Empowerment Technology

Multimedia

It is defined as the computer-controlled integration of multiple forms of media that include text, graphics, audio, video, etc.

Client-server architecture

The internet follows what kind of architecture?

Server

It is a computer loaded with a software package that provides requested information to clients.

Client

It is software program that contacts to a server and requests information

Analog media

It saves sounds, pictures, and texts in nonelectronic forms.

Digital media

It transmits the information recorded in the waves into a more flexible format, namely, digitized code that can be transferred across a variety

Linear, Nonlinear, Online, Offline and Hybrid

Types of Multimedia

Linear Multimedia

It presents information and active content without any navigation control for the viewer.

Nonlinear multimedia

It presents information requiring user interactivity to control progress as used with a computer game or used in self-paced computer-based training.

Online multimedia

It is used in applications available with internet connectivity.

Offline multimedia

It is an application presented and used without internet.

Hybrid multimedia

It combines features of online and offline applications.

interactive multimedia

means to interact with these media typically with a computer keyboard, mouse, touch screen, on-screen buttons, and text entry allowing a user to make decisions as to what takes place next.

Team Structure

It is described as a less hierarchical organizational structure in which individuals are divided into teams.

Team Dynamics

It is the unconscious, psychological forces that influence the direction of a team’s behavior and performance

Easy and clean interface, Permissions control, File storage with document versioning, Whiteboard, Document locking

What are the 5 Essential Features of an Online Collaborative Tool?

Trello, Podio, Asana, Google Apps, Yammer

Common Online Collaborative Tools

Project Owner

He/She is the head of the business unit and bears the responsibility for successful project implementation and is usually the chairperson of the project steering group.

Project Steering Group

This group consists of the representatives of the business, ICT, and the (internal or external) vendor.

Process Owner

They are the chairperson of the steering group.

Project Manager

He/She is responsible for daily project management and ensures that the project produces the agreed deliverables and the appropriate level of quality.

Project Management Office (PMO)

It is often established to gather project resources together and to develop and update the company’s project practices and management policy.

Web Hosting Service

It is an internet service that allows individual users and organizations to make their website accessible over the World Wide Web.

Dr. Joseph Carl Licklider

He was the head of ARPA when the idea collaboration using computers were first used.

Platform

group of technologies that is used as a base upon which other applications or processes are developed

Level 1: Access API; Level 2: Plug-in API; Level 3: Runtime Environment

The 3 levels of a platform are?

Access API

It is the most common type of internet platform.

Plug-in API

This is the kind of platform approach that, historically, has been used in end-user applications to let developers build new functions that can be injected or plugged into the core system and its user interface.

Runtime Environment

A third-party application code application code actually runs inside the platform

Web Design

It is the process of creatively designing and constructing a website and updating it regularly to incorporate changes.

Visual Hierarchy, Proportion, Hick’s Law, Fitts’ Law, Accessibility, Visible Language, White Space and Simple Design, Regular Testing

8 Web Design Principles

Visual Hierarchy

It can be shown through the use of varying sizes and amount of content.

Proportion

As the designer, you should keep in mind the proper division of the contents of your web page to avoid crowding the view.

Hick’s Law

This law states that “with every additional choice, the time required to make a decision increases.”

Fitts’ Law

According to this law, the larger the object or target and the shorter the distance, the easier would it be to move it or reach it.

Accessibility

When a visitor enters the website, he or she must be able to access each bit of information in the easiest manner.

Visible Language

A webpage design should communicate with the users clearly and in an engaging manner

White Space

It helps divide the webpage into several distinct parts or areas that make it simpler for the users to process information.

Links, Forms, Form Validation, Status Messages, Animations

5 Web Design Elements

Web Template

It is a ready-made design for your website, including, some navigation, preferably several sample pages and in some cases, flash animation.

Wix and Weebly

Examples of a Website Builder

WYSIWYG Editor/Program

It is one that allows a developer to see what the end result will look like while the interface or document is being created.

Adobe Dreamweaver, Rapidweaver, Microsoft SharePoint Designer, and WYSIWYG Web Builder

Examples of WYSIWG Editors

Cloud Computing

It is the term for the delivery of hosted services over the internet.

Self-service provisioning, elasticity, pay-per-use

What are the three of the main benefits of cloud computing?

Mind Map

It is a concept of using diagrams for representing tasks, words, concepts, or items linked to and arranged around a central concept or subject.

Cloud Architect

It is a computer professional who is responsible for managing a company’s cloud computing strategy.