Web Content Management

By Prof. Uma Kanjilal | Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU, New Delhi

Learners enrolled: 2058

elective course of 3 credits

This is an elective course of 3 credits which is part of the Masters in Library and Information Science Programme in many of the Universities. This course will focus on the area of web resource or content and their management.The course is divided into two major themes: content development and content management.Under content development different tools that are useful for libraries in content creation such as graphics, animations, simulation, screen casting, audio/ video etc. are covered. In content management major content management platforms like DRUPAL and JOOMLA which can be also used for creating library websites and other services are covered. The course also covers Learning Management System Moodle which can be useful for creating online training programmes and other useful web 2.0 tools for libraries such as Wiki, Blogs etc. Other than that important aspects like standards, formats and IPR issues are also discussed.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Library and Information Sciences
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	01 Aug 2019
End Date :	15 Nov 2019
Enrollment Ends :	11 Sep 2019
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Week 1	1. Introduction to content development and management 2. Norms and Guidelines for Content Development 3. Content types and formats 4. Multimedia content development basics
Week 2	4. Multimedia content development basics 5. Creating digital graphics 6. Creating presentations 7. Writing scripts for audio video programmes
Week 3	8. Audio production and editing 9. Video production and editing 10. Screencasting tools and techniques 11. Creating 2D and 3D Animations
Week 4	12. Simulation and virtual reality applications 13. Multimedia authoring tools 14. Web hosting and managing multimedia content 15. Web based content development
Week 5	16. Planning and developing dynamic web content sites 17. Website Design Using CSS and HTML Part1 18. Website Design Using CSS and HTML Part2 19. Multilingual content development
Week 6	20. Creating and Administering Blog Site 21. Creating and Maintaining a Wiki site part 1 22. Creating and Maintaining a Wiki site part 2
Week 7	23. Introduction to Learning Management Systems 24. Creating Online Courses Using Moodle – part 1 25. Creating Online Courses Using Moodle – part 2
Week 8	26. E-publication concept 27. Epub tools 28. Introduction to Content Management Systems
Week 9	29. Content Management System – Joomla (part 1) 30. Content Management System – Joomla (part 2) 31. Content Management System – Joomla (part 3)
Week 10	32. Content Management System – Drupal (part 1) 33. Content Management System – Drupal (part 2) 34. Content Management System – Drupal (part 3)
Week 11	35. RSS feed for web content 36. Web analytics and user tracking 37. User feedback for e-content ,
Week 12	38. Evaluation and quality assurance of multimedia and web content 39. Content Mashup 40. Legal and ethical issues

Instructor bio

Prof. Uma Kanjilal
Professor of Library and Information Science
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and
Director, Inter University Consortium.

Prof. Uma Kanjilal is a Professor of Library and Information Science in the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and Director, Inter University Consortium. She has 30 years of teaching experience in IGNOU.

Prof. Kanjilal was Fulbright scholar in the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA in 1999-2000 where she worked on multimedia and web based courseware development. Her area of specialization includes: e- learning, multimedia courseware development, and digital libraries.

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“30 Marks will be allocated for Internal Assessment and 70 Marks will be allocated for external proctored examination”

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