Self-guided Smart Phone Tour

Q1) Hardware:

·         phones

·         computers

·          digital camera

·         printer

·          router

·         LAN network

·          internet connection

·         USB

Software:

·         File transfer app

·         Image software(resize, arrows)

·         Paint.NET

·         Online Qr code generator

·         Qr code reader on the phone

·         Google dox( Online collaboration)

·         Voice recorder

·         Google sites (hosting the websites)

Q2) Constraints and considerations

·         Time

·         Internet speed

·         Uploading interruptions

·         The files had to be smaller to download quicker

·         Create a good user experience (quick download)

·         JPEG images WMP video clips (files)

·         Limit the resolution of the images

·         Limit the pictures on the websites

·         Qr reader had to be free

·         Google sites was free

Q3) My role:

·         I did the 2 websites, one from Mercy to Mercy and the other from Mercy to BM building.

·         I made the QR codes for my website.

Q4) Problems and solutions:

·         We did it at home because the internet was slow and we had access from google dox to work on it at home.

·         QR reader onto people’s phone’s (we had instructions showing them how to download the app on the poster.)

·         Photo files (had to organise from certain place to destinations so that it was easier to put them on the website it saved time because that was one of the limitations/constraints.)

·         Google dox( knowing the status of each website was the problem)

·         We had to share the website to get teachers edit permission to check the web)