mel_webmultimedia

This week Dr J started our class by questioning us about what is web site?what is portal?what differentiate both of it.here is my findings..

web site - is a related collection of World Wide Web (WWW) files that includes a beginning file called a home page. A company or an individual tells you how to get to their Web site by giving you the address of their home page. From the home page, you can get to all the other pages on their site. For example, the Web site for IBM has the home page address of http://www.ibm.com. (The home page address actually includes a specific file name like index.html but, as in IBM's case, when a standard default name is set up, users don't have to enter the file name.) IBM's home page address leads to thousands of pages. (But a Web site can also be just a few pages.)
portal - is a term, generally synonymous with gateway, for a World Wide Web site that is or proposes to be a major starting site for users when they get connected to the Web or that users tend to visit as an anchor site. There are general portals and specialized or niche portals. Some major general portals include Yahoo, Excite, Netscape, Lycos, CNET, Microsoft Network, and America Online's AOL.com. Examples of niche portals include Garden.com (for gardeners), Fool.com (for investors), and SearchNetworking.com (for network administrators).
*for more FAQ about portal, you can go this site : www.hku.hk/cc_news/ccnews100/portal.htm

our class continued by discussing about LMS & CMS..

What IS a Learning Management System?

A Learning Management System (LMS) is used to organize an online learning environment. The term "online" referrers to internet and intranet environments. Typically an LMS provides the means to track users, assess performance, deploy content, and access general administrative functions such as management of users records. Some Learning Management Systems enable the creation of learning content, and others require the use of a front end application such as Authorware to create that content. For example, an Authorware piece can contain all of the training and testing material, and then pass any necessary user and tracking data to an LMS system using Authorware's built-in CMI functions.

What IS a Content Management System?

A content management system (CMS) is a computer software system for organizing and facilitating collaborative creation of documents and other content. A content management system is frequently a web application used for managing websites and web content, though in many cases, content management systems require special client software for editing and constructing articles. The market for content management systems remains fragmented, with many open-source and proprietary solutions available. (Wikipedia)

Finally..we were asked to choose our group member for our project..hm nice..huhu