A Salve Regina University • Service Learning Project

 

This project was created by Salve Students as part of a Interactive Communication Technology course (ICT310, Visual Perception & Web Systems) in the Art Department. Students volunteered over 300 hours to develop this web site. This process fostered “real world” website design experience tied to examining ourselves, our society and our future. Students joined theory and knowledge learned the first half of the semester with actual experience the second half of the semester. The final website was created with Dreamweaver software. The students enabled a new cutting edge technology to allow the organization to update their web site, all of which was provided at no cost.

Visual Perception & Web Systems is a junior level class that strives to provide a process for creating interactive experiences on the web. This process includes: knowing how/what software to use and why, a system for developing web sites, research and development of past current and future content, working within a web team and creating a live functional web site. The success of the end result is based on usability, not flashy graphics and understanding the beauty and importance of easily accessible information.

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