About this course: For your Responsive Website Development and Design Specialization Capstone Project, you will create a complete, responsive, multi-user, data-driven website which aims to solve a particular problem. We encourage you to create a website addressing a problem that you are interested in! However, if you don’t have an idea of your own, we have several that we will suggest in the course. In the capstone project, you will: 1. Develop a complete website using the full range of skills learned during the specialisation 2. Work through a structured process from idea generation to product delivery 3. Document and receive feedback on the development of your project from an idea to a fully functional piece of software in a series of structured assignments including peer interactions Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes
Created by: University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London
Taught by: Dr Matthew Yee-King, Lecturer
Computing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London
Taught by: Dr James Ohene-Djan, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Pro Warden
Computing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London
| Basic Info | Course 6 of 6 in the Responsive Website Development and Design Specialization |
| Commitment | 6 weeks, 3-5 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
What's the Idea?
Welcome to the first module of 'Responsive Website Development and Design Capstone!'. In this module you will define what the end point is for your project, brainstorm ideas about your project and conduct a SWOT analysis to clarify aspects of your ideas. In addition, you will define a target audience and list the 4 Ps: Price, Product, Place and Promotion. Finally, you will identify key resources needed for your project and will develop a high level project timeline.
1 video, 8 readings
- Reading: Capstone Activity Plan - READ ME FIRST!
- Reading: How will the project be assessed?
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Video: What's the Idea?
- Reading: Example projects
- Reading: Example Mission Statement for TextCircle
- Reading: Example of 'The Idea'
- Reading: Example SWOT Analysis
- Reading: How we will use todo lists in this course
Graded: What's the Idea Quiz
Graded: To-Do List
WEEK 2
Pitching your Idea
Welcome to the second module of 'Responsive Website Development and Design Capstone!'. By the end of this module, you will transition your idea from the abstract to the concrete, use process analysis to identify the main processes people can carry out in your application and identify primary and secondary processes. In addition, you will develop ideas about user experience through user journeys and describe processes as step by step procedures. Finally, you will be able to explain what an elevator pitch is.
2 videos, 1 reading
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Video: Pitching your Idea
- Video: Simple Example Pitch Video
Graded: Pitching your Idea Quiz
Graded: Create an Elevator Pitch
Graded: To-Do List
WEEK 3
Digitising the Idea
Welcome to the third module of 'Responsive Website Development and Design Capstone!' By the end of this module you will have, put your idea into a digital format, explained the purpose of a site skeleton and defined paths through your site skeleton. In addition, you will have made design wireframes for key pages in your application and developed ideas about the look and feel for your application.
1 video, 1 reading
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Video: Digitising the Idea
Graded: Digitising the Idea Quiz
Graded: Create a Design Specification
Graded: To-Do List
WEEK 4
Building the App I
Welcome to the fourth module of 'Responsive Website Development and Design Capstone!'. In this module you will describe the iterated project lifestyle, understand the purposes of backup and version control and list the reasons for using APIs. You will also share the experience of development and describe black box user testing using user pathways. Finally, you will use your digitised idea to create weekly tasks, carry out weekly reviews and use basic git and github functionality.
3 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Video: Building the App
- Video: Github
- Reading: Github: further information
- Video: Time Management
Graded: Building the App Quiz
Graded: To-Do List
WEEK 5
Building the App II
Welcome to the fifth module of 'Responsive Website Development and Design Capstone!'. This is the second module covering the app development process. As in the previous module, In this module you will describe the iterated project lifestyle, understand the purposes of backup and version control and list the reasons for using APIs. You will also share the experience of development and describe black box user testing using user pathways. Finally, you will use your digitised idea to create weekly tasks, carry out weekly reviews and use basic git and github functionality.
2 readings
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Reading: Keep working on your app!
Graded: To-Do List
Graded: Get some feedback about your application!
WEEK 6
Presenting your project
Welcome to the final module of 'Responsive Website Development and Design Capstone!'.In this module you will list the typical components of a technical showcase, consider how to pitch a technical presentation and use the key processes from the design phase to demonstrate your software. Finally, you will explain the basics of user surveys and understand the value of user feedback.
2 videos, 2 readings
- Reading: Learning Outcomes
- Video: Presenting your Project
- Video: Example Technical Demo Video
- Reading: Example Technical Demo Video: slides
Graded: Final To-Do List
Graded: End of Project Git Log
Graded: Create a Technical Demo Video
Graded: Task Analysis Test
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Ratings and Reviews
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Great tutorial on development processes.
You will apply your Meteor.js Knowledge doing a nice project, something you love to do, or want to do for helping people.
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It's unclear how complex your final project should be, and the elevator pitch and tech demo videos can be a bit daunting. But if you choose a project that's challenging and push through it, you can learn a lot.