This unit covers principles and practice of the emergent field of web content management. It focuses on developing organisation systems for websites or intranets that are responsive to business imperatives and user needs, and that facilitate effective retrieval of information. Particular emphasis is given to developing practical skills in these areas and to applying a range of popular tools, techniques, software commonly used for web content management.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk
Students will be expected to spend a total of 24 hours per week during semester on this unit as follows:
Lectures: 4 hours of lectures
Tutorial/Lab Sessions: 4 hours of laboratories, which may require advance preparation
A minimum of 16 hours of personal study in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.
Anushia Inthiran. NOTE: Simon Egerton is Chief Examiner for Summer 2012
Consultation hours: TBA
Examination (3 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 - Web Content Management Practical | 10% | 2 December 2012, Week 2; CMS Demonstrations in the lab session |
| Assignment 2 - Content Inventory and Taxonomy | 15% | 31 December 2012, Week 4 |
| Assignment 3 - Website Experience Review | 10% | 7 January 2013, Week 5 |
| Assignment 4 - Project Plan | 15% | 14 January 2013, Week 6 |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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This unit was completely revised in 2011 to make it more intellectually stimulating and increase its practical value. For Semester 2, 2012 we have adopted new software for our lab practicals and assignments that is a much better concrete implementation of the abstract principles covered in the lectures and study guides, which will strengthen the link between theory and practice.
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Please check with your lecturer before purchasing any Required Resources. Limited copies of prescribed texts are available for you to borrow in the library, and prescribed software is available in student labs.
Access to the unit website.
Access to the computer labs or computing resources in the standard configuration.
Students will use the following software during the course of this unit. This software will be provided in the labs and is freely available from the following web sites:
| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Overview; Web Content: Creation and management | |
| 2 | Information literacy: Metadata; Information literacy: Information retrieval principles | Assignment 1 - Web Content Management Practical due 2 December 2012; CMS Demonstrations in the lab session |
| 3 | Web content: Tagging, search-engine optimisation; Information literacy: Controlled vocabularies | |
| 4 | User Centred Design: Controlled vocabularies; User Centred Design: Evaluation techniques | Assignment 2 - Content Inventory and Taxonomy due 31 December 2012 |
| 5 | User Centred Design: Accessibility; User Centred Design: Project management | Assignment 3 - Website Experience Review due 7 January 2013 |
| 6 | Enterprise information management: Microsoft sharepoint; Professional and policy issues | Assignment 4 - Project Plan due 14 January 2013 |
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| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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Academic Integrity - Please see the Demystifying Citing and Referencing tutorial at http://lib.monash.edu/tutorials/citing/
Demonstrating knowledge and capability of:
Demonstrations will be done in a lab tutorial session. Individual contribution to group work will be assessed by interview at that time.
The "Project approach" section of the submission (detailed in the assignment specification that will be distributed) will be used to assess individual contribution to group work.
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