project i nt upret v2
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Project iNTUpretGroup Members:
Ng Jun Sen
Sivanessan
Remember:
Using the STARS registration system
for the first time?
Ever tried:
Booking an LT or the auditorium for
your event?
NTU’s Translated Userguide
iNTUpret
NTU’s Translated Userguide
Aims to decipher the complex and
messy information that is on the
University’s website
Inspired by simple.wikipedia.org
Simplifies the information
Encourages students to contribute to
the pages
NTU’s Translated Userguide
Open source concept allows students
to freely access, edit and distribute.
Open source would also allow for
greater sharing while facilitating
moderation
Garner input from seniors who have
gone through the system
Aid new students who have difficulty
using the system
Interesting articles
STARS
◦ Step-by-step procedural guide to how the
system works
◦ One of the most confusing things to a
freshman, explained clearly and concisely
Interesting articles
Course Modules
◦ For example, CPE802’s module could be
explained in detail on the wiki page
◦ Includes feedback from student, lecturer’s
bio and links to study guides
Open Source Requirements
No intentional secrets
◦ Everything is transparent
No agreements
No OSR-incompatible dependencies
Availability
Patents
Open Source Requirements
No OSR-incompatible dependencies◦ Wiki site is based off an existing
platform, MediaWiki, a web-based wiki software It is a FOSS software distributed under the
GNU GPL v2 license
◦ There might be a problem NTU’s content is copyrighted!
Therefore, no plagiarism of NTU’s content, requiring us to create original content for the site
Even then, we can use screenshots and NTU content as under Singapore law, our site benefits from Fair Dealing for academic use
Open Source Requirements
Availability
◦ Jimmy Wales: “Imagine a world in which
every single person on the planet is given
free access to the sum of all human
knowledge. That's what we're doing.”
◦ Through a wiki page, anybody with
Internet access will be able to learn
important administrative information for
free
Safeguards
Students are to log in only with NTU
email account
Spread news of site through word of
mouth and Chronicle
Pages have a style guide that has to
be followed
Page moderators will re-format and
review information where necessary
Objectives
An attempt to help staff and students
understand complex administrative
procedures
To guide NTU students through its
services and website
To provide an open source platform of
sharing amongst students
Future use for commercial and
business purposes
Where to go from here
Business Model
◦ Produce a better-packaged, more visually
presented version in a printed guidebook
◦ Similar to many current open source
software models
Source code (the information on iNTUpret wiki)
is offered for free
But the packaged .exe binaries (the printed
guidebooks) are sold at a small price
Where to go from here
For example:
◦ Users can access iNTUpret wiki at any
time and navigate its contents
◦ But a printed guidebook can be
purchased by those who wants a physical
copy that’s easier to read
Where to go from here
Dual-licensing
◦ Source Code (iNTUpret)
Licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-
SA license
◦ Executable (Guidebook)
Copyrighted (design and illustrations)
Content still uses iNTUpret’s information, so it’ll
keep the CC BY-NC-SA license
What’s in the guidebook
It could be anything important to the
student, from instructional guides to
explanatory ones!
Can include a pullout calendar of all
the important events of the year
What’s in the guidebook
Any profit earned will be channeled
back to employ good writers for
certain pages in the wiki
Thus ensuring a continual flow of data
entry and output
Conclusion
iNTUpret meets:
◦ Open source software requirement
◦ Open source business model
But more importantly, iNTUpret is a
refinement of proprietary systems and
interfaces
And supports free use and
dissemination of important information
Conclusion
To benefit end-users, You.
Thank you!