Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Usbong Update (May 28, 2013): Interactive Stories, DCAT, Usbong on PC and Mac, and more

Hi everyone,
It's been awhile since our last Usbong update,
but rest assured that we are heavily invested
in making Usbong succeed as a social business!

Here's a quick rundown on what we've accomplished:
+Usbong JSP 1 and 4: Interactive Stories
--> 5 out of 7 teams were able to use Usbong for their team project.
--> You may view them from our Ateneo Nihongo Class website.
--> You may also download their usbong trees for your perusal.
--> I've also uploaded the trees from last semester there.

+Usbong: DOTS Compliance Assessment Tool (DCAT)
--> work-in-progress; working with Dr. Dennis Batangan of IPC

+Usbong on PC and Mac
--> it's now possible to run Usbong on a PC and a Mac via Bluestacks
--> thanks Jerome David for the info!
--> caveat: there is some slowdown when running it on my dual core machine.
--> The Camera and Voice Recorder components don't work yet

+Usbong Components Increased
--> more details can be found on the GUI Guide.
1) decision
2) textField
3) textFieldWithUnit
4) textFieldNumerical
5) textArea
6) date
7) textDisplay
8) imageDisplay  
9) textImageDisplay
10) clickableImageDisplay
11) textClickableImageDisplay
12) gps
13) classification
14) checkList
15) radioButtons
16) audioRecorder
17) photoCapture 
18) link (ala choose-your-own-adventure)
19) sendToWebServer
20) sendToCloudBasedService
21) paint
22) qrCodeReader

+PhD application to write about Usbong as dissertation = accepted
--> please refer to attached file for my application essay

This is all for now.

Cheers,
Mike