Get your Web site (re)made by a class of University of Michigan graduate students

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Hello everyone—
I am seeking clients for a class at the University of Michigan, School of Information. This class breaks into teams to work on Web sites run by Drupal.

We have about 30 students in the class this fall, so we need 10 sites to create. That’s where you come in. Know anyone that needs a site (re)designed that would be a good candidate for our students? These are advanced practitioners, typically in the latter half of their master’s degree in information. They’ve received previous training on everything from information architecture to the current theories on what makes Web sites most usable.

In short, if you need a Drupal site, that is not "static", you can get one for free.

What you get

Students are expected to deliver a working site, design documents, as well as complete documentation/user manual explaining how to carry out the tasks required for using, maintaining, and administering the site. The documentation package is normally around 100-130 pages. We also provide directions on how to deploy the site.

Some of the sites do require some theming (and design work) after the term is over. Not all the students know how to do this, but they will provide some resources on the best ways to get it done.

What we're looking for in a client:

We’re looking for people who need more-complex sites that have content to manage and communities to interact with. The students need something more complex than a brochure site; your users need to interact with the site somehow. We can provide examples if you’re not sure what we mean by that. Our clients are frequently non-profits, but not required to be.

You must be willing to help students by explaining your group's work and giving continuous feedback. You’ll need a single point of contact who is willing to spend at least one hour per week with the student team by phone/skype/etc or in person.

And you must have an interest in deploying the site at the end of the term.

Past clients:

U-M Medical School, VA Hospital HSR&D, Rwanda: Stories for Hope Project, Polar Bear Archives, William Davidson institute, Temple Beth Emeth, the U-M Biological Station and the National Kidney Foundation of Michigan.

Other Information::

The course’s faculty members will present a list of projects to students during the first class, and allow them to express preferences. Faculty will then assign student teams to projects, taking into account their preferences while ensuring that the students' skills complement each other so that each team has a good balance.

Questions/comments/concerns Contact:

Michael Hess
University of Michigan School of Information
mlhess@umich.edu

Want a site? Fill out an interest form:

Potential clients should complete a brief interest form via http://umsi.info/631

Comments

detroit.info

rkarnam's picture

hi,
I am the owner of domain www.detroit.info and am interested to see what your students come up with to build the site. i am open to ideas of what the site should be about.

email: rkarnam@gmail.com

Ravi

How did this go?

kappaluppa's picture

What was the site that was eventually built by the students?

I really appreciate your

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jackspiv's picture

I hope your excellent project is still active! If you are repeating it this year I have a non-profit project that would be a wonderful and complex learning experience ...

(It was for me ...)

I have a crusty (but highly functional drupal 5.23) site that needs a serious upgrade to 7.x plenty of practical issues to engage!

I've assembled a platform - really a collections of tools, spaces and workflows - for empowering non-profits with free, plug and play collaboration communities. I think of it as a power toolkit for virtual "Communities of Practice". The intent is to more fully engage their workers, members, partners, funders and constituencies in inspiring, productive work together.

GrassrootsPower
http://test01.groupsalive.com/grsj/

Your service would be leveraged to serve many others. I would love to be on your short list

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