Students are free to develop their own projects, but we also have had contact with some groups that have a need for assistance from the kinds of projects that we do in this course.
Engineering Pathway is a major NSF-funded project of the UC and other organizations aimed at creating access to high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering for both K-12 and university level education. More details about current plans and the possibilities for a 214 project will be posted. This is an opportunity to be involved in a real project with real-world effects. It's particularly appropriate for students with a background in engineering, but others are welcome as well. The plan is to put together a group of IS214 students to work on user needs and evaluation. There are likely to be 2 to 3 possible projects related to this:
UCB Campus Web Accessibility
A UCB web accessibility group meets regularly to help improve the accessibility of campus web resources. This is a group passionately committed to accessibility, engaged in a variety of activities. They have asked if we would be interested in working with them. There are a variety of possibilities that would make good projects. Appropriate for anyone with an interest in learning more about web accessibility, and in making a difference here on campus.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
A group of iSchool students did a final project last spring called Delphi aimed at developing a web-based browser for access to the Hearst Museum's collection and improving the collections visibility. The project team members suggested that continuing this work would make a good 214 project. The museum staff is enthusiastic about continuing this project. museum staff about next steps.
Some other project possibilities are under development.
This page last revised 8/20/07