REAL WORLD PROJECTS

Really English - Everlight Test Center

My role as project lead was to develop and build an interactive test for a Taiwanese company that allowed them to test their students - using different exams - at the end of their e-learning courses. My brief was to come up with an intuitive test interface that allowed for audio and text, a simple CMS interface that could be used for inputting future exams, and, most importantly ,configurations that allowed the company’s HR to tweak the tests to their needs as much as possible. The product also included detailed user tracking and systems to stop potential cheating.

Really English - Cambridge Let’s Talk 2

I was project manager for this project as well as designing the user interface. Let’s Talk is a leading English language course book that specialises in speaking, and Cambridge wanted an online product that captured the spirit of the book as well as allowing students to practice their speaking. I designed an interface that used a combination of avatars and audio recording software, giving the writers freedom to create a script that closely followed the book.

The prototype was created using Flash CS3 and Actionscript 3.0.

Really English - McGraw Hill Practical English

I was technical project manager for this multi-million upgrade of really english’s best selling project. I managed a team of Flash developers and illustrators, turning prototypes into fully functional templates that were incorporated into a CMS.

Really English - Tokyo Women’s Medical Institute Medical English

I was project manager for this product, working with a freelance illustrator and Flash developer. The university wanted a product that allowed their students to practice conversations in a formal medical setting. We modified a set of existing product templates with increased / improved functionality and a new ‘medical’ design.

ec1fm.org.uk

This site was constructed for EC1FM, a community radio station in Clerkenwell, North London. The station is supported by EC1 New Deal for Communities and City University.

The main requirement of the station was to have a site where users could listen to the shows via live streaming radio. They also needed a dynamic schedule page, a contact page, podcasts and general information about the shows and DJs / producers.

The site was constructed using Flash, Actionscript 2.0 and PHP.


MSc ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING COURSEWORK

Digital Ancestors (Writing and Editing for the Electronic Medium)
Awarded Grade: Distinction (December 2006)

The primary aim of this site was to showcase a two-part feature story I wrote on the popularity of online genealogy. The site had to feature audio clips of interviewees. The clips had to supplement the story in one way or another. I also added a slide show of census clippings taken from the web.

The site was constructed using HTML and CSS (tableless).

Erasmus Mundus Masters (Design and Layout)
Awarded Grade: Distinction (May 2007)

The aim of this project was to redesign three pages taken from the Erasmus Mundus Masters site run by City University. This two year journalism masters is financed by the EU and is taken by professional journalists from around the world. The objectives of the project was to design the site in three stages: paper prototypes; digital prototypes; and web rendering. Gestalt principles, grids, and CSS positioning (tableless) were also used.

The site was constructed using XHTML and CSS.

London Horror Map (Multimedia)
Awarded Grade: Distinction (May 2007)

The objective of the Multimedia coursework was to design and build a Flash movie that could be launched directly from a CD. The application I choose to design was an interactive map. The requisites for the movie were that it must include video, buttons, sound effects, and animation.

The movie was constructed using Flash MX 2004 and Actionscript 2.0.

Angels & Demons (Web Applications Development)
Awarded Grade: Merit (May 2007)

The goal of this project was to develop an e-commerce site using MySql and PHP. The focus was on implementing server side technology rather than front end design. I chose to set up a site in which customers could purchase tickets for an imaginary music festival.

The site was constructed using XHTML, CSS (tableless), JavaScript, Flash, PHP and MySql.