Week 2: Web Development
June 8-12
Monday, June 8
Morning
- Read the updated project charter and schedule
- List:
- Questions for Vanessa or other team members
- Granular steps for this week’s work
- Review other existing primary source documents and take notes
11:00 AM Project Meeting
- Discuss charter
- Work plan for the week
- Research updates and questions
Afternoon
- Project work based on work plan
- Record your project ideas in shared documents
Tuesday, June 9
Morning
- Watch Khan Academy How the Internet works videos & take notes
- Create your personal log: copy the dssf log template (dssf/Reflections/dssf-log-template.docx) and add your name to the filename. Start a new entry for today.
- Get ready to plan your own personal website:
- What will you call it? What content will it include?
- Gather 1-2 images to use (anything without copyright restrictions - personal photos, Wikimedia Commons, Unsplash)
- Optional: find and share some examples of well-designed websites
10:00 AM Web Design Workshop
On your own
Develop your personal website. Include images, a menu, links, and whatever else you desire. Style it using CSS.
Resources:
- Learning HTML
- Self-paced interactive HTML Tutorial from w3schools.com
- LinkedIn Learning: HTML Essential Training (2h 45m)
- Learning CSS
- CSS Diner
- Self-paced interactive CSS tutorial from w3schools.com
- LinkedIn Learning: CSS Essential Training (4h 28m)
- Templates and models
- https://html5up.net/
- http://www.csszengarden.com/
Wednesday, June 10
On your own
- Draw a wireframe design for the landing page of the 24-31 site.
- Create a content outline of other pages of the 24-31 project. Refer to Vanessa’s outline /development/outline-web-info-vd.docx
11:00 AM Project Meeting
Note-taker: Elizabeth
- Review & discuss wireframe designs
- Key roles for 24-31 project
- Plan for getting started with Omeka
- Curating and sourcing content
Thursday, June 11
On your own
- Choose your subdomain: alice.digital.brynmawr.edu
- Sign up for a Domain of One’s Own account at www.digital.brynmawr.edu
- Continue work on your personal website and html/css tutorials
10:00 Domain of One’s Own Workshop
- Slides: http://bit.ly/dooo-10-18
On your own
- Web Accessibility tutorial: view the slides and go through the accessibility checklist for your site
- Learn more about responsive design: Media Query Guide
- Continue working on your site. At the end of the day, uploaded your most recent draft to your file manager and share the link to teams
- Read to prepare for the Archives discussion on Friday:
- How do archivists organize collections?
- Terry Cook, “What is Past is Prologue” (Teams/dssf/readings)
- Update your DSSF Log
Friday, June 12
11:00 AM Project Meeting
- Roles & responsibilities
- Wireframes and Omeka themes
- Research tasks
1:00 PM Archives - Allison Mills
- Discussion of readings (above)
On your own
- Finish object tracking spreadsheet
- Create an action plan for your role. What do you need to do? What will you need to learn? What kind of support will you require from other team members?