Dissemination from CGT 411/450 to the Computer Graphics Technology student population of information regarding COGENT stock prices, individual COGENT accounts and press releases.
Are rich internet applications such as CGCentral more usable than traditional browser-based tools for disseminating information from a senior-level course to an entire department student body?
The senior design capstone course in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University provides an opportunity to engage students using COGENT, a fictitious currency used to evaluate performance. A simulation of a stock market for the senior design groups allows for undercl men to receive, exchange and invest COGENT dollars during their time as a Computer Graphics Technology student. Through this interaction undergraduates can accumulate COGENT in an effort to enhance their final grade for the course. Building on previous research in this area, this project addresses which medium is perceived by students to be the most effective to disseminate information: 1) desktop-based rich Internet applications or 2) dynamic web sites and RSS feeds.