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Hi, This is Dale. Today we’re going to talk a little bit
about the implementation of the Wicked Problem. Specifically some Surprises,
Some Unexpected Bumps in the Road and some things that went well. First off, I had some surprises last week.
For those who don’t remember, I’m creating a multi-platform
mobile training system for Sloan*Longway educators accessed though QR codes. So
far the project has gone fairly smoothly and I’m meeting my goal of it being
entirely free. Unfortunately, we unable to locate the Word Documents for a few of the lesson plans and I’m going
to have to transcribe existing copies by hand. My manager mentioned last week that she wanted a
password on the QR codes so anybody just
can’t come up and scan our lesson plans. So this led to some unexpected bumps
in the Road.
I’m using Weebly as my platform because it automatically
converts to a mobile site and most of the features are free, however, password
protection is part of its paid service.
Unfortunately, adding a password yourself with HTML, Javascript, or PHP
violates Weebly TOS so I had to find an alternative. I found a site similar to
Weebly called WEBS that has some basic password protection but I don’t like its
mobile formatting. So I created a custom password site on WEBs that
automatically directs to the Weebly site.
So, I’m looking for option that does what I want with passwords and
mobile formatting, Since I have to have a password I’m only creating one QR
code that accesses the entire site.
Although it changes my original concept to some degree I really enjoy
coming up with these types of solutions so the bumps in the road are kind of fun.
The thing I’m really happy about is the
QR code generator I found and that’s coming up next.
I found this QR generator called ODOA, and I’ll include the
link at the end of the podcast’s transcript. This generator lets you include
images and change colors in the code. So
I created a QR code that includes the Sloan*Longway logo and uses the colors
found on the logo. Pretty Slick. The QR code will be included in the posting
along with the URL.
That’s all for now, Thanks for listening.
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Wow! Dale this project sounds very interesting but also perhaps a little tricky! I had no idea that there so much involved in the QR code generating process. I look forward to hearing about the solution to your wicked problem!
ReplyDeleteEverything sounds great and very interesting. It seems like you are putting in a lot of time in your QR code process and wicked problem project.
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