UMW Buildings Contract (Cassie, Kayle, Kay, Cammy, Sam)
–Mission Statement
As a group, we will create a website detailing the forty-seven buildings on the University of Mary Washington’s campus. The aim of this project is to ascertain the historical significance of each building, who the building was named for and their significance, and the basic history of the building itself. Each description will include the name of building and a biography of the person it was named for as well as:
– when it was constructed
– past and current purposes
– renovations
-We do not intend to impose on the scholarship which Dr. Spencer of the Historic Preservation Department is conducting.
-Special features of the website
-past and current pictures of campus buildings
-an interactive map of campus buildings, which will give a brief description of the building presented and will link to the larger page about the building.
-a page on the history of the University of Mary Washington
-here is our site: http://buildings.umwblogs.org/
-Miscellaneous Aspects
If the progression of research and uploading to the site allows for extra time, we will include a virtual tour of campus. However, if time does not allow for this task, we will have to alter this contract.
-Technological Tools
The group aims to use UMWBlogs as the platform to present our information. The website will have an interactive map with pictures and descriptions of the UMW Buildings. Next to the map will be a section to add a welcome message which will explain the mission of the site. Below the map will be the three categories of buildings, Academic Buildings, Residence Halls, and Other Significant Buildings (such as Marye House, Brent House, the Bell Tower), that will function as RSS feeds. The categories will contain individual posts for each building. There will also be a menu across the top of the page which includes the homepage, the categories of buildings, and a separate page for the history of the university.
We also intend to use Google Maps to create the interactive map which will include pictures and a brief description of the building. To edit and enhance pictures of campus we will use Photoshop or a program of similar capability. If there is enough time to conduct a virtual tour of campus, we would like to utilize the video equipment in the Digital Media Lab in Monroe Hall and then use iMovie (also in the Digital Media Lab and with the help of DTLT) to edit and finalize the tour.
Communication and Organization: Our group uses Google Documents and Gmail for all group communication.
-Division of Labor
Cassie
– Will take pictures of campus buildings and edit them accordingly
– Will research history and biography of residence buildings and compose final drafts for the website (18 residence halls)
-Will edit Kayle’s research
*Will compose virtual tour if time is allotted
Kayle
-Will research history and biography of the Other buildings of Significance including Marye House, Brent Hall and Seacobeck Hall including and compose final drafts for the website (13 other buildings)
-Will compose interactive map
-Will help load information to the UMWBlogs site (Helping Sam and Kay but mainly focusing on the map)
-Will edit Cam’s research
Cammy
-Will research history and biography of academic buildings and compose final drafts for the website (16 academic buildings)
-Will edit Cassie’s research
Sam and Kay
– In charge of gathering historical photos of the campus
-Will research page on history of University of Mary Washington and campus history
-Will be in charge of uploading all research to the UMWBlogs site; and in addition will create tags, links to relevant sites, etc. We will be in constant communication with Mr. Tim Owens from Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies to seek assistance on improving the site design and any technological difficulties which we may encounter.
*If members finish early then they will help contribute to other areas of the project
**Everyone will be responsible for keeping track of their own research citations. Sam and Cammy will check to make sure that all are cited in the correct format.
-Milestones
February 19, 2012 – Cassie, Kayle, and Cam’s research for first third campus bulidings done
February 29- acquire UMWBlogs site and Kayle’s second third of research on other significant buildings done.
March 4 – Cassie and Cam’s research for second third of campus buildings done
March 11 – Cassie, Cam, and Kayle’s research for last third of campus buildings done
March 12 – photographs from archives and history of the college submitted
March 17, 2012 – All campus building drafts submitted for editing (see division of labor for specifics)
March 22, 2012- Final academic building and residence halls submitted
April 1 – Current photos of campus submitted
April 6- upload of all photos
April 9 – upload interactive map and all misc aspects
April 13 – finalization of the website
April 24 – project due
April 27 – presentation at the history symposium
*The following deadlines are separated into individual categories due to the different aspects of the project and so that we can individually keep track of our own deadlines.
Research deadlines:
-Cassie
February 19, 2012 – Cassie’s research for first third of residence halls done
March 4, 2012 – Cassie’s research for second third of residence halls done
March 11, 2012 – Cassie’s research for last third of residence halls done
March 20, 2012 – All residence halls final drafts submitted for editing
March 27, 2012 – Final drafts submitted for website
-Kayle
February 19, 2012- Kayle’s research for the 1st third of the “other buildings” done
February 29, 2012- Kayle’s research for the 2nd third of the “other buildings” done
March 11, 2012- Kayle’s research for the 3rd third of the “other buildings” done
March 20, 2012 – Research submitted for editing
March 27, 2012- All other buildings final drafts submitted
-Cam
February 19, 2012 – Cam’s research for 1st third of the academic buildings done
March 4, 2012 – Cam’s research for 2nd third of the academic buildings done
March 11, 2012 – Cam’s research for 3rd third of the academic buildings done
March 20, 2012 – All academic building biographies submitted for edit
March 27, 2012 – All academic buildings final drafts submitted
Photography deadlines:
-Cassie
April 1 – Current photos of campus
-Sam and Kay
March 12 – photographs from archives and history of the college:
Website deadlines:
February 29- acquire UMWBlogs site
March 30 – basic upload of information onto UMWBlogs site
April 6- upload of all photos
April 9 – upload interactive map and all misc aspects
April 13 – finalization of the website
April 24 – project due
April 27 – presentation at the history symposium