A database is used to organize collection of data. A relational database includes some elements such as schemas, tables, queries and other elements. A database management system (DBMS) is a computer software applications which allows the definitions, creations, querying and administration of databases. DBMS uses standards such as SQL and ODBC. For More Than Talk […]
Archive | May, 2018
Surveying potential users
By considering the functions of our platform, the potential users of our platform will target the group of people who are going to learn a foreign language to study or live in somewhere of foreign countries and seek for help or advice. Our interview is going to find out the group of people who have […]
Applying for ERGO, Getting the Approval for Our Interviews
According to the University policies, we need to apply for the approval which is ERGO (Ethics and Research Governance Online) to process our interviews. Based on the submission process, there are three forms we need to complete. Submission – questionnaire essential information for the interview to classify the category of the investigation. Ethics Form – […]
Specifying the Functional Specification
Specifying the Functional Specification Before setting out to design the MoreThan Talk platform. We needed to establish the precise specification in order to ensure that we do not miss out any key feature or attribute of the platform. Laura Brandenburg describes purpose of the ‘Functional Specification’ as being “to capture what the software needs to […]
UML Diagrams of MoreThan Talk
In software engineering, a class diagram in the UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a static structure diagram which describes the structure of the system. It shows the system classes and their attributes and operations (or method). It enables us to show the relationship between these classes and classes’ objects. [1] For our website UML diagrams, […]
Designing More Than Talk Website
It is important that any home page is instantly recognisable. Informs new visitors about its purpose and gives people something to do. (See earlier blog). Home Page : When users enter our website they will see a video about us and introduction/explanation about who we are. The Home Page will include three case studies associated with […]
Early Brainstorm of Ideas
Ideas for Social Networks We met together to share some basic ideas about a brand new social network. Here are some of the ideas we discussed: Idea 1 – Silly Short Shows A social network where people could share very short video clips of their lives – everything less than a minute. Possibly a bit […]
Social Media in the News
We have been creating our Social Media site and writing these blogs at a time when the national and international news agenda has been dominated at various times with stories of how Facebook allowed some researchers to mine personal data from millions of their users without their knowledge. Although for some the story wasn’t news, […]
Creating the ‘MoreThan TALK’ logo
It is time to devise a logo for MoreThan TALK. If we had more time and greater resources, we could have commissioned a designer to work up some ideas and then complete market research on it. We had neither, so first stop (and a complete short cut!) was to visit www.freelogoservices.comwhich is a site that […]
Marketing Strategies: Advertising – Real-Time Bidding
Our platform designed as non-profitable at the first stage in order to attract more free users as much as possible. Even though, we still need investments to ensure the operation and maintain the performance of the platform. we may need to set banners on our websites to accept advertising to get funds. We may register […]