(With apologies if you get this more than once.)
Developing and evaluating websites: a user-focused, practical approach
11 Oct 2006 at The Wallace Collection, London
Run by the E-Learning Group for Museums,
Libraries and Archives, the day offers an
accessible overview for non-specialists, with links to further information.
The programme for this event has now been
finalised. If you would like to attend please
book as soon as possible, as it is filling up
quickly. Please pass this on to anyone in a
small or medium sized institution you think might
benefit. Concessions are available.
For booking information please see the E-Learning Group website
http://www.elearninggroup.org.uk/training.php
Programme
1000 – 1030 Arrivals and coffee
1030 – 1035 Introduction, Martin Bazley, E-Learning Group
1035 – 1050 Why user testing is so important: 3
new E-Learning resources – case study, Emmajane
Avery and Beth Kingston, Wallace Collection
1050 – 1215 Part 1: technical
Building websites: what’s involved? –
Introduction to some key issues, including:
* How are websites made? Practical demonstrations of
* Dreamweaver (add an image, create a new
page, add a link, apply a Cascading Style Sheet) and
* a content management system (case study,
Steve Gardam, British Postal Museum and Archive)
* Working with web developers tbc
* A 5min intro to copyright, Naomi Korn, MDA
* A 5min intro to accessibility, Shelley Boden, enableUK
* User testing: what it’s for and how to do
it, Martin Bazley, ICT4Learning
1215-1300 Crit room:
<http://www.favourite-things.org.uk/>Favourite
Things; <http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/>WolverhamptonArt
A panel of experts offers constructive feedback on delegates’ websites
1300-1345 Lunch at the Wallace Collection
1345-1400 Talking to users can seriously affect
your website: Birmingham Stories, a case study by Caroline John, thinktank.
1400 – 1515 Part 2: editorial
Generating and managing “content” – Introduction to some key issues, including:
Writing for the web – a practical activity and
some practical tips, Jocelyn Goddard, MLA SE
Working with authors: Moving Here schools website
case study, Nadia Arbach, National Archives
Developing resources for schools – what teachers
want, and how teachers use whiteboards, Adele
Hull, ICT Curriculum Adviser, Leicester City Council
An introduction to “Web 2.0” Rose Cardiff, Tate
including How to create your own podcast
Marketing websites – the impact of Web 2.0 (tbc)
1515 -1545 Tea and biscuits
1545 – 1630 Crit room:
<http://www.tpyf.com/>Their Past Your Future; one other site tbc
A panel of experts offers constructive feedback on delegates’ websites
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Martin Bazley
Chair, E-Learning Group for Museums, Libraries and Archives
www.eLearningGroup.org.uk
07803 580 727
