January 14-18, 2019, Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Press Club
Web Design and DevelopmentDaily sessions run from 9 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Coffee Break from 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Lunch Break from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Coffee Break from 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Instructor: Rob Weir, Missouri School of Journalism
Monday (Jan. 14)
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Introduction to workshop. Participant introductions, discussions of challenges | |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | Overview of trends in news design, discussion of pages/sites/new tools in web design | |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Design overview: Color, contrast, balance in news design | |
| 15:30 –16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Advanced WP themes, how to pick one for your site. Homepages, landing pages and story pages | |
| Homework | Pick three options for site template | |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Information flow on the Internet. Planning and storyboarding. |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | Type and grids |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Understanding how Wordpress works: Plugins and extensions; adding your domain name to your site / Adding social media, audio and video players to Wordpress |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Hands-on session: Website help and discussion |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Wrap-up |
| Homework | Add type, styles, colors to site (work in style editor to set a width, pick background and header images, etc.) |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Cross-platform optimization (mobile) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | Video, the Web and You |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Accessibility |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Hands-on session: Q&A with individual students, look at their websites together |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Wrap-up |
| Homework | Check site on mobile devices (phone and tablet if possible) and adjust as needed |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | User behavior, eyetracking research / user testing, analytics |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | New tools from Google news (Streetview, Photosphere) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Homework: Make a photosphere before the coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Show off photospheres in class, embed on sites |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Wrap-up |
| Homework | Finish sites |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Mapping and visualizing data |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 – 12:30 | Storytelling through games and interactives (gamification of sites) |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Hands-on: Work on sites, complete final version |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Final Critiques and Feedback |