Page History

Attendees:
            HR-19 - Julienne Dean, Kathleen Flynn, Janet Walzer, Chuck Munger, Tom Pixton, Ken Paul
            By phone - Kath Thurston-Lighty, Bob Wilt, Ranjani Saigal
                       
Agenda:

• Wiki Update
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  • The main page has been redesigned:
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    • • The graphic overview has been removed
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    • • Links to 4 new pages have been added:
                    -          Design
                    -          Development
                    -          Multi-Media
                    -          Writing
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    • Current contents of the new pages are empty, but can contain URL's, documents, comments, etc.  Project team members are encouraged to add contributions as they see fit.
  • Multi-Media Approach
    • Ken evaluated over seven products to produce the multi-media segments, and trialed 3. All solutions produce Flash files that would reside on our server; the developer will just need to link to a driver HTML page residing on the server. The leading candidate is Articulate.
    • Articulate offers more customization options than PointeCast, the second leading candidate. Articulate also offered a search function, unlike PointeCast.
    • MIT-AV can produce sound files which should exceed the quality possible through Articulate's recording option. Articulate, however, offers excellent synching options. If we go with the MIT-AV approach, we will need to also use MIT-AV to produce any updates; mixing MIT-AV recordings with Articulate recordings will lead to very inconsistent results.
    • Tom wanted to make sure that Bob Wilt is aware of the link particulars.
    • Ken is reviewing the choice of software once more with Laurie Bryce.
  • Image Usage/Acquisitions
    • Wing was given the green light on using Christopher Harting's photographs on 5/16/09
    • Tom has provided license info to Julienne and Ken, who will follow-up with Tom.
  • IS&T Update
    • Ranjani reported that Paul Hill secured resources to host improved pages on acquiring a MIT Certificate.
    • Ranjani will confirm that their schedule will coincide with ours, so that we will only have to post a link.
  • Writing & Design Issues
    • Kath delivered the first draft of materials to Janet and Julienne
    • Janet liked the content very much, and had only a few copy edits to make.
    • Calendar Changes:
      • Janet reported that they discussed increasing the amount of time to turn around feedback to Kath.
      • Janet and Kath developed a new scheduled based on a week review time by MIT (versus 3 business days)
      • Kath confirmed that they coordinated the new schedule with Wing, and that there no conflicts between design and writing deliverables
      • Janet will send Ken the updated schedule.-         
  • Other Issues
    • Ken stated that Articulate offers interactive quiz pages as part of the PowerPoint presentation. One possibility is to introduce a MIT Trivia quiz or some other fun activity as part of the overview.
    • Chuck mentioned that MIT quizzes were already available in the MIT web space.
    • There was interest in using this Articulate in this waycapability, and that as the web site develops, we'll be able to better decide how to use this capability it (if at all).
  • Next Action Items
    • Tom will confirm whether PSB's conference room would be available for the next meeting
    • Ken & Julienne will follow-up with Tom over image rights
    • Ranjani will report back on the timing of IS&T's web page updates.
    • Janet will provide Ken with the updated writing calendar