Strategic Web Design (CMS Capstone)
Timeline
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January 12, 2020Experience start
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January 28, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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March 9, 2020Midway Check In
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April 6, 2020Final Presentation
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April 6, 2020Experience end
Timeline
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January 12, 2020Experience start
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January 28, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and organization to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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March 9, 2020Midway Check In
Meeting between students and organization to ensure that progress is on track halfway through completion.
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April 6, 2020Final Presentation
Meeting between students and organization to finalize assignment and display CMS Project along with presentation to client.
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April 6, 2020Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Information technology Communications Marketing strategySkills
communicationDo you want to enhance your delivery of digital content? In this assignment, student-consultants in McMaster's Web Design certificate program will work in teams to either design, redesign or optimize an existing company web site, webpage, or app.
In addition to the normal design associated in this tasks, groups will design an enhanced user registration and message board. A basic e-commerce design can be added or changed depending on your organization's needs.
Learners
The final project deliverables will include:
- A prototype of your CMS Project.
- A 30-minute presentation on research, findings, and justifications of the proposed design.
Project timeline
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January 12, 2020Experience start
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January 28, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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March 9, 2020Midway Check In
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April 6, 2020Final Presentation
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April 6, 2020Experience end
Timeline
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January 12, 2020Experience start
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January 28, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and organization to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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March 9, 2020Midway Check In
Meeting between students and organization to ensure that progress is on track halfway through completion.
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April 6, 2020Final Presentation
Meeting between students and organization to finalize assignment and display CMS Project along with presentation to client.
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April 6, 2020Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
A Content Management System (CMS) is a software application that is used to create and manage digital content. Based on your organizations goals, students will apply skills in consumer research, design and testing to create a CMS that achieves your goals.
Project tasks include:
- Holding a discovery meeting to understand your needs and develop a project scope.
- Interviewing users to gather applicable design specs.
- Conducting user testing to understand and optimize existing design challenges.
- Applying design thinking theory and practices to create a prototype.
Example projects include, but are not limited to:
- Redesigning an existing website, webpage, or app.
- Designing a new website, webpage, or app.
- Optimizing a specific part of a website, webpage, or app
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Timeline
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January 12, 2020Experience start
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January 28, 2020Project Scope Meeting
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March 9, 2020Midway Check In
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April 6, 2020Final Presentation
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April 6, 2020Experience end
Timeline
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January 12, 2020Experience start
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January 28, 2020Project Scope Meeting
Meeting between students and organization to confirm: project scope, communication styles, and important dates.
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March 9, 2020Midway Check In
Meeting between students and organization to ensure that progress is on track halfway through completion.
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April 6, 2020Final Presentation
Meeting between students and organization to finalize assignment and display CMS Project along with presentation to client.
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April 6, 2020Experience end