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QuickLinks Explore the Digital Portfolio Concept...

NECC 2003 Session
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NEW BLUEPRINTS
BluePrints1: hint of blueprints (224x200px)  halfHouse1: cross-section showing half a house (89x200px) server1: <P>Apple G4 computer (136x200px)</P>

 

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your new portfolio server home can be a regular desktop computer

server3: Dell Dimension 4600 (150x200px)     magic1: Harry Potter magic hat animation (220x171px)

...no magic necessary
(just add 2MB of RAM & 1 UPS box)




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Decide on
an Architectural Culture

Unix/Mac?...      or      Windows?...





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How Big the Plot?
How Large the Occupancy?

DriveOccupancy1: house to sit above hard drive representing disk occupancy (148x178px)
HardDisk1: Inside view of hard disk standing horizontal on side (148x100px)

250GB, 500GB, ...
250GB can support over 1000 portfolio accounts
(200MB each account)

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Basic HTTP Beams

VisneticWebsite: <P>virtual software box</P>        4DwebstarV: virtual WebStarV software box




 

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Adding Database Floors?


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Example

A School District running a Frontier-based CMS Server


SquizMonkeys: frame from Squiz.net CMS cartoon
An Australian CMS Company says 'Even a monkey can do it"...
(click image to watch Flash cartoon)

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CMS/Blog...Lots to Choose From...


Does the account management software allow the school's central office technology staff to easily manage both teacher privileges & teacher templates? User & Site
Accounts

Administration
CMS Module
Is there a logical articulation between how teacher accounts are administered & how teacher content is stored in the server database?
Visual & Navigation
Templates

Design
CMS Module
Your School's
Existing
Web Server


What CMS software
is compatible with
the existing server?
Dynamic Text
& File Archiving

Database
CMS Module
Do the site templates and the authoring interface work well together so as to allow teachers to easily manage the structure of their content? Browser-based
Content Authoring

Interface
CMS Module
Will teachers easily understand the relationship between in-browser authoring & how their content is dynamically stored/updated via the server database?


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build a restoration pool

restorationPool1: The Restoration Pool backup concept using drives like tape(592x317px)

for your daily/weekly backup system

a drive for each day of the week
HardDisk3: LaCie d2 driveHardDisk3: LaCie d2 driveHardDisk3: LaCie d2 driveHardDisk3: LaCie d2 driveHardDisk3: LaCie d2 driveHardDisk3: LaCie d2 driveHardDisk3: LaCie d2 drive
Saturday--Sunday--Monday--Tuesday--Wednesday--Thursday--Friday

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set house restoration on 'automatic'

DantzRetrospectWin: Dantz Retrospect software box for Windows        DantzRetrospectMac: Dantz Retrospect software box for MacOSX
Backup2: Dantz Retrospect set to backup automatically each day of week



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Are you ready to move?
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discuss


  
  
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