1. By: Alex Rugguri, Jessi Miele, Kemi Ajibare, and Matt Price

2. What Stevenson Currently has
and how it is lacking
 Blackboard
 • Assignment post
 • Discussions between teacher and
classmates *relevant to OL courses*
 • Grade information----teacher
comments
 • Submit & receive downloadable
course information

3. Down Side
 A “click to where you want to get” system
 Features are not noticeable
 Interface is not attractive
 Extra detail that is never used
 My Task
 What‟s New
 My Calender
 To do
 Alerts
 File accessible through one medium
 Similarities from main page to clicking on various
courses

4. EMAIL (OWA)
 Email
• Used by students and faculty
• Icons are small
• Receive emails about events
• Does not get the users attention
 Cannot separate emails by courses
• All in one place

5. Improvements Made: SU Now
Portal
 There is diversity
 Easy Access to email & blackboard
 Adds elements of social networks etc
(twitter) *Trending Now*
 Personalized calendar can also be used
to import schedule information
 Combination of different aspects
Stevenson applications

6. Goals and Specifications:
 Develop a system that merges elements
of social networking with blackboard and
other academic tools
 This will improve communication among
students, teachers, and faculty
 Each school course, department, major,
and teacher should have their own page
on the network
 Use of profiles will organize information
making it more accessible

7. Examples of the Information Pages
Should Contain:
 Faculty Profile  Course Profile
 Department / Major  Description of class
 Office Hours  Prerequisites
 Office Location Required: ?
 Phone Number  Prerequisite For: ?
 E-mail Address  List of current
 Courses Taught
teachers
○ * sections will have
additional information
specific to each section

8. Student Profiles
 Major
 Phone Number
 E-mail Address
 Courses Taken
 Current Courses

9. Home Page
Search
Messenger /
Profile
Email
Circles
IS-150
IS-170
Courses IS-201
REL-302
ENG-210
Stream

10. All Circles
SU Sports Campus
Activities
•Soccer
Subdivisions
•Football •IS – 150 – OM1
•Baseball Stream •IS – 170 – OM1
•IS – 201 – OM1
•Lacrosse
•etc.
SU Alerts / Courses
News
School
Departments

11. Course Feed
 The course feed will be organized by
course and section
 Teachers can post:
 Assignments
 Due dates
 Reminders
 Links to articles, websites, etc

12. Benefits:
 All students, teachers and faculty will
have profiles containing contact
information
 Simplifies and quickens communication
within the Stevenson community
 Online members can Instant Message
 Allows for social interaction at a
professional level

13. Effective Communication
 Quality grades
 Important news
 Sports and activities

14. What Makes an Effective
Project
 Strong leader
 Collaborative teamwork
 Clear objectives

15. Stevenson University‟s
Project
 Easier use for students and faculty
 Benefits the school
 Creates a stronger community

16. Free Software?
 Software that can be used, modified and
redistributed without restriction
 Examples:
 Google +
 LAMP software
 Open Source Software (OSS)
○ Linux, MySQL, Firefox, OpenOffice

17. Open Source Software
 Most can be downloaded and used for
free
 Shared- anyone can look at the source
code, change and redistribute it, still
remains open, free
 Linux-OS that powers everything from cell
phones to stock exchanges
○ Found on 30% of servers in corporate
America

18. LAMP software
 Linux, Apache Web Server, MySQL
database, any programming language
that begins with „P‟ (Perl, PHP, Python)
 LAMP powers many of the sites we visit
daily
○ Facebook, Youtube, Google

19. Benefits of Free Software
 Affordable
 Reliable
 Secure
 Provides full freedom
 Customizable
 Good Quality