First Week Analysis

types of online communities

types of facilties availalbe

open source software which supports these communities.

Type of online communities

.Internet access, access costs, computer and browser types, geographic and time zone issues all affect the type of community you’ll build.

our audience is the Italian communities in Australia.

unsure that would they be flexible to access internet ,but basically should be.

there wont be any access costs, and computer and browser type would be friendly to pc and mac, the most popular one so that people easily access.

geographic – exhibition in Melbourne and online source system, there might be a problem for the residence not in Melbourne and overseas (Italian).

time zone should be consider.

And this is a public system, but as there involve sensitive problem, and need to in case for illness support group, user registered needed. business support or not ?

Type of communities

• Collaborative workgroups
• Family groups
• Social spaces
• Role playing
• Illness support groups
• Spaces for primarily face-to-face groups
• Ethnic groups
• Professional groups
• Geographically related groups
• Software support
• Intellectual discussion groups
• Special interest groups
• Creative groups sharing techniques and work

http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitytypes.htm

Project Document

Title Page

Contents

Overview

Client/Audience

work flow/ time sheet

Design Process

sketches, brainstorming, thumnnails

concept development

site map(information architecture )

design valuation – spend one week to think what can i do;

conceptualization stuff

market research- Direct competitors and target audience and indirect competitors

same value research / same brand value

project brie/ return brief/ quote

What does ‘connecting cultural collection with communities’ do

Project begins 9 April

Wks 1 -conduct analysis of online communities, migrant community networks, opensource software and other media which can support the collection and distribution of cultural materials.
Wk 2- interview CoAsit members to formulate brief
Wk 3 – present brief to CoAsit
Wk 3-5 – develop online facility
Wk 6 – conduct video interviews an upload
Wk7 – present to CoaSit
Project ends

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• This project is in association with COASIT,  a non-profit organisation for Italians and Australians of Italian descent.

• The project seeks to communicate aspects of cultural memory and migratory history by linking objects, events and stories from within the community to a broader community through online services. The project will support an exhibition which opens in July 2010

• The project will deliver an online resource where community members can share stories, upload objects and comment on histories and experiences.

• In the longer term, the project offers an opportunity to capture community stories across multigenerational audiences and communicate them to others.