MDID 2 Demo Now Available Online
►►Go directly to the MDID 2 Demo Login.
We invite you to try out MDID 2 with the online demo. It's easy, just fill in the form to request an account and a password will be emailed to you right away. Then log in with your email address and password to get a sneak preview of the MDID 2 features and enhancements.
Things to know about this MDID 2 demo:
- Using your demo account you can try out all of the browser-based functions available to a typical
instructor including searching image collections, creating
slideshows, viewing slideshows, uploading images to a personal
collection, and packaging slideshows for offline viewing.
- Your demo account will expire after seven days of inactivity. You
can request a new demo account from the login page if you need access
again.
- The browser-based slideshow viewer in this demo has been set to
display images in a medium-sized format of 800x800 pixels or smaller.
- The single image download and slideshow package download in
this demo have been set to use larger images, if available. The AICT
and Saskia sample collections provide larger size images up to
3000x3000 pixels.
- Your demo account will be limited to uploading twenty images
to your personal collection.
- Other demo users will be able to see your name listed as a
slideshow author and will be able to view any slideshows that you
create and un-archive.
- The demo does not include the MDID ImageViewer, which is a separate
application for presenting full screen slideshows in the classroom.
- The demo also does not include collection administration functions
related to setting up collections and adding images and cataloging
data, or system administration functions related to implementing and
configuring the system.
- Please feel free
to report any problems and send your comments and suggestions to
mdid@jmu.edu. We sincerely
appreciate your interest and your feedback.
- We are very grateful to the content providers who have provided
images for the sample collections in the demo:
- AICT, Art Images for College Teaching, Allan T. Kohl
- Saskia, Ltd. Cultural Documentation
- Madison Art Collection, James Madison University
- JMU Photography Collection, Photography Services, James Madison University
April 26, 2004