portal 22 MA Web Design + Content Planning

our main sites

• websitearchitecture.co.uk more info

  Our main MA website: the official documentation, including criteria and requirements for project work and submissions. You'll find the reading recommendations, official descriptions as well as supporting materials for sessions on most modules.
  This site is David's - any feedback or issues, please email David.

• eyelearn.org more info

  This site is dedicated to 2 modules: Applied Art for the Web and the Major Project. Session notes include links and downloads to related materials, updated weekly.
  This site is Prisca's - any feedback or issues, please email Prisca.

coms & teamwork

• design4web - Slack more info
  

  A popular coms tools for web teams, we've been using Slack for our day-to-day communication as well as important updates and team work for a number of years now. Members are current and former students, teachers and invited guests only.

  This is our main communications channel (read our group agreement). If you have any questions, or need help with getting started, please let us know (email Prisca).

• design4web - Whimsical more info
  

  This is a handy set of tools which we can use for notes, flowcharts, wireframes and more. We have an educational account with full access. If you'd like to join us, please let us know (email Prisca).

  You'll get an invite to our shared workspace which has proven to be a very effective tool for collaboration, to give and receive feedback and discuss details.

• design4web - Miro more info
  

  While Whimsical was more popular last year, Miro offers similar tools and again we have an educational account. We're including it here in case you know and want to use it, or if you'd just like to try it out. Do get in touch (email Prisca) to get an invite.

sharing & caring

• "One time" - 1ty.me more info

  A brilliant little tool for safely sending anything: "1ty.me is a simple idea, destroying a note after reading it." ~ right out of the spy movies. Seriously speaking though, it is an excellent way to share sensitive data, encrypted and deleted after the first access.

• smallPDF - PDF tools more info

  A brilliant set of tools for file conversions and optimisations ~ use is free with a daily limit. If your presentation slides are heavy and cumbersome, the compression tool will do an excellent job in lightening your file weight without the loss of quality. Highly recommended.

• we transfer more info

  Still one of the most popular services offering the transfer of very heavy files. So if your files are to heavy to email, this will be your best bet. Uploaded files are kept, available to download (as many time as needed) for about a week. Then the link will expire, the files deleted.

• jitsi meet more info

  While we'll be using the university's offerings, i.e. MS Teams, for our online sessions, we're all for open source and freedom of choice. Jitsi is secure, open source and an excellent alternative. You can use it for impromptu chats, or to record your presentations for delivery or submissions.