TonyMontana — Sat, 07 Dec 2002 22:23:04 +0000

Scripting, quiz scoring, and programming re-usable components would be an ideal candidate for Flash MX, combined with .jsp or .php for the backend.

TonyMontana

Suzanne — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:40:06 +0000

Whoo! You go girl!

Megan — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:32:38 +0000

I'm going to get my chance next week (since they asked for my opnion ) Hopefully all will go well.

Suzanne — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:31:35 +0000

I'm going to go over and force myself on the uni, that's it! lol!

Megan — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:53:44 +0000

We don't have CIS here - Computer engineering, Software engineering, bunch of other stuff. I heard from a co-worker last night that the backend code is crap too. It's not a matter of not knowing about business - it's a matter of not being aware of industry standards, particularly in other areas (usability, html etc.) Actually, they may not even think these things are worth thinking about...

P.S. This system is also being developed by another (related) department that has a lot of political power, so that's another problem... (they do on-campus online stuff, we do distance ed.)

Mark Hensler — Fri, 06 Dec 2002 07:36:06 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Megan
*Side-note - this is *so* frustrauting. They've hired a bunch of CS co-op students to do build the whole thing. Usability and standards support are non-existant!

CS as in Computer Science? I would have opted for CIS (Computer Information Systems) students. There is more math in CS, and more business in CIS. So, in CIS, you learn to deal with business rules (as they apply to programming). Whereas in CS, you learn computers.

Is it just me, or are freshmen students getting dumber and dumber? I blame the public high school system.

Suzanne — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:42:25 +0000

Excellent! If you need help with specing out the db side of it, let me know. Wireframing R Me, as it were.

taff — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:40:44 +0000

Gotta love those design specials - he went for it. I'll probably be back to revisit this subject in the next month or so. Thanks for the feedback guys.

taff — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:17:22 +0000

I bit the bullet and split it in two. I requested the course materials so that I can formulate an accurate quote but at the same time, encouraged him to proceed with the design portion separately in order to take advantage of my "pre-Christmas design special" which went into effect... oh... 5 minutes ago?

Suzanne: feast or famine is right! I've seen almost everything on my calendar for this month slide into 2003. No one seems to want to part with their money this late in the year.

Megan — Thu, 05 Dec 2002 20:03:08 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Suzanne
They need to hire a supervisor for those co-op kiddies, heh.

They did, he was an idiot (basically), did nothing, and so convinced the higher-ups to eliminate that position. Great.

I develop online course material all day so let me know what you need help with. Our course content usually consists of lecture audio streamed along with text & graphics using Flash.