Module 5: Collaboration and
Team Content Development
At the end of this module, We can:
Evaluate the quality, value, and appropriateness of a peer’s existing
or previously developed ICT content in relation to the theme, the
intended audience, or the viewer of an ICT project.
Share and showcase existing or previously developed material in the
form or a collaboratively designed newsletter or blog site intended
for a specific audience or viewer.
Use the learning from the previous weeks and synthesis an
integrated ICT content through collaboration with classmates and
teachers as both peer and partner.
Collaborative Development
Building a Web site requires different aspects covering the product.
The amount of work and tasks to be done in developing a Web site is
maybe much for one individual. Thus, many enterprise organizations
employ team-based approach to Web site development. By using
this, an individual will work on a specific part of the development
and can focus on one task.
Another advantage is that this system introduces parallelism, or
developing all of the aspects of the Web site at the same time.
Collaborative Development
Presented here are the roles that a Web development team
essentially requires:
Project manager – The project manager is the leader of the group.
The project is synchronized and supervised by the project manager.
Upon the commencement of the project, the project manager sets
the goals and expectations for each individual involved in the
project.
Collaborative Development
Web strategist- Upon the start of development, the Web strategist
plans the approach or method to be done. He or she plans every
step that the team should do in phases or stages of development.
The goals that the project manager sets are determined by the Web
strategist.
Content specialist- Most of the time, the developers are not inclined
in the field of the Web site’s topic. The team therefore needs an
individual with expertise to write the content of the Web site.
Collaborative Development
Web designer - The Web designer is the one in charge of the visual
presentation of the Web site. The goal of the Web designer is to
catch the attention of the target audience using attractive visual
design and layout.
Developer – The developer takes into account all of the outputs of
the content specialist and Web designer. Essentially, the developer
will make the Web site come to life with the pointers given by the
Web designer and content specialist.
Collaborative Development
Inbound marketer – The success of the Web site or the popularity
will be the responsibility of the inbound marketer. Most of the time,
the marketer uses different strategies such as blogs, social media,
and advertisements to promote the Web site.
Project Management
The Project Manager is the individual who carries out the methods
of project management. By definition, project management for ICT is
the set of skills or abilities to complete an ICT project and produce an
output. The basic skills to learn in project management include
project planning, team organization, team motivating, resources
control, and administration. Project management primarily controls
all the factors involved in the project and focuses them to produce
favorable goals.
Web Analytics
Upon creation of a Web site, there are factors that the designer
would want to study to fully evaluate its effectiveness. Web analytics
is the process of collecting data or measuring the activity of the Web
site.
Web site data includes Web traffic, or the number of persons
accessing and viewing the Web site.
Platforms for Collaboration
This is a compilation of productivity tools developed by Google.
Google Docs – is the word processing platform.
Google Sheets – is the spreadsheet platform.
Google Slides - is the presentation platform.