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Chris Hardie's BSU Capstone Project

Improving civic engagement through a software-assisted community news harvest

This website contains updates and notes related to Chris Hardie’s 2022 creative graduate capstone project at Ball State University’s School of Journalism and Strategic Communication.

Capstone committee:

  • Dr. Robin Blom
  • Dr. Adam Kuban
  • Dr. Gabriel Tait

External project lead and contact: Simon Galperin

 

Recent Updates

  • Final capstone write-up and video
  • Status update for May 2
  • Testing feedback and refinements
  • First beta testing delivery
  • Changelog

Related Links

  • Original Capstone Proposal
  • The Bloomfield Information Project
  • The Community Info Coop
  • BSU School of Journalism and Strategic Communication
  • Chris Hardie’s Personal Site

Project Timeline

  • January-April 2022: stakeholder interviews, design thinking sessions, mockup creation, development of software tools and functionality, testing and refinement
  • April 30, 2022: on or before this date I’ll make sure the above components are
    completed and verified as such with project stakeholders
  • May 2022-June 2022: compiling and writing up summaries, analysis, project reviews and related discussion
  • June 22, 2022: on or before that date I’ll deliver the completed capstone project

Tag: delivery

First beta testing delivery

Today I delivered to Simon and team the first “beta” version of the new tool. Here’s what it looks like, actively monitoring various RSS and Facebook feeds:

Main dashboard
Main dashboard

Content curation view:

Content curation view
Content curation view

Content curation, in dark mode:

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Posted on April 11, 2022April 11, 2022Categories Capstone UpdatesTags beta, delivery, software, testingLeave a comment on First beta testing delivery
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