A Learning Simulation to Provide Content A learning simulation is an instructional contrivance designed to direct your learning through a role-play situation. In the simulation, you are provided the necessary information to complete your task while playing at being a web designer for a client. Please review the following material very carefully. I am providing you with this content to use for your Final Website. This will assure that you are all working at the same advantage, and are spending your time on your design and not on trying to find or create content. You will design your pages based on your blueprint, and then basically cut and paste this content into your site. You may then edit as necessary to fit your purpose and design. In this simulation, you have been hired by the Office of Alumni Relations at Canterbury University to design an update to their website that will be specific to their most recent graduates (TA). Learning Simulation Specific information to consider for your design blueprint (You may use this information as content for your Web site.) Background Information Canterbury Village University is a small liberal arts college in South West Ohio, accredited by the Mid-West Commission on Higher Education, and dedicated to the education of students to think and act critically, creatively, and ethically as professionals and scholars. The Alumni Association furthers the principal objectives of the University by supporting the legacy of the founders and alumni, and fostering ongoing active relationships among graduates, current students, members of the faculty, and friends of the University. The Alumni GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) Leadership Congress is established to secure and increase the lifelong involvement of graduates of the past decade in the mission of the University through volunteer, philanthropic, social, and career networking activities. As this group represents one-third of the alumni population, they are a unique and vital constituency of the University, and the Association. Website Goal This website will is designed to recruit recent graduates to become members of the Alumni Association. And become involved in alumni activities. Website Objectives After viewing this site, the graduates will be able to: · Decide whether to join the Alumni Association. · Pledge and donate financial support to the University. · Volunteer to serve on various alumni committees. · Register to attend events at the University, especially Alumni Weekend. The Target Audience · Recent graduates (last 10 years) of the University who have not yet joined the Alumni Association · Approximately 21-32 years old · Male and female · Culturally and socio-economically diverse · Working primarily in professional, community service, business, and family related endeavors, or are in graduate school, the military, or volunteer service · Are relatively new to the workforce · Have a strong sense of loyalty to their alma mater and their communities .

1. A Learning Simulation to Provide Content
A learning simulation is an instructional contrivance designed
to direct your learning through a role-play situation. In the
simulation, you are provided the necessary information to
complete your task while playing at being a web designer for a
client.
Please review the following material very carefully. I am
providing you with this content to use for your Final Website.
This will assure that you are all working at the same advantage,
and are spending your time on your design and not on trying to
find or create content. You will design your pages based on
your blueprint, and then basically cut and paste this content into
your site. You may then edit as necessary to fit your purpose
and design.
In this simulation, you have been hired by the Office of Alumni
Relations at Canterbury University to design an update to their
website that will be specific to their most recent graduates
(TA).
Learning Simulation
Specific information to consider for your design blueprint (You
may use this information as content for your Web site.)
Background Information
Canterbury Village University is a small liberal arts college in
South West Ohio, accredited by the Mid-West Commission on
Higher Education, and dedicated to the education of students to
think and act critically, creatively, and ethically as
professionals and scholars.
The Alumni Association furthers the principal objectives of the
University by supporting the legacy of the founders and alumni,
and fostering ongoing active relationships among graduates,
current students, members of the faculty, and friends of the
University.
The Alumni GOLD (Graduates Of the Last Decade) Leadership
Congress is established to secure and increase the lifelong

2. involvement of graduates of the past decade in the mission of
the University through volunteer, philanthropic, social, and
career networking activities.
As this group represents one-third of the alumni population,
they are a unique and vital constituency of the University, and
the Association.
Website Goal
This website will is designed to recruit recent graduates to
become members of the Alumni Association. And become
involved in alumni activities.
Website Objectives
After viewing this site, the graduates will be able to:
· Decide whether to join the Alumni Association.
· Pledge and donate financial support to the University.
· Volunteer to serve on various alumni committees.
· Register to attend events at the University, especially Alumni
Weekend.
The Target Audience
· Recent graduates (last 10 years) of the University who have
not yet joined the Alumni Association
· Approximately 21-32 years old
· Male and female
· Culturally and socio-economically diverse
· Working primarily in professional, community service,
business, and family related endeavors, or are in graduate
school, the military, or volunteer service
· Are relatively new to the workforce
· Have a strong sense of loyalty to their alma mater and their
communities because of the University mission and their
education
The web site will comprise several pages to include but not be
limited to:
A Home Page (Cover) with some content, and the following
menu with links: [a link to this page should be available on
every page]
1. About the University

3. 2. About the Office of Alumni Relations
3. About the Alumni Association
You will then create additional pages and links for Item 3,
Alumni Relations to include but not be limited to:
1. Mission Statement of the Alumni Association
2. Goal and Objectives
3. Contact Information
4. Application Information
5. Profile Update
6. Donation Information
7. Mentor Program
8. Events Calendar
Flowchart – Site Map - Blueprint
Below is a very simple template. It serves as a Site Map, a
visual representation of your blueprint to help you focus and
form your website. (This is one possible solution, however, it is
not complete, you have more to build with the information
provided.)
Example of a Flowchart Diagram
Two examples to help you create a Wireframe for the Home
page of a WebSite
Review
Your task in this course is to design the most effective and
efficient website for your client. You may copy and paste this
information, and edit as necessary, to achieve your task. You
may also include any appropriate images that you find to
support your pages. The content is important, but less so than
your process of creating a web site.
This Content may be used for your creation and posting into the
pages (You may cut and paste, and edit as necessary).
1. Informtion about the University
The campus of Canterbury University sits atop 200-acres in
Canterbury, Ohio. The University’s 125-year history of

4. educational excellence in the liberal arts and professional is the
hallmark of our learning tradition. Our 92% career/graduate
school placement rate is a result of Canterbury’s commitment to
graduate students who have an understanding of where they are
going how they might get there, and why.
2. Information about the Office of Alumni Relations
The Office of Alumni Relations assists all alumni in creating
strong lifelong connections to Canterbury, beyond the student
academic years. All of our programs, events, services, and
benefits, help you to
-Extend your Canterbury education through life-long learning
opportunities,
-Shape and sustain an institution that shaped you—and that
shapes the world
-Mentor and strengthen future generations of students and
alumni
-Connect with dynamic, fascinating, and accomplished peer
alumni
-Take a leadership role within your groups and communities to
make a difference
3. Information about the Alumni Association
Our Alumni Association is one of the strongest university
alumni associations in the United States, and has over 75,000
members worldwide who have helped make Canterbury
University a leading global institution. Our alumni are actively
engaged in making a difference in their communities throughout
the world. The Canterbury University Alumni Association is a
proud organization that helps to link our alumni to the
University and to each other.
4. Mission Statement of the Alumni Association
The mission of this Association is to further the mission of
Canterbury University and its legacy, and to encourage a

5. dynamic and active community of graduates, current students,
members of the faculty, and friends of the University.
5. Goal and Objectives
The Canterbury University Alumni Association has served the
University and its graduates for over 125 years. The Association
builds community by:
-Providing a strong and viable network of individuals to further
the personal and profession development of our graduates,
-Engaging alumni, faculty, staff, students, and local business
and organization in community service outreach,
-Contriubuting to preservation of the local environment and
eco-sustainable efforts;
Please note that these are the goals and objectives of this
Alumni Association, not the end product of your website, stated
above.
6. Contact Information
Office of Alumni Relations
Room 136
Cnaterbury Hall
Canterbury University
Canterbury Village, Ohio 44242
234.555.4323
[email protected]
Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
7. Application Information: This page will remain blank, you
will need to add copy stating it is Under Construction. You may
add an image that relates to this fact. You will also need to
provide the same navigation as on all of the other pages, so your
indended audience does not get left stranded . This is a “best
practice” policy that shows you care about your user, and you
do not want to cause them any inconvience in their navigtaion.
8. Testomonial page:

6. The Canterbury Alumni Association would like you to provide
us with a brief paragraph telling us of where life has taken you
after graduation. These can be “testimonials” from previous
students.
{of course, you will make this content up}
9. Donation Information
Canterbury University has a time honored and proven record as
a leading institution for higher education. The success of
Canterbury and its mission depend on your support and
participation. Please help us reach the next level of institutional
excellence by contributing to our Annual Fund and other
endeavors.
10. Mentor Program
The Canterbury University Student Mentor Program promotes,
fosters, and creates lifelong leadership and community service
through partnerships with active alumni of the University.
Student Mentors work to improve the quality of the University
through professional growth, dedicated service, and individual
enterprise with community partners.
Disclaimer: Please note all of this information is fiction for the
sole purpose this course. And similarity to any existing
institutions is coincidence. Feel free to add information or
adjust and edit to fit your design.
Please do not change the premise or the purpose of your site.
You are expected to add images, and design that is appropriate
to the audience and the purpose of this website.
Copyright Grantham University 2013. All Rights Reserved
Project
This is the final design of your web page for Canterbury
University. Using the flowchart from your planning stage,
create at least four web pages that will link to one another. Each

7. web page should include at least one or more items from
directions below. You will need to include the following:
1. Each web page should use the proper DOCTYPE, html, and
CSS coding to allow the pages to view properly in the browser
window.
2. Each page should include the proper name of the page in the
title of the web page.
3. Each web page should be saved using the extension of .html
or .htm consistently.
4. At least, one page should show the use of the box model for
page style and structure.
5. At least, one page should show some basic inline CSS to
style the page. [This can be a simple inline code element or a
CSS internal style sheet]
6. Within your pages you should create a navigation that will
allow the user to move easily from one page to another and back
without becoming stranded on any one page.
7. You should incorporate at least one image, one data table,
and one list item.
8. You should use at least two type fonts, one serif and one sans
serif consistently throughout your web pages.
9. You should use at least one color, either in the background or
within the heading or body of the web page consistently.
10. When you are finished, you will need to save your work and
upload all of your files to the server. [Remember to include any
images, illustrations, and all .html pages]
11. Post your URL address to the discussion thread.
12. Before you leave the classroom, check your work to make
sure all of your pages are loaded. This is your final design. It is
your responsibility to make sure that your work is completed
and all of the files are uploaded correctly.
13. Write a one-page summary of your work. This summary
should focus on the process of your work, not the content of the
web site. Give details. You might consider some of the
following when writing your summary:
1. What were the goals of the web site?

8. 2. Did you meet the goals?
3. How did your design decisions affect the target audience?
4. Can the target audience easily navigate this site?