Darius Clarke - metaverseographer

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Darius Clarke @
metaverseographer.com

805•304•2231
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Goals for the LBCC website:

"What & How"

• "What" - To Do

1. Help - Ron L., Loan N., Mario V., Eloi O...

Help Ron L., Loan N., Mario V., Eloi O., and the ACIT team benefit from the supervisors' and the public's awareness of the department's productivity.

2. Information - Right Person, Right Time ...

Get the right information
To the right students/faculty/staff
At the right time
... reliably
Help them use the information productively.

3. 18 Month Agenda - Advancement of Student Success ...

Help administrators with their long-term goals, such as the
18 Month Agenda for Student Success and Community Development
The site will initiate and lead to the success of these efforts through
- public education
- public interaction
- providing a forum for all kinds of communication.

4. World class website - What we Create ...

Create a world class website to help accomplish this.
Lead the way for other community colleges to follow.
Mentor others schools from our leadership position.

• "How" - We Accomplish This

1. Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why

Each concept which answers one of the questions:
"who","what", "where", "when", "how", and "why"
will be a visitor-accessible unit of knowledge.
Everyone of these units of knowledge has dynamic links to related concepts.

2. Select a Goal

Let the student, faculty, or community visitor select a goal they wish to accomplish
Have the site provide selectable paths to reach that goal

3. Unique Types of Visitors

Tailor the pages to address the unique characteristics of the visitor.
Visitors are not just "students" but
- adult learners
- transferring students and vocational students
- those just out of High School or advanced students still in High School
- those who just want to learn a subject
- those active in helping the school and those with ties to the local community

4. Input Back to Us

Allow feedback on every facet of information in the website
Reward good ideas with recognition
Ask for help, on every page, for ideas and commitments for reaching the school's long-term goals
Reward those responses with recognition

5. Dynamic Filtering to Simplify Searching

Have the visitor find a specific key word by dynamic filtering rather than visually scanning long lists.

6. Visual Flow

Create a visual flow between the visual objects/concepts on screen, which represent the typical order of operations, so that a visitor has a sample path to follow to accomplish a task.

7. "Wisdom of the Crowds" by Social Networking

The "Wisdom of the Crowds" works well
Leverage the expertise of the faculty and students
Readily promote the efforts of student, faculty, and staff in helping with the website, drawing on their areas of expertise.

8. A Voice

Make the website a voice for the college.

9. Inter-department, Inter-discipline Communication

Facilitate inter-department and inter-discipline communication and joint projects.

10. Guidance

Find and represent the emotion and mental state of the visitor with guidance to the state they wish to achieve.

Why Interactive 3D Environments?

More later, but check here: B.I.M. - Building Intelligence Modeling.

I believe most complex human endeavors entail a similar problem of conveying complexity over time which the building industry has. Most complex joint ventures will eventually reach a similar 3D and modeling solution no mater what the discipline or industry.

Here's an example of such use for dental services: Massive Multi-user 3D Dentistry