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| Feature | Notes | Needed Feature? | Static or Dynamic? | Standard feature? | If nonstandard, basic workflow |
| Course/Program Info | * Links to SCCC site | Yes | Static | Yes | n/a |
| Internship/Job Listings | * This will probably be the bulk of the development
(and shouldn't be too difficult) * Will need a general form plugin that allows for moderation of content that can then be pushed live (kind of like comment plugins), can tweak to our needs or build from scratch * Ideally would email, or rss, etc. subscribers whenever new content added |
* Must have section. |
Dynamic | No | 1. Employers fill out a basic form with subject, job
description, expiration date, work category database, networking, web dev,
web design 2. they click submit. 3. info is stored in a database and moderator is appriased 4. moderator approves, denies or edits content. 5. if approved, content appears linearly, most recent post first, on a program specific (i.e. database, networking, web dev, web design) page. 6. any subscribers are notified of the new content. 7. if employers wishes to take down the post before it expires, they will have to email or call the office. 8. once expiration date passes, content becomes inactive and doesn't appear to users of the site. |
| News/Announcements | * Though Lisa says she doesn't want a blog, this is functionally what the news/announcements section of the site is: moderated comments | * Must have section. | Dynamic | Yes | n/a |
| Article exchange | Will be run the same way as the internship
area. *Students, etc, will submit interesting articles regarding IT and then they need to be moderated |
* Must have section. | Dynamic | No | 1. Submittors fill out a basic form with article
name, program specific drop down (database, networking, web dev, web design,
other) and external link to that article. 2. they click submit. 3. info is stored in a database and moderator is appriased 4. moderator approves, denies or edits content. 5. if approved, content appears linearly, most recent post first, on a program specific (i.e. database, networking, web dev, web design) page. 6. any subscribers are notified of the new content. |
| Faculty/Dept Info | * Just content | Yes | Static | Yes | n/a |
| Search | * Plugin or 3rd party app | Yes | Dynamic | Yes, Full text search | n/a |
| Surveys | * Likely a plugin or can link out to another app
like survey monkey, probably don't want to build this from scratch * Geared towards currents students and alumnii. * These would be anonymous surveys, so individual accounts not needed. * Lisa emails everyone the survey link already, so no new system needed to bring traffic to surveys * email input box required for anyone who wishes to be added to a listserve for announcements, etc. |
Yes | Dynamic | No? depends on CMS and if we choose to send a
confirmation email to them. |
1. Lisa emails everyone she want to take the survey
the url and group username/password to take the survey 2. they fill out the survey 3. They enter their email if they want to opt-in to future mailings 4. they press submit. 5. ?(if they entered and email address, an automated email response should be sent to them informing them)? |
| Login/User accounts | * This got a "maybe" in the survey * I followed up with Lisa, she says it's not necessary as we are keeping the existing faculty only website intact rather than merging it with our new one |
No | Dynamic | Yes | n/a |
| FAQ | * Will be updated each quarter * Example questions: Can I get software. How do I sign up for an interview? Is it possible to waive/substitute a class? This is department specific, so should be on ITProgs. Where do I find graduation sheets? Linkback to SCCC. How do I graduate? Linkback to SCCC? What classes will be offered in future quarters. |
Must have section, but just content. | Static | Yes | n/a |
| Prospective Students Area | * just content * will be under student resources section |
Would be nice, also just content. | Static except for Job/Internship section (see
above) |
Yes. Again except for Job/Internship section |
n/a |
| Student Portfolios | Just like Mike's page, with an adrotator, but students must be able to submit content to moderator | * Must have section. | Dynamic | No | 1. Submittors fill out a basic form with their name,
program specific drop down (database, networking, web dev, web design, other)
and external link to their website. 2. they images representing their work along with a title for each and a paragraph or so of text describing what they did for each project. 3. they click submit. 4. info is stored in a database, images are stored in a unique upload folder with link stored in database 5. moderator is appriased 6. moderator approves, denies or edits content. 7. if approved, content appears linearly, most recent post first, on a program specific (i.e. database, networking, web dev, web design) page. 8. any subscribers are notified of the new content. |
| Subscribe | Ideally, visitors to the site will be able to subscribe to specific new content, such as jobs. However, if we can just have a subscribe to all new content, that will meet our needs | No | Dynamic | Yes | n/a |
| Image gallery | Will be used for the Student Portfolios, the personel section and possibly elsewhere | Yes, but doesn't have to be fancy for our purposes | Dynamic | Yes | n/a |
| Image rotator | Just used to feature a rotating picture on few of
the inner pages. Can be flash |
Yes | Static as the content (pictures) doesn't need to be easily changeable by the end user. | Yes | n/a |