Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research Website Renovation

Welsh, Sebastian; Simmons, Kyle; Whitehead, Steven

Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research Website Renovation

dc.contributor.author	Welsh, Sebastian	en
dc.contributor.author	Simmons, Kyle	en
dc.contributor.author	Whitehead, Steven	en
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-09T16:32:25Z	en
dc.date.available	2016-05-09T16:32:25Z	en
dc.date.issued	2016-05-09	en
dc.description	A collection containing the final report and presentation of the team that renovated and redesigned the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research's website in the Spring of 2016. The report and presentation both contain an overview (at different levels of detail) of the work that the team completed. The report also contains guides to assist users and developers of the website in the future. Finally, this collection includes a .zip file that contains the photographic media that was used while developing the website.	en
dc.description.abstract	The main goal of this project was to improve the web presence of the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research (VTCAR). With that intention, a team of 3 Computer Science undergraduate students from Virginia Tech was put in contact with Dr. Julee Farley, who was the client for this project. Dr. Farley is a member of the administration at the VTCAR and worked as the research coordinator. At the time, she maintained the center’s old website by periodically updating events and research opportunities. After seeing the websites of other organizations and comparing them to the center’s old website, Dr. Farley wanted the center’s website to be redesigned. She wanted a website that was better organized, easier to maintain, and more aesthetically appealing than their current layout. For example, the new site was to provide information to parents who are looking to have an assessment conducted, donors who wish to give aid or volunteer, and trainees who seek educational materials. Furthermore, the overall layout and design of the website was to be attractive and modern, but also functional and usable. The site was to demonstrate how active the VTCAR is in the community through attractive pages and pictures while also showcasing the personnel that work at the center with descriptive, biographical pages. Ultimately, in pursuit of these enhancements, the team gathered requirements, designed a completely new website, prototyped the designs, and performed usability and performance testing on such prototypes. All of this was done before a final version was implemented, which was then accepted by the client. The finished product has been delivered and is accessible at: www.vtcar.science.vt.edu. The report describes the documentation, processes, and results related to this effort.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Dr. Julee Farley of the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research, Dr. Angela Scarpa of the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research, Ms. Marcia Donnelson of the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research, Dr. Edward Fox, Graduate Teaching Assistant Yilong Jin, Mr. John Jackson of Ensemble CMS	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70944	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/	en
dc.subject	website	en
dc.subject	ensemble	en
dc.subject	CMS	en
dc.subject	renovation	en
dc.subject	Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research	en
dc.subject	VTCAR	en
dc.subject	CS4624	en
dc.subject	content management system	en
dc.subject	website development	en
dc.subject	Ensemble CMS	en
dc.subject	Autism	en
dc.subject	formative evaluation	en
dc.subject	usability study	en
dc.title	Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research Website Renovation	en
dc.title.alternative	VTCAR Website Renovation 2016	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
dc.type	Software	en
dc.type	Technical report	en