Week 19 - This week the team is working on the programming and design documents Week 18 - This week the team has continued on creating the design for Curator. Week 17 - This week the team has continued creating story boards and have also produced a MAT document. Design work is progressing at a good rate. Week 16 - This week the team has begun serious work on the design documents that are required. Week 15 - This week the team has continued to get ready for the coming requirements, as well as start work on the design documents required. Week 14 - During the first week back we are working on what design exercises must be undertaken. The project manager position is now filled by Micheal Kunta, Craig Mikic (previous project manager) is now the documentation manager. The role of Submissions manager has also moved from Micheal Kunta to Ben Carson. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- END OF SEMESTER ONE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week 13 - In the last week of semester, we have been working hard on the user manual. The web page will not be updated untill next semester starts. This semester has been hard but we have passed up all our work by the deadlines and have recieved good grades. Week 12 - The presentation went well for the team and we are all working on the user manual this week. Week 11 - This week the group are hard at work on the poster and getting the presentation ready for monday week 12. The program has been tested and is getting the bugs ironed out. Week 10 - The group is currently working hard on completing the code for release one and is also hard at work on the poster and the presentation content and layout. Week 09 - The group has been working hard at coding the first release in this week. Also, the presentation and the poster layouts and content are being discussed. Week 08 - The practice presentation is over and the team is getting into the coding this week. Also the web page has been updated and now has more content and features. Week 07 - Currently the group is preparing the presentation for week 8 and getting ready to code the software... Week 06 - This week the team completed the sequence diagrams, and are preparing to code! Week 05 - The team worked on design aspects of the project this week, such as class diagrams. Week 04 - Currently working on scenarios. Week 03 - A lot of work on the scenarios has been done this week. Week 02 - A requirements document has been produced and the team is working on learning the languages required for the software. Week 01 - The team is the research stage of development. |
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