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Web Design and Support for Kennesaw State University

With expertise in web design and support, I have worked in various roles including as a webmaster and marketing director. I can create and maintain web accounts, provide support, and design user-friendly layouts for Kennesaw State University.

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Web Design and Support for Kennesaw State University

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  1. Christopher Ward • Kennesaw State graduate 1995 • “Magically” worked my way from being an auditor into the Marketing department • Marketing director for audio/video company • Three years as the Webmaster at Interland, Inc.

  2. KSU Webmaster • Maintain top two tiers of Kennesaw.edu • Create and maintain Web accounts • Provide Web support to Web authoring community (forms, scripting, CGI) • Site-wide link management • Design and distribute Web templates for departments and publishers

  3. Kennesaw Web Sites

  4. Writers and the Web • Online Portfolios • Freelancing • On the Job • Internet • Intranet • E-Newsletters • Support (Knowledge base) • E-Mail communications

  5. Three Steps for the Non-Designer • Brainstorming • Categorization • Layout

  6. Brainstorming • Generate ideas about what you want to see on the site (personal, departmental, company-wide objectives) • Generate ideas about what your users will want to see on the site

  7. Brainstorming • Brainstorming should be done in a “creative” environment • Room should have plenty of wall space, white board, etc… • Try a diverse brainstorming group…others from different departments, end-users

  8. Brainstorming • Separate navigation and content by using different colored Post-It notes

  9. Brainstorming Examples ajc.com Business Sports Living Skyline Report Braves Movies “Cousins Properties Names CEO” “Maddux Signs One-Year Contract” Interview with Nicole Kidman

  10. Brainstorming Example WritingSamples ShortStories “The 2000 Baltimore Ravens: The Best Defense Ever” AboutMe “A Day in theLife ofChris Ward” Poems

  11. Brainstorming Example

  12. Categorization • By categorizing the navigation and content elements, a “user-experience” should begin to develop • A good user-experience should allow users to find what they want quickly and should help to eliminate frustration in not being able to find information

  13. About the Program Programs of Study Accelerated Master’s Degree Program Course Descriptions Graduate Faculty List of Portfolios / Thesis / Practicums Course Highlights 2002-2003 Graduation, Portfolio and Thesis Forms and Capstone Guidelines Academic Calendar MAPW Newsletter The Kennesaw Review Alumni Portfolios Certificate in Creative Writing Graduate Certificate for International Audiences Careers in Writing Network Kennesaw State University Graduate Catalog

  14. Categorization • MAPW user groups • Potential Students • Want to know about the program • How to apply • Current Students • Course Information • Graduation Information • Alumni

  15. Categorization About the Program Programs of Study Accelerated Master’s Degree Program Course Descriptions Graduate Faculty List of Portfolios / Thesis / Practicums Course Highlights 2002-2003 Graduation, Portfolio and Thesis Forms and Capstone Guidelines About the Program Programs of Study Accelerated Master’s Degree Program Course Descriptions Graduate Faculty List of Portfolios / Thesis / Practicums Course Highlights 2002-2003 Graduation, Portfolio and Thesis Forms and Capstone Guidelines Academic Calendar MAPW Newsletter The Kennesaw Review Alumni Portfolios Certificate in Creative Writing Graduate Certificate for International Audiences Careers in Writing Network Kennesaw State University Graduate Catalog Academic Calendar MAPW Newsletter The Kennesaw Review Alumni Portfolios Certificate in Creative Writing Graduate Certificate for International Audiences Careers in Writing Network Kennesaw State University Graduate Catalog

  16. Categorization • About MAPW • Program Highlights • Programs of Study • Faculty • Course Descriptions • Accelerated Master’s • Creative Writing Cert. • International Cert.

  17. Categorization • About MAPW • Program Highlights • Programs of Study • Faculty • Course Descriptions • Accelerated Master’s • Creative Writing Cert. • International Cert. • Course Highlights • MAPW Fall 2002 • MAPW Spring 2003 • MAPW Summer 2003 • MAPW Alumni • Alumni Profiles • Portfolios / Thesis / Practicum • Newsletter • Current Students • Academic Calendar • Graduation Forms • Directed Study & Guidelines • Capstone Project & Forms • KSU Showcase Guidelines • Contact MAPW • Getting Started • Program Requirements • Transfer Credit • Candidacy • Online Application

  18. Layout • Layout is not rocket science • Requirements for a laying out a site • Ability to draw boxes • Ability to write words

  19. Layout • Utilize space efficiently • Avoid too much “white space” • Avoid using every single pixel of space • Allow “breathing room between areas of the page • Focus on navigation that is easy to follow and creates a nice “user-experience”

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