DUE December 11 (Wednesday of Finals Week)
NOTE: Late Paper Requests or Submissions Will Not Be Accepted for The Final Project. Grades are due almost immediately after the finals week has wrapped up and I need time to evaluate all projects and report final grades.
You will be making a website for the final project. I used to have students create and code a website and upload it to a server in previous years; however, modern web design is usually using a CMS (Content Management System) and I want you to have experience using this type of interface to build a website.
The medium that I would like you to create your portfolio is online through either 1) Google Sites, 2) Wix, 3) Weebly. You are welcome to use a similar resource not listed but it has to have similar functionality and it cannot be your Facebook, LinkedIn, or simliar social media type of page. Each of these resources I have listed has a free option and you do not need to purchase anything to complete this project. These website tools are quite easy to use and do not require that you learn how to code or work with servers. They are very similar to using a text editor in your email or Sakai. If you need help using any of this technology, there are many resources available on YouTube as well as each of the web pages that I have linked.
For another page I want you to tell me about yourself and the technology that you use.
I want you to pick a class topic. The major topics we covered in this class were:
Hopefully one of these weekly topics stood out to you as you read the course material this term. What I want for you to do is to pick one of these topics and add information to the existing course material, provide an example of the work you did for the class, and discuss why this is an important topic.
On this page I want you to think of a technology that we did NOT cover in this class. You will be writing a course module like page that describes the technology and how one would use it. You can use the weekly module web pages we used in this class as inspiration - DO NOT use the actual pages or the content on the class pages, this is something new that you will develop using your own research and analyses.
If you're looking for an idea for what to use on this page here are a few:
Avoid excessive cat or animal meme photos, funny Facebook photos, odd photos from your Instagram account, and other photos that you would not want to show a future employer.
Readable color scheme and font. Try to use an easy to read sanserif font like Arial and a color that does not glow like a nuclear bomb went off on your page (ex: no red text on a blue background). Additionally, do not use tiny fonts. The lowest font size on your page should be 10.
The link to your site submitted on Sakai. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure your permissions settings allow for me to view your site! Google Sites will require that you give me permission to see your site.