Short video clips of student presentations on related matters as well as graphs, charts and photos, can be displayed by clicking on buttons at the bottom of the window. A moderator must approve Reactoid submissions before others can view them. Interesting discussions can be generated on campus issues of broad interest to the community while at the same time, supporting the development of strong positive values by correcting misperceptions of campus norms on alcohol and many other areas of interest. Any local institution can easily incorporate its own local data into the software using Microsoft Access97. All graphics and video resources are held on a network server for distribution as they are requested.
Video files are copied to the local hard disk and then played.
Multiple plays can be accommodated without downloading a new copy each time. Both databases can be distributed by SQL server or through network-installed Access database files. It is now part of the standard software suite that goes out to all faculty, administrators, and office staff. In the first 2 years of its operation, we have logged 4,400 visits to this program on our campus of 1700 students and over one half of the 1998 senior class had accessed this program. Campus Factoids runs on windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT computers.