UKOLN - Web Site Creation: Good Practice Guidelines

Marieke Napier and Pete Dowdell will be facilitating a half-day seminar on Web Practices For NOF Project Web Sites in London on 19 February 2002. For further details see the NOF-digitise timetable.

The meeting will take place from 13:30 - 16:30 at 1 Plough Place, London EC4 1DA. For details see the map.

Session Details

Objectives: Ensuring learning resources and digital materials are delivered via your Web site in an accessible way is key to success. This half-day event will follow on from the morning and explore good practice in building a Web site looking at tools, techniques and standards, and will discuss a number of case studies as examples. The event is aimed at those who may be relatively new to the process of Web site creation but will also aim to provide useful advice to experienced Web developer. The workshop is aimed at those who will be responsible for Web site creation or managing the Web-delivery aspect of the project, or those who will be preparing specifications to tender for Web site design and delivery who would like to improve their overall appreciation of the topic.
Target Audience: The seminar is aimed at those who will be managing Web services and those involved in commissioning the development of Web services.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of the seminar participants will be aware some of the pitfalls in providing Web services. Participants will be aware of a number of approaches to providing quality Web sites and of measuring the quality of their service.
What The Session Won't Cover: The seminar will not describe the use of any specific applications or specific solutions for NOF projects.

Timetable

The timetable for the workshop is given below.

Time	Topic	Comments
13:45-13:55	Introduction	Brief presentation about the session. Presentation 1: Introduction - MN [MS PowerPoint format]
13:55-14:05	Your Concerns	Group exercise in which participants discuss their concerns in providing Web services. Exercise 1: Session Aims - MN and PD [MS Word format]
14:05-14:20	Standards For Your Web Site	A brief group discussion on standards for NOF projects. Exercise 2: Standards For Your Web Site - MN and PD [MS Word format]
14:20-14:30	Standards For Your Web Site	Presentation on standards for NOF projects. Presentation 2: Standards For Project Web Sites - PD
14:30-14:50	Before, during and after	A 20 minute presentation on issues to be addressed before a Web site is launched (domain name, structure, etc.), during (dissemination) and after (when the funding stops). Presentation 3: Before, During and After - MN [MS PowerPoint format]
14:50-15:10	Coffee
15:10-15:30	Architectures For Your Web Site	Presentation on architectural models, which will cover use of HTML tools versus databases and Content Management Systems, use of file formats, etc. Presentation 4: Architectures For Project Web Sites - PD
15:30-15:40	Architectures For Your Web Site	A brief group discussion on architectural models. Exercise 3: Architectural models used by your project - MN and PD
15:40-16:00	Self-Assessment Of Project Web Sites	A presentation on approaches to evaluation and self-assessment of Web sites. Followed by a discussion on the applicability to NOF projects. Presentation 5: Self-Assessment Of Project Web Sites - MN [MS PowerPoint format]
16:00-16:30	Questions and Open Discussion	General questions and open discussion - MN and PD

Web Site Creation: Good Practice Guidelines - 19 February 2002

Session Details

Timetable