DMLIS 540 Spring 2004
Information System Project
MECCA
Pop and Jazz Music
For
Family Learning and Enjoyment
All Team members participated in the development of the spec
Project Manager: Carolyn Karis
Information Architect: Emily Wheeler
Technologist: Glenda Claborne
User Analyst/UI Designer: Miguel A. Ramos
With thanks to Cat(herine Ann) Flynn-Purvis – for a user interview
Table of Contents
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Organization Overview…………………………………………………..3
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User Analysis……………………………………………………………...4
2.1 User Persona ………………………………………………..…….4
2.2 User experience…………………………………………………..6
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Value Proposition………………………………………………………..11
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Use Modeling……………………………………………………………..13
4.1 SitePath……………………………………………………………13
4.2 Topic Map…………………………………………………………14
4.3 System Features…………………………………………………14
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Data Model…………………………………………………………………18
5.1 Relational Data Structure………………………………………19
5.2 Full-text data structures………………………………………..22
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Interface……………………………………………………………………37
6.1 Site Map……………………………………………………………38
6.1.1 Site Pages……………………………………………………….39
Page Cycles…………………………………………………….40
Wireframes……………………………………………………..48
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Features to Functions……………………………………………………62
Controls/Queries/Logic
7.1 Homepage Features………………………………………………62
7.2 Quick Search Feature…………………………………………….63
7.3 Advanced Search Feature……………………………………….69
7.4 Listen/Browse Feature………………………………………….. 74
7.5 My Toolkit Feature………………………………………………..78
Appendix A—Full-Text examples for Mecca………………………….…84
Outline
1.Organization Overview
Mecca is a non-profit organization located in Eugene, Oregon, a city of 140,000 with “a sister city” of 70,000. Music forms a central focus in Eugene. The University of Oregon’s School of Music, with a fairly high profile in the city, sponsors many concert series, such as the Chamber Music Series, with performers from around the world. These concerts, held in Beall Hall, offer students and the community an enriching cultural experience at very little cost. Art and the Vineyard, a three day event held in July, attracts local and national artists for a celebration of art, music, and gardens. The Oregon Festival of American Music (OFAM), (see http://www.ofam.net) includes programs and classes for children. Many big names in music come to the Hult Center, a fabulous downtown arts center, as part of this festival. In addition, Eugene hosts a folk music festival and a Bach festival. In summary, Eugene is a music city.
Noting the increasing interest in music on the Web, the faculty of the University of Oregon School of Music, Music Education Department, decided to challenge students to develop a music Website for parents and children. Several of the University’s music educators, such as Ms. Van Rysselberghe, believe that creating the Website will improve the experiences for the students in the University of Oregon’s Department of Music Education program. Development of the Website will offer the students an opportunity to experiment with curriculum that integrates music into the learning of children and provide a worthwhile community service. It may also offer the students a chance to compose original music or songs that provide educational content. Educational theories such as the Multiple Intelligences of Howard Gardner have expanded the importance of recognizing that people learn in multiple ways and exhibit their learning in diverse manners. Since the Website would offer students the opportunity to put the theories into practice, the development of the Website will begin as a class project during the upcoming two semesters.
The OFAM sponsors (the Shedd family) have agreed to fund the initial development of the Website. The University of Oregon computer department has offered to assist the Music School’s faculty and students with technical matters, such as the programming that will be needed to implement the Website. Before launching the course, since the course concept will take the Music Education Department in a new direction, Ms. Van Rysselberghe, at the urging of the OFAM co-sponsors of the new venture, decided to consult with Team Mecca to acquire help in developing a structure both for the Website and for the course, a structure that she hopes will enable the students to be more successful in the challenging endeavor.
At the suggestion of Mecca, Ms Van Rysselberghe agreed to limit the initial website’s audience to the home-schooled community of Eugene. Mecca assumes that home-schooling families will value this new resource, one which integrates music into other areas of education. Other websites provide curriculum in the basics: language arts, mathematics, science, and history/social studies, but none so far has provided musical integration.
In order to gain a better understanding of the home-schooling parent and child, Mecca interviewed parents who home-school their children. After interviewing, team Mecca developed a User Persona for the Music Education website. (See User Persona 2.1.) Working together, Ms. Van Rysselberghe, a select group of graduate music education students, and team Mecca brainstormed ideas for the website that would meet the needs of the home-schooling parents and their children. These initial ideas formed the basis of Team Mecca’s development of the proposed Music Information Project. As they worked, the brainstorming team decided to adopt the name of Mecca for the music project website. “Mecca” suggests a journey. The team wished to provide the home-schooling families with access to musical education, a journey into pop and jazz. The final name for the music site is “Mecca…pop and jazz music for family learning and enjoyment.”
The members of Team Mecca will continue to consult with the Music Education Department during the development and deployment of the Mecca website. In this spec for the music project, Team Mecca provides details about the intended users, the structure of the website, its user interface, the features offered, and the functionality needed for successful use by the intended users.
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