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Volunteering: Web Design (Advanced)

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Mount Royal University
Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Yifei Wang
Yifei Wang
Growth and Innovation Specialist
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General
  • Undergraduate; 4th year, 3rd year
  • 30 learners; teams of 2
  • 60 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
  • 7/5 project matches
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Any
  • Any
Categories
General 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
Project timeline
  • December 13, 2021
    Experience start
  • April 2, 2022
    Experience end
Overview
Details

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
Learner skills
Software design patterns, Engineering design process, Object-oriented design, Business requirements, Web standards, Web design, Usability, Auditing, Customer service
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 Examples

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:

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.

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

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