Student_Website_Requirements

= Student Website Requirements =


 * //In this class, students will be required to create two different websites: Capstone ePortfolio and a Classroom Website. The requirements for each are listed below.//**

Information and elements needed in your Capstone ePortfolio:
Your portfolio website needs to have 2 columns, a clear navigation bar with the order specified, a custom header (customized by you), a sidebar, 5 parent pages with sub children pages, links to move back to parent pages, and general descriptions and instructions on each page. The following pages are required:
 * Home Page: Include an introductory statement about your portfolio.
 * General Information: Include Educational Philosophy, facts about you, reasons for going through the program
 * Classes: A page for each course
 * artifacts
 * 250 word reflections
 * Reflect on two or three “lessons learned” from the research.
 * Reflect on how this new knowledge impacted your teaching practice. How did you apply the research into your practice? How did it make you a better teacher?
 * Standards and Skills (List the NETS standards and 21st Century skills that are most represented by your selected artifact(s).
 * Include a brief reflection on how the artifact(s) represents the selected standards and skills.)
 * Resources: an annotated bibliography for each course – detail the research/resources used or discovered
 * Capstone Final Project


 * Instructions for the user on how to navigate through each page and link back to the parent.

Your class website should incorporate the following elements:

 * Overall usability
 * Cohesive design and feel.
 * Prioritized content for the user.
 * Clear and functional navigation.
 * Purposeful use of color and typography.
 * Appropriate color choices for desired audience and educational topics.
 * Eight Quality Images — four photographic and four others: text, chart, illustration, timeline – all pertaining to the topics being presented.
 * Set of five or more repository images to illustrate an instructional topic.
 * Accessibility features: two techniques or more to be included.
 * FTP & technical features: Include 3-5 search engine optimizing techniques
 * Educational content is informative and accurate.
 * Site is designed for growth.