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Projects/2012-2013 Term 2

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These are available projects for IS480. The descriptions are maintained by the sponsor or sent to the course manager. Some projects provide awards. Past Projects

Prof Richard Davis K-Sketch - Animation for the Rest of Us

K-Sketch

K-Sketch allows ordinary computer users to create informal animations from sketches. The system has been highly tuned to allow a wide variety of animations to be made quickly and with little learning. A prototype of the system (for Windows only) and videos describing its use can be found on the K-Sketch website. A new version of the system that runs on many platforms through a web browser will soon be released. This new version is being built to run in Adobe's Flash player and Adobe AIR.

K-Sketch Prototype User Interface

Click here to see it live!

Project 1 Title: Animation Sharing Web Site

New K-Sketch users need an easy way to get started. The goal of this project is to build a web site that will introduce new users to K-Sketch and give them an environment for organizing and sharing their animations. This site should provide a tutorial for using K-Sketch (a written tutorial will be provided for reference), an easy link to the K-Sketch application, and facilities for managing and sharing animations. The animation management interface will serve two classes of users:

  • Novices who are learning about animation. These users need to maintain a small number of animations and share them with friends.
  • Teachers who ask their students to create animations as an exercise. These users need to create "assignments" that will be given to other users. The animations created in these assignments will be managed as a group.

This web site will be deployed on cloud computing infrastructure, and will become an important part of the K-Sketch project!

Prerequisites: Students must have an interest in designing user interfaces and experience in building and deploying web applications to Google's App Engine.

Timeline: about 6 months.

Contact: Richard C. Davis (rcdavis@smu.edu.sg, tel 6828 1967), SMU Assistant Professor of Information Systems.