The document discusses the redesign of ArtsConnectEd, an online resource for museum educators. It describes 10 key features of the redesigned system, including integrating data from multiple sources, new search and viewing options, support for user-generated content and external media, scalable media formats, tools for educators, ways for users to interact and provide feedback, defining relationships between objects, and an integrated content management system. The redesign aimed to address new needs and make the resource more flexible, interactive and useful for sharing museum collections online.

1. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
The ArtsConnectEd2
“Top Ten”
from the paper
Tearing down the Walls: the Redesign of ArtsConnectEd

2. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
Beginnings

3. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
A Decade Later…

4. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
Addressing New Needs

5. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#1 Museum Data from Multiple Sources
• CDWA Lite XML; OAI
• Adopting solutions for future growth
• Creating opportunity to add collections
• Making possible sharing with others

6. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#2 Revealing the Resource
• Art Finder: start with everything
• Featured content
• Tag cloud
• Exposing recent activity

7. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#3 A New Way of Searching
• Collapsing search and browse
• Returns organized by asset type
• Global filters
• Asset specific filters
• Sort options

8. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#4 Multiple Views of Data and Media
• Large image view
• Item detail view
• Handout view
• Notes view
• Presentation view
• PDF presentation view

9. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#5 Integration of Personal and External Media
• Flickr photos
• YouTube video
• ArtBabble video
• External MP3 files

10. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#6 Highly Scalable Media and Presentations
• Scalable images
• Scalable video
• Scalable presentation

11. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#7 Tools for Museum Educators
• Extending Art Collector’s features
• Presentation themes and branding
• Slide presentation options

12. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#8 Multiple Channels for 2-Way Interaction
• Ask An Educator
• Internal Mail Functionality
• Comments
• Tagging
• Submission of Art Collector Sets

13. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#9 Tools for Defining Multiple Relationships
• Adding related texts to works of art
• Linking items to items
• Bulk tagging
• GEM “Gateway to Educational Material” controlled
vocabulary

14. Robin Dowden, Walker Art Center
Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Museums and the Web
Indianapolis, 2009
#10 Content Management System
• “Administrative” content managed as assets
• Art Collector as admin tool
• Administrative options integrated into public
interface