Em Tech

• Online Platform


  A base of technologies designed to run within an online environment and provides interactive online services
• Types of online platforms


  • Presentation or Visual
  • Cloud Computing
  • Social Media
  • File Management
  • Mapping
  • Web Page Creation
• Presentation/Visualization


  • Allows you to present and share presentations, infographics and videos with other people
  • Used to communicate information clearly and efficiently
• Presentation/Visualization


  • Slideshare
  • Prezi
  • Zoho
• Cloud computing


  The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet, instead of using your computers hard drive, you store and access your data and programs over the internet
• Cloud computing


  • Google Drive
• Social media

  Computer mediated tools that allow large groups of people to create, share or exchange information, interests and more
• Social media

  • Facebook
• Online Platform


  A base of technologies designed to run within an online environment and provides interactive online services
• Types of online platforms


  • Presentation or Visual
  • Cloud Computing
  • Social Media
  • File Management
  • Mapping
  • Web Page Creation
• Presentation/Visualization


  • Allows you to present and share presentations, infographics and videos with other people
  • Used to communicate information clearly and efficiently
• Presentation/Visualization


  • Slideshare
  • Prezi
  • Zoho

  
• Cloud computing


  The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet, instead of using your computers hard drive, you store and access your data and programs over the internet
• Cloud computing


  • Google Drive
• Social media


  Computer mediated tools that allow large groups of people to create, share or exchange information, interests and more
• Social media


  • Facebook
• File management


  The storing, naming, sorting and handling of computer files, allows you to convert and manage files without downloading the software tools
• File management


  • Zamzar
• Mapping


  An online platform that provides detailed information about geographical regions and sites around the world, allows for embedding of maps into proprietary sites, uses GPS to detect location and used for navigation
• Mapping


  • Google Maps

  
• Web Design is a similar process of creation, with the intention of presenting the content of electronic webpages which the end user can access through the internet with the help of a web browser

  
• Basic Principles of Web Design


  • Visual Language
  • Balance
  • Paradox of Choice
  • Focus on Content
  • Simplify
  • Grid Based Layout
  • Load Time
• Paradox of choice


  The more choices you provide, the easier for others to choose nothing, so you should eliminate unnecessary designs
• Load time


  Waiting for a website to load will lose visitors, nearly half of web visitors expect a site to load in 2 seconds or less and they will potentially leave a site that isn't loaded within 3 seconds
• Focus on content


  Match the content of the web page with its purpose, content should be spellchecked, organized, have a clear delivery, include images, and be updated
• Simplify


  Follow a simple design, keep the content simple, use minimal animated graphics, maintain a consistent look and feel across all the web pages
• Web design is the process of creating websites, it encompasses several different aspects, including webpage layout, content production and graphic design

  
• Content


  This is the backbone of your website, your website text should be informative, easy to read and concise, it is the reason most visitors are seeking from your website
• Turnaround


  The number one complaint of website design is customers is the time it takes to get the site up and running, the longer it takes to complete the website the more business and value you lose
• Web page creation


  An online platform that lets you build a web page that includes colors, texts, images, and often contains links to media such as video and audio
• Web page creation


  • WordPress, Wix, Weebly
• WYSIWYG


  What you see is what you get, in this kind of platform no coding skills are required, instead you manipulate with design components using an editor window and get the chance to choose what elements are on your page
• Web templates are unique full page layout that contains generic information which can be replaced by the users with their own personal information
• HTML is plain text code language that is used to allow web browsers to render webpages as designed
• The first true WYSIWYG editor was a program written for the Alto called Bravo created in 1974 by Charles Simonyi and Butler Lampson
• Team Structure


  Refers to the creation of an individual team or the creation of a multi-system, it is an essential component of the teamwork process, a well-structured team is an enabler for and the result of effective communication, leadership, situation monitoring, and support
• Online collaboration


  A work process where people are interacting in real-time over the internet, it provides a smooth process in the development of ICT content even without working together physically
• Four parts of collaboration in a flow process


  • Sharing
  • Understanding
  • Reflection
  • Expression
• Project Management


  The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to achieve project requirements, usually to time and budget, it includes overseeing projects for software development, hardware installations, network upgrades, cloud computing and virtualization rollouts, business analytics, and data management projects and implementing IT services
• Content Management Systems (CMS)


  A computer application that supports the creation and modification of digital content using a common user interface, thus usually supporting multiple users working in a collaborative environment, built on top of separate content management frameworks like Java, Microsoft ASP.NET, PHP, MySQL, Javascript, and Perl