Pendragon Productions

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Pendragon ProductionsUsing the Web for better Client (Parents & Students) Service

Michael Perry

National Board Certified Business Teacher, East Paulding High School

Adjunct Business Professor, Kennesaw State University

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Why a website... Service

• Increase service– Centralized

information– Students

• Presentations• Assignments• Instructions

– Parents• Consent forms• Information

about assignments

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• Improve communication– Students

• News/Updates

– Parents• News/Updates• Announcements

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• Advance learning– Testing

• Online• Quicker and more

accurate results

– Class Organization• More accurate

information• Better team building

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• Service– One place for the student

and parent to retrieve data• Communication

– More informed students and parents

• Learning– Students are more eager

to learn to use technology as a tool for improved learning

What are the goals of the website...

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• The 1st Website was done in Microsoft Front Page

• Goal was to provide convenient access to files for students

• Other ideas were added as needed without a consistent design

1st Website

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Website main page version 1

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Old Site New Site• Improved navigation

• Increase content

• Added “eye candy”

• Targeted specific audience • Developed in Macromedia’s Dreamweaver

• Poor navigation

• Lacked information content

• No pizzazz

• Hard to update

• Not aimed at target • audience

What was learned from the 1st site…

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Macromedia Dreamweaver

• Chose Dreamweaver for site development• Program is part of a comprehensive design

suite• Program is powerful• Program is easy to use• Industry leader

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Others

Teachers

Students

Parents

Teachers

Others

Who is the website targeting…

Main Page

Site Info &Sponsors Contact Us CHHS CHHS

Calendar KSU TestingCenter

GradingCenter

ProfessionalActivities Perry Profile Pendragon

Productions

ComputerApplications

AdvancedComp. App.

Panther Tales

BISM 2100

BISM 3100

ConferencePresentations

• Create Pages– Main Page

• Keep in mind what all your sub-pages are going to be

– Sub-Pages• Create all sub-pages

How to organize the site…

Main Page



GradingCenter


Productions


AdvancedComp. App.

Panther Tales

BISM 2100

BISM 3100


• Create Links– Navigation Rules

• Create all sub-pages links

• Only link up or down 1 level

• Easy to get back to main page

• Easy to return to subsequent page

• Easy to understand where you are


Main Page



GradingCenter


Productions


AdvancedComp. App.

Panther Tales

BISM 2100

BISM 3100


• Create order to pages• Follow a hierarchical

structure• Use same structure for

all class pages– Documents– Powerpoints– Assignments

• Create a way for user to jump around site


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Main Page



GradingCenter


Productions


AdvancedComp. App.

PantherTales BISM 2100 BISM 3100 Conference

Presentations

Doc.

Assign.

Pres.

Doc.

Assign.

Pres.

Doc.

Assign.

Pres.

Doc.

Assign.

Pres.

How the site is organized...

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Storyboard – A document of sorts that expresses the idea in which something is told, written, or developed.

First draft storyboard

Review

Second draft storyboard

Review

Development

Time

Drafting the website…

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• A storyboard allows you to lay out the design of a visual presentation– Can be used to plan a Website or Power

Point or a Video– A helpful tool for the non-programmer to

convey the design to the site programmer

Storyboard

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Storyboard page 1

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Storyboard page 2

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Storyboard page 3

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Consistency – Items must be arranged to keep the user feeling like they have not left the site

Logos – Set number of logos used to keep the “branding” of Pendragon Productions

Theme – Used to keep audiences attention

Easy & Effective Website

Site design…

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• Version 2 was launched in spring of 2001– More interactive and Better organized

• Version 3 was launched in Jan. 2002– Name was shortened to pdragons.com from pendragon

productions.com– Email addresses were changed to pdragons.com

• More Dreamweaver features were included– Menu bar provides for better navigation– Scroll bars on post-it notes provides detailed timely info– Calendars provide students with assignments and

activities daily, weekly and monthly basis

Website Versions 2 and 3

• Finished website main page version 3

• With new added features

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• Grading center– Easy access to grades

for all students– Eliminates the waiting

for period for grades – Students can see

grades and argue discrepancies immediately

A teaching/time saving tool…

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• Testing center– Better teaching aid– Grade posted right

away– More accurate

grading– Use Quia for online

tests

A teaching/time saving tool…

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Online Testing

• Online quizzes for your students

• Small yearly fee

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Calling Post

• Use calling post to call parents

• Make one recorded announcement and then the system calls those parents you select from the list

www.callingpost.com

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Improve Student Work Submission version 4

• Web forms to Submit student work directly to an indicated folder on the server– Work is named according to a preset protocol

that identifies the student, assignment and class– Student is thanked by a closing screen for

submitting work– Student is emailed a confirmation that work was

received.

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Finished website main page ver.4

• Color scheme changed to a neutral background

• Blackboard used as graphic for pages

• New Cleaner menus

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Current Version

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• Databases– Student & Parent information

• Helps to track all pertinent data for students

• Eliminates “mis-keys” when transferring from paper to electronic form

• Querying capabilities– Eliminates manual searching– More accurate

A teaching/time saving tool…Version 4

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Accountability through Contact version 5 (coming Fall 2007)• Teacher accountability through the use of

databases for Client Contact • Web forms for Parent Contact that create a

database record of contact and response– Accurate searching for student contact records

(coming Fall 2007)

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• I think that computer web-site is a great thing. The calendar helps me track what is coming due for class. - Pamela G.

• It is a good way to keep parents and students informed. For me, the most useful aspect is being able to check grades anytime. - Michelle T.

Quotes from users…