DP Freelance

Agored Cymru Preparing for Tenancy CD-Rom

Summary: Agored Cymru Preparing for Tenancy interactive CD-Rom was developed to help prepare young people who are held in custody to live independently upon their release back into society.

Project Role: My role within this project for CC4 was to develop the CD-Rom and the various Flash based activities within it. The project commences with an introductory video, in which case a Flash based video player was developed; the video being controlled via ActionScript. Video and sound editing was also required for the video, along with adding subtitles. The interactive activities within the CD-Rom consist of a crossword, wordsearch, a customised hangman game, a 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' style multiple choice question activity and drag and drop activities

The CD-Rom has been developed also as an online format, in which case I was responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

The Peermentor Project

Summary: The Peermentor Project is an amalgamation of three online initiatives: PIP (Peer Implementation Project), ImpleMentor and NetMentor. The primary cause of the project is to support Peer Education and Peer Mentoring.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Education was extensive and varied. My initial role was to develop the various websites from conception through to completion. However I also adopted a solid technical support and administration role also throughout the lifetime of the project. The online part of the project consists of nine entities: three public information websites, three Open Source Moodle systems, two Open Source social networking applications (both based on ELGG) and an Open Source web collaboration application (Dimdim). All of these features are available via the project image link above or via the 'Visit Site' button below. A wide variety of activities were needed during the course of the project, which were in addition to the main activities. Moodle training was a prominent feature after the sites were developed. Also it was necessary to develop individual presentations at key stages throughout the project – both PowerPoint and CD-Rom based presentations. Site reporting and the creation of usage statistics reports were also required.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Junior Golf Guide and Accreditation Interactive Website

Summary: Junior Golf Guide and Accreditation is a video-driven interactive website that contains help to those involved with the organisation and development of the junior golfer and is designed to be a useful source of information and best practice.

Project Role: My role within this project for CC4 was to produce the website, from visuals that were provided to me. The project was initially devleloped in a CD-Rom format, however later it was transformed into Web format. The two are separate projects with a different look and feel. The content area of each part of this site was developed in Flash, as was the navigational elements. Everything was then encapsulated in a HTML/CSS based framework. Each Flash content section is embedded in its own HTML page, making standard browser navigation possible as well (to go back and forward between pages – which is usually not possible when developing flash by standard means). Another significant part of this project was video encoding, and Adobe Flash Video Encoder was used to encode standard video into .FLV format. A custom built video player was developed with underlying ActionScript for the user to control the video. The video player boasts standard video controls, a mute button and progress/scrubbing functionality.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Criced – Learning Through Cricket

Summary: Criced – Learning Through Cricket is a modular site aimed at promoting education within Cricket, and contains over 100 individual modules of learning on a variety of subjects.

Project Role: My role within this project for CC4 was to produce the website from visuals that were provided and raw content for the modules of learning, which was also provided. All of the content was provided as plain Word and PowerPoint documents, and it was my role to make all of this content presentable and available. A major part of this project was also to develop interactive games and activities, taking a fresh approach to content development, and also to e-learning in general. The site framework was developed using HTML and CSS – with extensive use of Photoshop for site graphics, and the content within the source files was transferred into the framework, and where necessary interactive Flash activities and games were developed as an alternative to plain textual and image content.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Adastra Cymru

Summary: Adastra Cymru Ltd is a supplier of content creation and management, digital design and development services, mainly through the Adastra Wales.com brand but also through the Adastra Education brand, whose focus is on training and e-learning projects. The company's third brand, Adastra Consulting , provides funding consultancy, external evaluation and project management services.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Cymru Ltd was to design and produce the website, and also to carry out design for printed materials such as business cards and letterheads. The project uses a purposely built HTML and CSS framework, with extensive use of Photoshop for the graphical elements. The site also uses a secure contact form, which contains a CAPTCHA to eliminate spam.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Adastra Wales

Summary: Adastra Wales offers content and editorial services, digital development services and Content Management Systems. It is a division of Adastra Cymru Ltd.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Wales was to design and produce the website, and also to carry out design for printed materials such as business cards and letterheads. The project was developed exclusively in Flash, and boasts interactivity and animation. It was developed with extensive use of Photoshop for the graphical elements. The site also uses a secure contact form, which contains a CAPTCHA to eliminate spam.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Adastra Education

Summary: Adastra Education offers Moodle based learning management systems, and support services. It is a division of Adastra Cymru Ltd.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Education was to produce the website from initial visuals, and also to carry out design for printed materials such as business cards and letterheads. The project was developed exclusively in Flash, and boasts interactivity and animation. It was developed with extensive use of Photoshop for the graphical elements.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Adastra Consulting

Summary: Adastra Consulting offers funding consultancy, external evaluation and project management services. It is a division of Adastra Cymru Ltd.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Consulting was to design and produce the website, and also to carry out design for printed materials such as business cards and letterheads. The project was developed exclusively in Flash, and boasts interactivity and smooth screen transitions. It was developed with extensive use of Photoshop for the graphical elements.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

MentorSpace – the Mentoring and Peer Education Network

Summary: MentorSpace is a social networking website utilizing Open Source technology, aimed at the Peer Education community.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Education was to design and produce the social networking application. MentorSpace runs on a customised version of ELGG, an Open Source social networking platform that is powered by PHP and MySQL as the database engine. Theme development was a significant part of this project. Other responsibilities included logo design, PHP programming and back-end server and database administration. I have also developed extensive training materials, which are documented in another project (see the project below).

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

Adastra Wales Support – Moodle, ELGG and Dimdim Training

Summary: Adastra Wales Support is a supplementary site developed to provide online support for projects that utilise Moodle, ELGG or Dimdim. There is another rebranded version of this site developed for the Adastra Education project. This is not documented in my portfolio, however is exactly the same, with a different colour scheme.

Project Role: My role within this project for Adastra Wales was to design and produce the website and develop the training resources and learning content. The site was developed as a HTML and CSS framework, and required extensive use of Photoshop.

The training resources were developed using Adobe Captivate, and include voiceovers. The site also has practical activities aimed at reinforcing the learning element of the resources. A customised Flash based video player was developed to view the Captivate resources, which includes standard video controls. Everything was then embedded into the HTML/CSS framework.

I was also responsible for hosting management, and site maintenance.

NGfL Cymru GCaD – Animal Studies

Summary: Animal Studies is a bilingual website that focuses on the development of resources in Small Animal Care.

Project Role: My role within this project for Coleg Sir Gar (Virtual College) was to produce the website and most of the multimedia elements within the site. The site framework was developed exclusively in Flash, and a significant portion of the project was tied to video editing and encoding, and also scripted Flash animation.

Windows Movie Maker was used for basic video editing and slideshow creation, and Adobe Flash Video Encoder was used to encode the video into .FLV format. A custom built video player was developed with underlying ActionScript for the user to control the video. The video player boasts standard video controls with an option to view the video in a larger screen area.

Carmarthenshire Learning Network – Reflexology

Summary: CLN Reflexology is a bilingual learning resource for the holistic therapy of Reflexology.

Project Role: My role within this project for Coleg Sir Gar (Virtual College) was to produce the website from source visuals and assets, and also to develop a number of Flash based learning activities and Flash based content. The site framework was developed using HTML and CSS, with a significant amount of embedded Flash content.Visit site