My group (Susan, Jennifer, Sean, and myself) are doing our online exhibit on the Plaza-Midwood Neighborhood. So far is appears that we will focus on structures and activities. Our online exhibit will be geared towards the neighborhood, people interested in the neighborhood, researchers, and the class (of course!).
So I looked on Omeka for some useful plugins. I lack the vocabulary to understand many of these plugins' internet-speak. Given that handicap, I was relieved that there were a select few that made some sense to me. The one that I felt was most useful (albeit very basic) was Google Analytics, site stats.
It allows the owner/builder of a website to track the number of people who visit the site. I admit that this seems almost too minor to note as an important plugin for our online exhibit. Despite that, I would argue that keeping track of how many people visit the online exhibit summarizes the very purpose of building a website! There would be no purpose to building an online exhibit if there is no interest in making sure that it had reached your desired audience.
Even though I use lots of Google products, I've never used GA. Maybe it's something we can explore using for our exhibit.
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