Content Managed Websites (and other resources)
These websites and electronic resources have been developed by the Faculty's IT Development Group. Websites use a Content Management Framework driven directly by content owners. Some resources (for example the ITD video clips) are ones which have been created by members of the team for various special purposes in relation to Research or Currculum requirements. Please contact the IT Development Group if you would be interested in having a site or developing materials like this for your own project. (Area-based selections from the long list are available using the dropdown box below.) Computing CRC C and S Courses Area Curriculum DDEM Deanery Document Management Intranet IT Development IT Development Video Maths and Stats MCS MCT Research Staff Tutors Technology UCU Full list (Use selector above for categorised views) Communication and Systems - NANT - NHS Adoption of NHS-Developed Technologies (ST) Click for site Description: Templated website for the NANT project. In house design and development using Lotus Domino content-managed templates Communication and Systems - Systems Group Click for site Description: Multi-database content managed site including dynamic feeds from standard data sources for staff names and research themes - outsourced - Online Solutions Ltd Communication and Systems - XGMT - neXt Generation Multimedia Technologies (ST) Click for site Description: Content Managed Domino site, featuring enquiry/feedback form, news feed from standard Blog template and embedded 'Twitter' feed on front page Compuing - M884 EAP - Online Exam Click for site Description: Online exam for M884 course - Domino driven - designed and built by Course Team as proof of concept Computing - ABLE - Automated Biodiversity Literature Enhancement (ST) Click for site Description: Domino templated website for joint website with Natural History Museum. Features enquiry/feedback form Computing - Accreditation Records Database Click for site Description: For Computing Programme area - MT127/TM227 prior learning accreditation scheme record system. Domino driven Computing - Centre for Research in Computing Click for site Description: Multi-sourced data aggregated to show a coherent view of all the CRC's activities. Some material is shared and updated in common with the Computing Department and MCS website through common data stores. Some is unique to this site. Data relating to people is drawn from the OU HR sytem and KMI's own local HR database by background agents and ODBC. Visual Design and technical development was outsourced to Online Solutions Ltd Computing - Department Website Click for site Description: Multi-database Domino-driven website presenting Computing Department people, courses and research. Driven by automated agents populating pages consistently from common back-end databases. Outsourced - Online Solutions Ltd with in-house responsibility for Project Management and back-end data integration. Computing - M150 diagnostic quiz (Flash) Click for site Description: Diagnostic quiz for M150 written in-house using Flash Computing - M256 UML Sequence Diagram (Flash) Click for site Description: Demo UML animated diagam with audio and screen-reader access written in-house using Flash Computing - M889 CozyPEP Blog Click for site Description: Domino web/client driven blog for M889 Security course discussion Computing - Music Computing Research Workshop 2008 (ST) Click for site Description: Domino content-managed template site created at short notice for Music/Computing workshop Computing - PADS Click for site Description: Bespoke collection and allocation system for brokering proposals for Projects and Dissertations in M801 between students, tutors and internal academic staff -includes complex workflow. Outsourced and Built by Portal Partnership | Descriptive Article Computing - PG Computing Programme Click for site Description: Marketing site for the Postgraduate Computing Programme. Search Engine Optimisation ensures that this site is the top Google hit for ' Postgraduate Computing ' as a global search term. Development outsourced to - Online Solutions Ltd with in-house responsibility for Project Management, content creation and maintenance and back-end data integration. Computing - PhD Submissions Click for site Description: System for collecting and brokering PhD proposals on Computing Departmernt supervised research degrees from potential students and full-time staff supervisors - allows for content to be placed automatically into Departmental website as a current PhD opportunity. Outsourced and Built by Portal Partnership Computing - PRiMMA (ST) Click for site Description: Domino templated, user-content driven website for in-house PRiMMA project. Includes RSS news feed widget and user-entered graphics Computing - Virtual Mhil - Thumbnail Navigator (Flash and XML) Click for site Description: Flash-powered thumbnail repository for Virtual MPhil website Computing - Virtual MPhil (ST) Click for site Description: Domino temlate, user-driven website for Virtual MPhil, Contains embedded YouTube video and Flash Thumbhnail applet Computing - Wisdom Chats (ST) Click for site Description: Domino template site designed for 'Wisdom Chats' project Courses Area - MaCuCourse Click for site Description: Backend Domino Database which imports basic information and data from the OU's CIRCE database. Items then modified and enhanced with extra detail for local use. Used to populate other websites and office information systems (including MCT Intranet and external facing MCS, Computing and Mathematics & Statistics sites) with course and other relevant information relating to personnel involved on courses, courses, awards and programmes Courses Area - Maths and Computing Regrading Monitoring Click for site Description: Site designed for Faculty Courses area and Staff Tutors as an interface for Course Monitoring activity. Data collected automatically from external sources, mediated by STs and then submitted back as part of Faculty Monitoring and Reporting requirement to OU Student Services area Courses Area - Technology Regrading Monitoring Click for site Description: Site designed for Faculty Courses area and Staff Tutors as an interface for Course Monitoring activity. Data collected automatically from external sources, mediated by STs and then submitted back as part of Faculty Monitoring and Reporting requirement to OU Student Services area Courses Area - Tutorial Attendance Records (requires logon) Click for site Description: Designed to allow STs to input information about tutorial attendances. Faculty can then receive an annual survey of tutorial takeup by students. DDEM - Acoustics (ST) Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website designed to promote the Acoustics research group on the web. Site includes embedded 'Web 2.0' features to play video and audio material. DDEM - ASSYST (ST) Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website created at short notice designed to promote the ASSYST research group on the web. DDEM - Commodities (ST) Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website designed to promote the Commodities research group pojects on the web. Site includes a 'private' area for privileged users which is accessible by password. DDEM - Integrated Waste Systems (ST) Click for site Description: Templated site using Domino Content Management - awaiting formal release - login required DDEM - Materials Engineering (ST) Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website designed to promote the Materials Engineering area's research group pojects on the web. DDEM - THeSyS (ST) Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website designed to promote the THESYS research group pojects on the web. Site includes a 'private' area for privileged users which is accessible by a special password. Includes embedded audio feeds and link to an external blog providing event and discussion forum features embedded via RSS on pages. Deanery - DPU Logging Click for site Description: Domino Database to log activity and handover of course material and documents in DPU and Programme Offices by POCs. Deanery - Employer and Contacts Log (requires logon) Click for site Description: Domino-driven web-enabled input form allowing for logging of contacts and relationships with external bodies and people in support of increased levels of employer engagement (requires logon) Deanery - MaCuVote Click for site Description: Domino-driven secure electronic voting form and recording system. Requires unique and privately-allocated PIN sent securely to each consituent to cast vote, Ballot results available securely only to ballot owner online through view on local Lotus Notes client Deanery - MCT Faculty Intranet Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed informational website which aggregates information from a wide variety of sources. Incorporates AJAX applets and Java servelets to populate real-time in-place searches for 'MY MCT' localised bookmarks, people, courses, awards, roles, IT Knowledgebase, news feeds and cross-site search. All pages designed to be user-editable via Firefox web browser using a wiki-style interface following user login. Deanery - MCT Maintenance log Click for site Description: Domino-driven online maintenance request log which allows workflow and tracking of requests for intervention by Estates and other areas external to the Deanery. Document Management - MaCuDoc Click for site Description: Domino-driven Document Management System designed in house from 2001 onwards and created to M&C Faculty requirement by Team Domino. System requires local Lotus Notes client. Documents are stored conventionally, but the interface acts as a mediative and tracking to ensure correct workflow and version control. External editors can be involved in generation of a document. Web based 'Publish' and 'Un-Publish' interface allows finished material to be available securely and via password protection on the web. Document Management - MaCuDoc Training Video (Flash) Click for site Description: Menu-driven Flash video prepared as a training aid to show users of MaCuDoc how to carry out various tasks in the MaCuDoc console interface IET - Snippets Recording System Click for site Description: Domino-driven system designed for IET to allow storing and presentation of Student Review 'snippet' comments in context of course, area and nature of comments. Because of the complex multi-media nature of data to be presented, and despite considerable investigation by IET, no area in the University was able to develop such a system - but this was developed very quickly in ITD as a prototype and is now used as an analysis tool in IET IET - Uncanny Valley Research Site Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website for a special research project with interactive components Intranet - Faculty Intranet News Click for site Description: Java Applet based on collecting XML data from a back-end Domino database - re-presented in formatted form within a Java frame embedded in any website - in particular the MCT Intranet, but could be readily adpated for others. (Available only on campus) Intranet - Internal News Click for site Description: Domino-driven database supplying core news data to subsidiary systems and also in its own web interface for full reference. News pages auto-sense internet domain of web viewer and allow access to story details only to those on the camus network or using VPN. Intranet - Room Booking System Click for site Description: PHP-driven open-source booking system for rooms and resources. Uses LDAP Active Directory authentication to ensure that only authorised staff can book resources using the system ITD - Blog Click for site Description: Domino Blog template loally adapted and modified to present information about issues and activities in the IT Development team to a wider audience. Modification includes CSS and visual skinning, addition of RSS and Twitter feeds as side modules and additional top level menu items. Blog established in April 2008 ITD - IMPACT Computing Cluster Click for site Description: Drupal-driven site containing news and updates relating to the Faculty's 'IMPACT' research computing cluster ITD - Knowledgebase Click for site Description: IT Knowledgebase containing articles of all kinds appropriate to the IT environment in the Faculty. Categorised views and keyword Searchable. The infornation is also offered as a component of the Faculty's Intranet website using AJAX embedded tools (shown on sample) and most recent items displayed using RSS feed ITD - Monitoring and Notification suite Click for site Description: Drupal-driven site containing links to various key indicators relating to JLB2 Server Room activity, environment and Computing Cluster (Campus access only) ITD - My MCT selector Click for site Description: Domino-driven automated 'bookmark' widget which can be applied to any page. Allows the logged-in user to assemble a list of frequently-used Intranet pages with a single click. Entries editable for label, destination and order presented. Widget can be placed on any site using any website technology as required. ITD - Sample Java applet to read and write files to host Click for site Description: Java tool to allow reading and writing of files between applet and host ITD - Template Example (ST) Click for site Description: Sample Lotus Domino, user-driven, website template containing sample formatting and Web 2.0 embedded features. Developed in-house from original MCT website template. ITD - Video Clip Selector Click for site Description: Open Source (OpenNTF) Domino template designed to show FLV movies within a navigable 'YouTube' style selector frame. Example contains video relating to the 'Our Navy' film history project. ITD - Video Editing - PRiMMA Project - ContraVisions - Diet Mon Extracts Click for site Description: Video created as a trailer and extract clip from a longer pre-supplied sequence. Editing, dubbing and captioning using Mac OSX iVideo tools ITD - Video Editing - PRiMMA Project -ContraVisions -Trailer Click for site Description: Video created as a trailer and extract clip from a longer pre-supplied sequence. Editing, dubbing and captioning using Mac OSX iVideo tools Maths - Entry suite quiz (Flash) Click for site Description: Flash video containing questions to assess mathematical aptitude of potential aplicants to the original Maths Entry suite Maths - Maths Choices Click for site Description: Dreamweaver/Apache HTML site designed to offer contextual background to making choices about appropriate study opportunities in Mathematics Maths and Stats - Combinatorics (ST) Click for site Description: Templated, Domino-driven, user-managed, website designed to promote the Combinatorics winter meeting on the web. Maths and Stats - Department Website Click for site Description: Website designed to present the Mathematics and Statistics departments on the Internet. Back end databases used in common with Computing, MCS and CRC websites to provide a common entry point for content-managed information and backend data relating to staff, courses and research, The same data is presented in a different 'skin' on other parallel sites for Computing, MCS and CRC which is updated once and centrally. Outsourced - Online Solutions Ltd with in-house responsibility for Project Management and back-end data integration. Maths and Stats - M248 - Box plots simulation (Flash) Click for site Description: Flash animation showing walkthrough of Minitab software for M248 Maths and Stats - M248 - Scatter plots simulation (Flash) Click for site Description: Flash animation showing walkthrough of Minitab software for M248 Maths and Stats - M248 Taster Pack (ST) Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Domino user-driven content management system. Designed against a standard Domino template, and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing M248's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - M249 Taster Pack (ST) Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Domino user-driven content management system. Designed against a standard Domino template, and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing M249's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - M301 Quiz Click for site Description: Dreamweaver/Apache HTML site providing a quiz designed to assess aptitude of student applying to M301 in Mathematics Maths and Stats - M346 Taster pack (ST) Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Domino user-driven content management system. Designed against a standard Domino template, and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing M346's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - Maths ETMA input Click for site Description: System designed and built by Buckhurst Systems to provide a specific workflow entry point for ETMAs prepared using Maths Online's special requirements. The standard OU ETMA workflow could not be used for these courses as the ETMA routing required was a special one not catered for. The input form on the site is linked invisibly with back-end XML web services supplied by the University which validate that the person submitting an item is in good standing and is properly registered for the course and assignments being presented through the web interface. (Requires logon) Maths and Stats - ME624 Taster Pack Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Dreaweaver/Apache and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing ME624's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - ME627 Taster Pack Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Dreaweaver/Apache and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing ME624's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - MOL Developments Click for site Description: Domino templated and locally modified 'discussion shell' for development of sample and proof of concept materials using Java Applets for the MU123 course. (Requires logon) Maths and Stats - MS221 taster (ST) Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Domino user-driven content management system. Designed against a standard Domino template, and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing MS221's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - MSc Registrations Click for site Description: Domino-driven web interface designed to collect preliminary information about modules required and prior experience offered for potential applicants for the MSc Mathematics course. Subsequent workflow and information gathered used to refine requirement with potential student prior to registration. Maths and Stats - MST121 Taster Pack (ST) Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Domino user-driven content management system. Designed against a standard Domino template, and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing MST121's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - MST209 & MSXR209 - Marketing site Click for site Description: Dreamweaver/Apache HTML site providing marketing information about MSXR209 and MST209 Maths and Stats - MU123 - A4 Paper (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - Boxplot Histogram (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - Dragon Curve Fractal (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - ESP Simulation (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - Exponential function (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - Multiples and Primes (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - Playing card simulation (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 - Random Integer Generation (Java Applet) Click for site Description: Java applet designed as proof-of-concept in conjunction with the MU123 course team as part of on-line material intended to be used as part of the course. Maths and Stats - MU123 Level 1 quiz (OpenMark) Click for site Description: OpenMark quiz based in JAVA designed to test aptitude of applicants intending to start the MU123 Mathematics entry level course Maths and Stats - MU123 Level 2 Quiz (OpenMark) Click for site Description: OpenMark quiz based in JAVA designed to test aptitude of applicants intending to start the MU123 Mathematics entry level course Maths and Stats - MU123 Level 3 Quiz (OpenMark) Click for site Description: OpenMark quiz based in JAVA designed to test aptitude of applicants intending to start the MU123 Mathematics entry level course Maths and Stats - MU123 Taster Pack (ST) Click for site Description: External-facing 'Taster' pack developed using Domino user-driven content management system. Designed against a standard Domino template, and enhanced in-house with appropriate visual design echoing MU123's printed material colours and visual identity Maths and Stats - Open E-Challenge Click for site Description: Special 'ad hoc' page designed to be presented as part of the Mathematics Department Website's content-managed system to promote the 'Open E-Challenge' activity MCS - Internet News Entry Click for site Description: Web-based, Domino-driven web entry form for news items to be presented on MCS, Mathematics & Statistics and Computing websites. Workflow passes web-generated proposals for news to a departmental news moderator and the resultant story, after editing and formatting, can be embargoed or time-limited on the appropriate client website using an AJAX tool. MCS - Maths and Computing Departments Joint Website Click for site Description: Original Faculty of Maths and Computing external website - now residually available to allow continued response to Google and cached queries about Maths, Stats and Computing Departments. Contains projection of central data stores relating to staff, courses, programmes, news, events, and research. The same data is presented in a different 'skin' on other parallel sites for Mathematics, Computign and CRC which is updated once and centrally. Outsourced - Online Solutions Ltd with in-house responsibility for Project Management and back-end data integration. MCS - Research Papers Database Click for site Description: Domino-driven database containing details of research papers and activities of staff members. Data used in external-facing websites including MCS, Computing, Mathematics & Statistics and CRC. Users may input new items via a web form and data is avaialble in a variety of formats. Plans are being made to integrate this with the University's Open Research Online (ORO) depository. MCT - External Faculty Website Click for site Description: Domino-driven content-managed website designed at short notice to present the new MCT Faculty publicly in November 2007. Outsourced - Online Solutions Ltd with in-house responsibility for content creation and extending navigation to additional areas and topics. MCT - Safe Computing Advisory Bulletins Click for site Description: Information service developed in 2003 to alert subscribers to Internet-borne threats and security issues. Core information about each threat recorded in a Domino database and exposed via RSS on a variety of subsidiary sites. Bulletin registration via AACS's LM2001 List Management service. Some 900 subscribers to the bulletins currently. Content of bulletins validated from published and corroborated internet sources Staff Tutors - ETMA Monitoring Mail redirection Click for site Description: User-configurable eMail forwarding Domino database to send on ETMA Monitoring emails from OU central TMA Monitoring system to appropriate mailbox for type and purpose of monitoring report Stats - Stats Choices Click for site Description: Dreamweaver/Apache HTML site designed to offer contextual background to making choices about appropriate study opportunities in Statistics UCU - Website (ST) Click for site Description: Domino-driven user-managed website designed to provide a public face for the OUBCU. Includes RSS news from UCU Central website embedded via RSS on pages. Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology The Open University
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