Smart Phone Tour

In addition to completing your section of the school tour, each person must post on their blog regarding the following aspects of the project;

1.     Technology used in creating the smart phone tour. List all hardware and software needed to implement the project. Briefly outline how each technology was used.

HARDWARE

·        Mobile Phones

·        Computers

·        Digital Camera

·        USB

·        Colour Printer

·        Router

·        Internet Connection

·        Computer Network (LAN)

SOFTWARE

·        File transfer app

·        Image software (was used to resize and edit the images)

·        Online QR code generator

·        QR code reader

·        Online collaboration tool (google docs)

·        Voice recorder

·        Google sites (hosting the website)

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2.     Constraints and considerations. To make the tour a hassle free and pleasurable experience for parents, what did we need to consider when designing the tour; think of speed, usability and cost.

·        Time

·        Internet Connection Speed

·        Uploading images

·        Reasonable downloading times

·        Limit the file size

·        Compressed file format

·        Limit the resolution of the images

·        No cost to the user

·        Freely available web hosting and creation

3.     Your role(s) in the group.

·        Made the websites for BM to Technology and BM to Visual Arts

·        Created the QR code of the websites I made

·        Find the photos that related to my tour

·        Draw arrows on the photos for my tour to give directions

4.     Problems you encountered and solutions you created.

·        Being able to find the photos that were needed
Copying and pasting the images that you needed into a separate folder

·        Not knowing what had or hadn’t been completed and on what tours
Used a shared document to keep track of the status on all the websites

·        Internet speed
Finish the work at home

·        Not being able to edit the sites of people that hadn’t completed them
The teachers were given shared permissions to edit them