1 Assignment 3: Creating an Intranet IT Portal
Assignment 3 Corporate IT Portal
Background
For this project, you are going to create an employee portal website for the IT department.
The portal should help strengthen communication and the relationship between the I.T.
department and the rest of the organization, and provide relevant information to employees (big
hint there). An employee portal page is employee-facing; it is not for the public. You may use
www.wix.com or www.weebly.com or WordPress for the website generators. They are free.
[Ask before you use another site/website generator or I won’t accept it. Thanks.]
Project Specifications ("Scope" of the Project)
You are to create a website (a ‘mock’ portal) using one of the free website generators.You need 6
pages:
– home page that is appropriate for an IT department
– page on data breach (from assignment 2)
– page on social engineering (ditto)
– page on physical & network security (ditto)
– page on Internet of Things (ditto)
– one additional page on IT topic of your choosing
Design
The first page should be your “home” page and should include IT-relevant department
information. Research this! The home page needs to include a summary paragraph on the just-completed seminar
from assignment one, and provide links to 5 subsequent pages. (Page 1) Four of the pages each summarize the sessions in the seminar from assignment one.
These 4 pages will each contain the verbiage you wrote up for assignment two. You
may cut and paste your assignment 2 work right on each of these 4 pages as the content.
But consider the addition of tasteful design elements on each page (hint) and appropriate
web components and navigation features. (Pages 2-5) 2 You are also to create one more page (topic of your choosing, as long as it is relevant to
IT and you have written the content – don’t simply link to outside sources). (Page 6) Repeat: your home/landing page should include IT-relevant department information but
all the links or features you put on the page do not have to be functional; only the 6 pages
I’ve mentioned above. It is OK to have an image of a web feature (say, a link to a map for
your organization) that does not work – as long as the above six pages are met, and you
have other relevant IT department information/features on the home page. Repeat, not all
IT relevant info on the home page must be functional. I am looking at the look-and-feel:
do you know what belongs on an IT intranet portal? – that’s what I’m looking for. Working in Pairs – Optional
You may choose to work in pairs on this assignment (2 people per assignment) or you may
complete it individually. If you work in pairs, you will need to share a log-on/pw into the website generator so that
you can both access it. If you choose to work in pairs, you need to divide up the pages
and
o a) Be sure to put BOTH names on the bottom of your home, or landing, page,
and
o b) Put your individual name at the bottom of the page(s) you create.
o c) Both of you should submit the assignment with the URL in the comment box. You should plan on using 2 of your assignment two write-ups apiece, and collaborate on
the home page and sixth page (topic or your choosing) or divide up the latter two and
each do one. Note: consistency of the site’s look and feel is important (hint). There will be a Discussion Board Section set up to “Find a Partner for the Project” if
you choose to work with someone. Work through the discussion board or email and make
sure you and your partner discuss whether you will be working virtually (and when) or
F2F in a coffee shop or on campus, etc. End of instructions for working in pairs
Submitting Your Assignment
You will provide your website URL in Moodle by the due date of Monday March 13th by
11:55 pm. There will be a textbox in this assignment area. Simply publish your website and
then cut and paste the URL of your website into the textbox. You don’t need to upload
anything – except a references document – I will grade the website right from the URL you
provide. Repeat: make sure you published it in Wix, Weebly or WordPress so that I can grade it 3 but you do NOT have to pay to publish it. Don’t pay for any features! Email me if the site tries
to get you to pay. The FAQs Do not copy any verbiage from other websites. It will earn you a zero on the
assignment. You may link to ‘extra’ pages as long as it is extra and not part of the
required pages, above (For example, you may wish to link to the PMI as part of a page
– but your own content must be on the webpage primarily.) You do NOT need to put the sources from assignment 2 on the website; only any NEW
content or Images you wish to cite. You MAY use the template photos on the website generator, or upload your own, or
take from the Internet. As an academic assignment where you are not trying to make
money off the photos, this is fine. Put the image URL on the reference page if you
wish. You must ‘publish’ your site and provide me with the URL. Do not PAY to publish it, or
pay for any features. This assignment should not cost you anything. Email me if you
run into any charges/fees on the sites. Yes, I will be glad to preview the site, if you give me at least a day’s notice! You will
have to publish it first; but it’s ok, you can go back in and make changes and republish if necessary. Any questions, email me! Stop! Before you submit this assignment, read the following:
You will be graded therefore primarily on good web design, appropriate design for an I.T portal
(research some!), the overall aesthetics, and most of all: good navigability and appropriate good
web design concepts..
Since you will be researching, and you should always cite the source of your research, you may
either upload a Word document with your outside sources, or include a last linked page (so, a 7th
page) to a "References" page (which realistically wouldn’t be on a portal, but is ok for this
assignment. You don’t need to follow APA for this assignment; just provide me with the sources).
You do NOT need to re-cite sources from assignment 2; only new sources you may use for
assignment 3. 4 Value of portal website: 50 points. Inclusion of all required components:.
points 10 Consistent, appropriate aesthetics and navigability of site, per website ‘best practices’: 10
points Appropriate home page (or ‘landing page’) for the IT portal and related content:
points Additional page: its relevance to an IT portal
10 points Adequate and appropriate display of the summaries of the four sessions
points Overall professional look and feel of the submitted project (spelling, typos, and quality of
the website): 5 points Any copied/plagiarized verbiage results in a zero on the assignment 10 5
