Approach: “College Photo Journal”

It would be similar to Pictory, where the photos are displayed in a photoblog format, but with only student uploaded content.

There would be captions, photographer name, and year and major required with each photo upload. Uploading would either be based on a guest account system, or possibly using a plugin, like Photosmash.

Simple mock-up:

 

To keep things relevant to UMaine students and encourage submissions, topics will be suggested that directly pertain to issues on campus. Examples could include:

  • the recent ban on smoking
  • campus parking
  • the recent bomb threat

It would be great to see a wide range of creativity in submissions, and the only way to do this is to suggest topics that UMaine students actually care about.