Week+4+Journal

Omeka is free and open source web software. It is a web publish platform for all kinds of collection based on research.
 * Week 4 (501):Omeka **

With omeka, users can build many different kinds of sites. Users can display collections, build virtual archives, exhibits and so forth. Furthermore, it allows users to create teaching sites, and collect stories and memories. Once users installed, they can administrate ' dashboard' and they can see all the core function from there. Then users can build archives by adding items from the site. It uses an unqualified core metadata standard. So the created site can be conformed internationally implemented metadata standard. Once users can create the site they can make collections and exhibits of just about anything. The way of using is not complicated at all. Simply, dragging and dropping. Also users can tag items with keywords so that visitors can easily navigate the site. Moreover, users can create their individual site.
 * What's in the software: **

This is a fascinating software that I would like to suggest in any educational setting. Omeka is for users such as scholar, museum professional, librarian,educator, or even unaffiliated individuals who want to share collections and exhibits with a wide range of users. As a close example of in my situation, I can use this collection to share resources and all different kind of information with members of project. It can prove especially useful for graduate students who need to be revealed for many resources with many other classmates like community storage so that people in educational field can easily share collections and build the online exhibits.
 * Uses of Educational Setting: **

Omeka is free to use and doesn't require the detailed personal information.
 * Costs & Registration issues: **

I think this software would be perfectly suitable for student involved in group projects that are intended for the course designed for collaboration and may lead students to learn a variety of skills such as metadata creation, presentation, digitization and so forth.
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