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Meetings held:
06 Dec 00 Last meeting of group #11. Revised the entire homepage. Assembled the Macromedia presentation. Agreed upon how we would present 'The Genius!' on Tuesday 12/12/2000.
30 Nov 00 Agreed upon screenshot standard (GIF, width measuring 650 pixels). Discussed problems encountered while trying to put themes into one presentation.
Next meeting: Fri 01 Dec 00, MM-lab
28 Nov 00 Ralph announced that he encountered several problems in Director which could not be solved by the tutor. As a result we decided to realise only 3 questions for each theme. We want to emphasise on quality rather than quantity. We agreed to finish the presentation by the middle of next week.
Next meeting: Thu 30 Nov 00, James Went Cafe
24 Nov 00 Ralf presented his storyboard for the Space Theme. Took group photograph. Checked entire homepage for mistakes (grammatical, spelling, inconsistency). Decided upon the size of the stage.
Next meeting: Wed 28 Nov 00, after lecture
22 Nov 00 Atul and Ralph encountered difficulties while realising questions for their themes. Decided to change age group to 10+. Changed 3rd theme to 'Computer'. Ralph and Atul presented their proposals for their themes. Decided the structure of credits page. Agreed upon the name for our program: The Genius!
Next meeting: Fri 24 Nov 00, 15:00, James Went Cafe
14 Nov 00 The storyboard images are not finished yet. We have agreed that these images have to be ready by Sat 26 Nov 00. We will attend labs regularly in the coming weeks.
Next meeting: Wed 22 Nov 00, 14:00, James Went Cafe
08 Nov 00 Agreed upon storyboard image standard: type: GIF, size: 400x300 pixels
The tasks to be accomplished next week are: collect media: sound, graphics and to make up 5 questions for each topic. Decided not to use PHP4! Atul proposed use of vector graphics for presentation images (easier to resize). A list of future extentions shall be made.
Next meeting: Wed 14 Nov 00, 16:00, James Went Cafe
01 Nov 00 Agreed global navigation of presentation and on horizontal division of screen into two parts: menu (navigation bar), content pane.
Decided that Intro runs within mainframe, Outro uses full screen. Daniel N. was assigned creator of all global sounds.
Determined that application will be optimized for resolution of 800x600. Questions have to be answered correctly before application proceeds to the next question. Number of trials is recorded and a summary is given at the end of each theme. Discussed use of PHP4 and Templates to ease website administration: Dominik B. agreed to think about it again.
Next meeting: Wed 08 Nov 00, 14:00, James Went Cafe
24 Oct 00 Determined structure of HTML pages and made decision to use CSS. (Cascading Style Sheets) Dominik B. was assigned manager of the website and agreed to put his first proposal online before Fri 27 Oct 00, 14:00, Job progress will be indicated on the storyboard of the website with use of colours.
Next meeting: Wed 01 Nov 00, 13:00, James Went Cafe
20 Oct 00 Decided on HTML content. Group members picked a theme and would work on simple animations for selected theme.
Possible themes include:
  • Space (Ralf B.
  • History (Atul P.)
  • Biology (Dominik B.)
  • Geography
  • Sports
Daniel N. agreed to work on certain parts of the presentation: Splash screen, Intro, Navigation buttons
16 Oct 00 Assigned tasks to group members:
  • Ralph B.: themes, design
  • Dominik B.: themes, documentation
  • Daniel N.: sound, design
  • Atul P.: themes, design
Decided on media elements that we will use. Working through help tutorials in Macromedia Director.
11 Oct 00 General brainstorming. Determined what the presentation is about. ->Quiz for children!
Established the themes.
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