RRC BIT Project (Fall 2012)

First "industry" OO Project

Agenda

• Client was MTS Allstream
• TRLabs was overall Project Manager
• 16 weeks / 3 student teams
• 5 hours per week (one of six semester-3 courses)

• Welcome and Introduction
• BIT Project Background
• BIT Student Skill-Set
• BIT Project Semester Goals
• How will it work?
• BIT Project Awards

1968: CA/P

2008: CA/P-IST

1997: IST

2010: BIT

• No streams
• Co-Op was optional

• OO Project course did not have any industry participation
• Projects were "made up" by faculty

Project won RRC 2008 Innovation Award

BIT Project, Fall 2012

Welcome!

Guy Dugas, Chair of Accounting & Computer Education

Dan Greenberg, BIT Co-Op Coordinator

August 28th, 2012

101 Massey Building, EDC

• Real clients
• Real timelines
• Real deliverables

The Projects

• First Projects September 2011
• Selected for their multi-disciplinary potential and student engagement value

How is curriculum kept current?

September 2011

Client: Cogmation Robotics

Develop a web-based infrastructure and social space to enable the launch of a virtual "Robot Games" environment that could be applied to the curriculum of primary and secondary educational institutions world-wide.

Client: Red River College

Thank you.

Build a student iPhone/iPad app that leverages the Google Maps' API to allow students to drop "pins" on a map to highlight locations of interest. The application would be available for free download from the Apple App Store. A complete back-end Web maintenance application and database were also key deliverables.

Dan Greenberg

BIT Co-Op Coordinator

January 2012

September 2012

• Web Portal for Winnipeg Museums
• National Web Portal for Spina Bifida Association
• Community News Common
• Active Transportation Toolbox

Active Transportation Toolbox

Community News Common

Web Portal for Winnipeg Museums

National Web Portal for Spina Bifida Association

Client: City of Winnipeg Museums Board

Client: Green Action Centre

Client: Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of Canada

Client: Community News Common

Utilize current Web technologies to develop a resource hub to help this national non-profit organization provide Web portals to its various chapters, present a more unified look, and operate more efficiently.

Students research the resources a citizen journalist needs to have readily available (e.g. civic or provincial politics, neighbourhood information) then build a database (keyword searches possible) that contains links and/or hints leading them to other sources about the article they are writing.

Key areas to address:

Create a dynamic and interactive Website that can act as a hub for Winnipeg's museums.

The site would contain:

• Key information about the museums
• Details of exhibits and events
• Both images and video
• Opportunities to extend the visitor experience
• Social media

A site to serve k-12 students on safe transportation and develop a picture of where students are going.

Key components:

• A site for kids or teachers to enter modes of transportation
• Monday to Friday look at where kids are
• Online application that can be used on any device
• Database driven
• App would have a series of buttons for the different modes of transportation
• Should be Open Source and released under gpl license
• Point is not to say this is the safest route, but that many kids have gone this way before
• It will look at traffic speeds at that time of day, etc.

• Fund Development
• Administration
• Education
• Reference
• Events
• Recognition
• Communication