Tailorable domain objects as meeting tools for an electronic whiteboard

ABSTRACT Our goal is to provide tools to support working meetings onan electronic whiteboard, called Tivoli. This paper de-scribes how we have integrated structured “domain objects”into the whiteboard environment. Domain objects representthe subject matter of meetings and can be exchanged be-tween Tivoli and group databases. Domain objects can betailored to produce meeting tools that are finely tuned tomeeting practices. We describe the facility for tailoring andmanaging domain objects and the user interface techniquesfor blending these into the whiteboard environment. Weshow examples of both specific and generic meeting toolscrafted from domain objects, and we describe a long-termcase study in which these tools support an ongoing workprocess. Keywords: whiteboard metaphor, pen-based systems, freeforminteraction, implicit structure, informal systems, recognition-basedsystems, list structures, meeting support tools, gestural interfaces,user interface design, tailorability, customization, object-orienteduser interfaces

[1]  Randall H. Trigg,et al.  Notecards in a nutshell , 1986, CHI '87.

[2]  Randall H. Trigg,et al.  Adaptability and Tailorability in NoteCards , 1987 .

[3]  Michael L. Begeman,et al.  gIBIS: a hypertext tool for exploratory policy discussion , 1988, CSCW '88.

[4]  Jay F. Nunamaker,et al.  Electronic meeting systems , 1991, CACM.

[5]  Christopher Fry,et al.  Experiments with Oval: a radically tailorable tool for cooperative work , 1992, CSCW '92.

[6]  John C. Tang,et al.  Liveboard: a large interactive display supporting group meetings, presentations, and remote collaboration , 1992, CHI.

[7]  F. Halasz,et al.  Tivoli: an electronic whiteboard for informal workgroup meetings , 1993, INTERCHI.

[8]  William Buxton,et al.  Contextual Animation of Gestural Commands , 1994, Comput. Graph. Forum.

[9]  Frank M. Shipman,et al.  VIKI: spatial hypertext supporting emergent structure , 1994, ECHT '94.

[10]  Norbert A. Streitz,et al.  DOLPHIN: integrated meeting support across local and remote desktop environments and LiveBoards , 1994, CSCW '94.

[11]  Frank M. Shipman,et al.  Finding and using implicit structure in human-organized spatial layouts of information , 1995, CHI '95.

[12]  Thomas P. Moran,et al.  Implicit structure for pen-based systems within a freeform interaction paradigm , 1995, CHI '95.

[13]  Scott L. Minneman,et al.  Evolutionary engagement in an ongoing collaborative work process: a case study , 1996, CSCW '96.

[14]  クイック,et al.  ActiveX controls inside out , 1997 .

[15]  Adam Denning,et al.  ActiveX controls inside out (2nd ed.) , 1997 .

[16]  Leysia Palen,et al.  “I'll get that off the audio”: a case study of salvaging multimedia meeting records , 1997, CHI.

[17]  Thomas P. Moran,et al.  Pen-based interaction techniques for organizing material on an electronic whiteboard , 1997, UIST '97.

[18]  Thomas P. Moran,et al.  Spatial interpretation of domain objects integrated into a freeform electronic whiteboard , 1998, UIST '98.