TGIS

Our direction

While we haven’t formally finalized where our areas of research are going to be, we are fairly confident in the direction we’re headed. Posted here are our preliminary problem statement, research question, and elevator statement: the fundamental ideas that will shape this project.

Problem Statement:

Purdue CGT students are unable to effectively measure the value of their portfolios in regards to the quality desired by current industry standards, leaving them unprepared for finding employment post-graduation.

Research Question:

How effective would the addition of an online portfolio review option to the CGTConnect portal be at engaging interaction between students and alumni, as well as retaining users to revisit the site?

Elevator Statement:

For students and alumni who wish to foster a better sense of community within the CGT department, the enhanced and expanded iteration of CGTConnect is a social-networking portal that allows for beneficial interaction and communication. Unlike the existing version, our product enables students to gain insight from alumni on whether or not their work is commensurate with the level desired by industry through an online portfolio review.

As mentioned, these are preliminary and will be finalized within the coming week. Comments/critiques are welcome.

TGIS Schedules Go / No go

TGIS has set a date and time for our Go / No go on the project.  It is Friday, March, 5th, 2010 at 12:30pm, in KNOY 352.  In the meantime we have been working hard at gathering the information needed for the Go / No Go presentation.

TGIS is actively developing methodology, and gathering our research.  We have identified our problem statement, research question, and elevator statement.  Please see our Project page for more information on those.  We are also working hard at mocking up some future components we plan to implement for our final deliverable on the development side of the CGTConnect website.

New TGIS Wallpaper

TGIS has released a wallpaper that anyone can download.  Right click the links below, and save the link as, to download the wallpaper.

TGIS411 (This Group is Sketch) Wallpaper

1920 X 1200 size. (right click > save as)

1024 X 768 size. (right click > save as)

TGIS Takes Shape

TGIS (This Group is Sketch) was officially formed on February 8th, 2010.

With the spring semester in full gear, and another CGT 411/450 class underway at Purdue University.  TGIS has taken shape and started on its long journey of developing a more well rounded CGTConnect social networking site.  TGIS was formed by Ryan O. Hicks, Neil Ahrendt, Stephanie Lewis, and Matthew Milligan.  The team has begun creating their media, branding the company, and getting into the initial stages of the research and development on their project.  Stay tuned for updates and a lot of exciting things to roll out soon.