Volunteering: Web Design (Beginner)
General
- Undergraduate; 1st year, 2nd year
- 30 learners; teams of 2
- 60 hours per learner
- Dates set by experience
- Learners self-assign
Preferred companies
- 21/5 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Skills
Project timeline
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December 13, 2021Experience start
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April 2, 2022Experience end
Overview
- Details
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Students will work individually, interacting with you on a project to develop an informational website for your business or organization. The students will present and submit their work at several stages of development. The end result will be a working website that your business or organization can use. Student will:
- Present an overview of the proposed project
- Design and develop questions that will help to ascertain the true operating needs of your business or organization
- Apply the User-Centered Development Cycle to web development
- Create an aesthetically pleasing design for the user interfaces that serves to enhance the value of the systems functionality
- Learner skills
- Web design
- Deliverables
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- Organized and professional looking technical documents that clearly outline the original problem and the proposed solution
- A working informational website that your business or organization can use
- A website with an aesthetically pleasing design
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:
A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the 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.
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.