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Term Project

Term Project. Service Learning. Semester project: set up a website for a project of interest to you Ideas: service, team, organization, club, nonprofit Students will normally work in pairs You may have a client Meetings: requirements gathering, handoff Contact via email, phone

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Term Project

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  1. Term Project

  2. Service Learning • Semester project: set up a website for a project of interest to you • Ideas: service, team, organization, club, nonprofit • Students will normally work in pairs • You may have a client • Meetings: requirements gathering, handoff • Contact via email, phone • Students will put in about 15-30 hours on this project. It counts for 25% of the final grade.

  3. A Good Recommendation • Lots of demand for website creators • This class can be almost as valuable as an internship. Treat it like one! • Act professionally • Be responsive to phone calls, emails • Meet deadlines • Dress well • Do a good job • Get a good recommendation!

  4. Steps to Building a Web Site • Concept • Audience, use cases • Features • Resources/revenue • Domain name • Web hosting • Graphical theme • Content management system configuration • Custom development • User testing • Search engine optimization • Content creation • Traffic building • Maintenance

  5. Term Projects • Work in teams, usually of two students • Drupal or custom • Have a client (or at least interviewees) • Ideas: • Non-profit client, such as a church • Club, team, or organization • Small business • Services • Ride share (use Google maps?) • Dorm activity calendar/social network • Assassin online (upload funny pictures of victims?) • Book connection • DVD library… • Student name learning tool • Student info aggregation [ethical issues?]

  6. Initial Client Meeting • Concept: what is the purpose of the web site? Who are the users? • Use cases: give short use-case "stories" explaining how users will use the site--one for each distinct kind of use. • Features: what capabilities should the site have? Possibilities include a blog, photo album (uploading?) calendar, discussion forum, file sharing, store, data displays • Front page: what goes on the front page? • Roles: what permissions do various classes of users need? • Artwork/design: where will it come from? • Domain name?Do the clients have a domain name? Preference? • Hosting? Do the clients have hosting or want you to set it up?

  7. Project Stages • Checkpoints: about 4 points at which you have to have completed a part of the project • Checkpoint 1: concept, specifications • Go live: move to long-term hosting solution • Handoff: give site with instructions, passwords, etc to client

  8. Concept • Use cases • Concept • Title, Domain name • Three-eight word slogan (e.g. trello, imgur, dropbox) • Mission statement Clarity of Concept is Crucial!

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