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 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]
About the University
About the Office of Alumni Relations
About the Alumni Association
You will then create additional pages and links for Item 3, Alumni Relations to include but not be limited to:
Mission Statement of the Alumni Association
Goal and Objectives
Contact Information
Application Information
Profile Update
Donation Information
Mentor Program
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 exam.
Learning SimulationSpecific information to consider for your desig.docx
1. 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
2. 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]
About the University
About the Office of Alumni Relations
About the Alumni Association
You will then create additional pages and links for Item 3,
Alumni Relations to include but not be limited to:
Mission Statement of the Alumni Association
Goal and Objectives
Contact Information
Application Information
Profile Update
Donation Information
Mentor Program
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
3. 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).
Informtion about the University
The campus of Canterbury University sits atop 200-acres in
Canterbury, Ohio. The University’s 125-year history of
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.
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
4. 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.
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
dynamic and active community of graduates, current students,
members of the faculty, and friends of the University.
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.
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
5. 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.
Testomonial page:
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}
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.
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.
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