The following is a basic description of one of the five project options
available this term.
The general project 1 rules and
hardware rules
apply to whichever specific project option you choose.
HitchHiker's Guide to the University of Maryland in College Park
You are designing a system to be utilized by people with wireless PocketPC
hand-held devices as they are visiting our campus and the surrounding city.
The client on the PocketPC will allow users to search for and read entries
about a variety of local topics. They can also choose to author a new entry
on their hand-held device and submit it to the HHGUMCP.
There will also be a Web client in the form of a web page where authors can
submit entries that would be appropriate for the HHGUMCP. It is assumed that
these entries would consist of more content than something like "Mostly
Harmless" and that keywords would be identified by the author.
A server will need to be created to house the entries, and an interface
to this database of entries should be created so that administrators can
make modifications if and when needed.
The system needs to allow for three types of author:
Trusted: written by staff
Semi-trusted: written by field volunteers
Not-trusted: submitted via the web
You need to find potential users and develop more solid information about
how they might use this system in order to shape your project. However, at
a bare minimum, you must create a system which would have entries for every
building along with areas on campus as well as the surrounding city. Each
entry will have a title. Beyond that, allow the following list to be an
initial set of guidelines to be shaped and changed by your user studies.
each building should have "general" which has links to all trusted
entries for that building
other tursted entries should exist for each department
more entries should be simulated as semi- and not-
trusted submitters create entries for specific
rooms, water fountains, etc.
have it designed to allow mutliple types of data files
Web Accessibility