This year I created a Ning networking site to support a 2nd year assignment in the module Computer Music Systems on our Music & Media Technology courses. The idea was to create a persistent site that was accessible by more than just one course/module at the University of Derby, and one that was able to take in contributions from the students. This meant that it couldn’t be hosted on our Virtual Learning environment (Blackboard), as too many barriers with regards to access are created depending upon which modules you’ve registered for.
The Ning website I developed worked well, but as of July 20th, the free version will be stopped. So, I’ve moved the content over to the grou.ps system. In many ways, the systems seems a little more powerful than its Ning counterpart, and importing the entire Ning website to the new system was straightforward as there is an app for that in the admin pages.
So, if you’re interested in actually creating some music/audio using Ambisonics Surround Sound, feel free to join, contribute and share the site with others.
Bruce – On a web apps front – that grou.ps look impressive – have reccommended it to a friend already. Keep me posted on how it is going.
Hope to speak to you again soon . . .
Will do. The grou.ps platform looks pretty good, but I’ll find out for sure when I use it with the students after the summer break…..I’ll keep you up to date 😉