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	4.8 stars Average User Rating 4.8See what learners said

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
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: 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

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: 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: 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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Rated 4.8 out of 5 of 36 ratings

Excellent course, I like it :)

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.

good learning

Great tutorial on development processes.