The Magic Box project

Kostantina Sermbezoudis

The dilemma

• Who? - The Hallmark of Battery Park City wants a video communication system

• What? - With a video communication system, the senior citizens can be able to see future events

• Why? - Many times the elderly can forget where they placed things

The problem

• Nobody really knows how to use the equipment

• The program is complicated to use

• Requires practice and a better manual

The solution

• Pace University’s course CIS 102T

What is magic Box?

• It’s the company that makes the Aavelin Composer software which is what is used for the layout and scheduling of pages which then allows the user to transfer completed projects to the player unit

• Costs around $3,695

How it works

Capabilities of Magic box

The Goal

• Successfully create a video communication for The Hallmark in order for the elderly residents to be up-to-date with the daily events, menu, future events and etcetera.

Objective #1

• Create templates for The Hallmark so that it can easy to read for their seniors

Objective #2

• Upload completed templates onto playback system for entire building to see through their televisions

Objective #3

• Create a how to, easy to read and use, manual for the Aavelin Composer softwareAavelin

The proposed templates

The dead end

• Change in the networking system

• Went from Time Warner Cable to Direct TV

• Did not incorporate channel with the new provider

the end that could’ve been