Volunteering: Web Design (Advanced)

Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Yifei Wang
Growth and Innovation Specialist
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Timeline
  • December 13, 2021
    Experience start
  • April 2, 2022
    Experience end
Experience
7/5 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
UI design UX design Project management Product or service launch
Skills
software design patterns engineering design process object-oriented design business requirements web standards web design usability auditing customer service
Learner goals and capabilities

Our students will work with members of the development team in your organization to revolutionize the customer experience in the industry. We are looking for partners to collaborate with to increase our students' engagement with the public and private sectors during the students' time in degree. Potential projects can be

  • Extensive knowledge of Object-Oriented Design, architecture and design patterns
  • Clarify business requirements by working with business analysts and end users
  • create high-level and detailed design specifications to address user goals; formulate plans – outlining steps required to develop programs for design deliverables • Participate in peer-reviewed requirements and design
  • Estimate assigned work effort and be accountable for deliverables and completion dates
  • Analyze, review and modify programs to increase operating efficiency • Follow and improve established software delivery lifecycles, programming standards and frameworks

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
60 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 2
Expected outcomes and deliverables
  • Audit all of the existing websites and landing pages and identify areas of improvement.
  • Review the website designs to ensure the goals of the strategy are communicated visually, that visuals are on brand.
  • Set up analytics tools and tracking on the websites
  • Optimize website SEO
  • Ensure implementations follow web standards, accessibility and usability best practices
Project timeline
  • December 13, 2021
    Experience start
  • April 2, 2022
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Project examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Implement the front-end functionality identified in the Requirements Phase using industry standard client side components such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Identify the marketing concerns for the client's website and apply marketing principles in the design of a website
  • Interact with the client to develop a website and apply technologies to support the client's needs and wants
  • Gather client and user information to develop the website
  • Conduct user-based website usability testing

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
  • question

    Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the volunteer project.

  • question

    Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.

  • question

    A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.