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Cumulus. Leaders Workshop Training. Jon Patrick. Saturday 25 August 2007. Student Director. Cumulus. Leaders Workshop Training. Jon Patrick. Wednesday 29 August 2007. Student Director. What is it??.
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Cumulus Leaders Workshop Training Jon Patrick Saturday 25 August 2007 Student Director
Cumulus Leaders Workshop Training Jon Patrick Wednesday 29 August 2007 Student Director
What is it?? Cumulus is a centrally based digital asset management system. It enables a large number of people to access, modify, and manage a group of digital assets (computer files) from a central location. • Or, simply stated… Cumulus stores digital photos in a central location, allowing users to access and modify them while maintaining a single central library.
Why do we use it?? 1). Organization • Before Cumulus, the Collaboratory owned thousands of digital photos stored across several workstations. Photos were hard to find when needed. 2). Redundancy • Before Cumulus, the Collaboratory’s multiple libraries of digital photos were at risk. A single workstation failure might wipe out years worth of digital photos. 3). Accessibility • Before Cumulus, the Collaboratory’s digital photos were only accessible from designated workstations.
Today’s Cumulus • Over 14,000 digital photos organized • By Project • By Group • By People • By Site Team • Each with a (Best Photos) sub-category, containing marketable digital photos for quick lookup. • Who we are….What we do….Who we partner with • Multiple layers of redundancy, provided by Messiah College ITS. We will never lose a valued digital photo! • Accessible through any workstation on campus via the software client . • Accessible through any workstation in the WORLD via the web client.
Two Faces… Web Client Software Client • View/Retrieve Photos • Accessible from anywhere • View/Retrieve Photos • Accessible from campus • Add/Modify Photos
Access the Web Client Prerequisites • You must have a recent web browser • You must have the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed. • http://www.java.com/ Browsing • http://ciweb.messiah.edu/collaboratory/standard/ • Or, link to Cumulus through Information Management on the Wiki • http://collaboratory.messiah.edu/wiki Logging In • Group’s Novell Account • Faculty Novell Account access available upon request • No Student Novell Accounts
Remember… • Upload at least 10 new photos of your team’s project work each year. • Only upload photos that are of use in either documentation or marketing. • Digital cameras and other equipment are available through the Collaboratory Manager “Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communication, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation, and execution.” – Ansel Adams