Students were introduced to two guest speakers at Agency ready. They were Chris Mills and Shaun Bent. Chris Mills works for Mozilla as a Senior Tech Writer. Shaun Bent is a Senior Front End Web Developer at BBC Sports.
Chris Mills was talking about Cross Browsers and Shaun Bent was talking about CSS.
Today the students had a guest name Dave Houlbrooke, who is Head of Digital at CandidSky based in Manchester. The students today presented to Dave, peers and tutors of the improvements they have made to their portfolio site, from the feedback they received in the first term.
This was a great session, as the students received great advice and tips from Dave who works in the digital industry for many years.
You can access the updated version of my portfolio site at: Umair Yaquoob’s Portfolio Site.
You can read the improvement blog post of my portfolio site at: Improvements Of Portfolio Website
This term the students will be getting on with their two self initiated projects, which are due on 16th March.The two self initiated projects that I am going to are live chat box using JQuery plugin and Sass to improve the code efficiency of my major project.
Watch this space!
I was a Project Manager and Content Writer for one of units this year called Developing Infocomms. This project is about informing students about sports in Manchester. I have a great understanding of Agile Management and Project Life cycle as I have applied these methodologies to this project. Not only that throughout the project I have supported my team members through each stages within the project, which are User Requirements, Content Writing, Visual Production, Website Development and User Testing. Also I have dealt with management reports like, Agenda and Minutes, Bi-weekly management reports, Gantt Charts and help and supported towards other documentation required in other stages of the project. The website for this project is launched and can be access at: A Study Of Sports In Manchester
Another unit which is called Website Development, as a group we build a website for our clients who are the department of my course. We have to think creative and be creative. Each week we have sprint meetings with our clients to discuss the progress of the project. Also in this project we have submission points we have to meet and present the progress of the product to our clients. The website for this project is live and can be access at: Information and Communications Department
In addition, in my unit for Web Languages I did a project using PHPMyAdmin, PHP, JavaScript and MySQL. I was required to build an music webpage, but running locally. Using phpmyadmin for the back-end of the database and PHP to retrieve the data from the database to show on the webpage. Also I am applying JavaScript to apply affects to the webpage. You can see the coding on my GitHub space: https://github.com/Umzzzz/weblangs-project-year2
On the other hand in Creative Digital Media Production, in the first term I was working with a team to develop a short 15 minutes documentary on Veganism. My role was sound operator within the video production. The website for this project can be access at: CDMP Documentary
In the second term of this unit I was required to do a individual piece on Art Movements. I was required to produce weekly art movement pieces which included Impressionism, Surrealism, Pop Art, Cubism and Futurism. The second of half project I was required to write an essay on my chosen art movement which is Pop Art and produce two posters on Pop Art. This project can be access at: CDMP Art Movement
Overall it’s been a busy second year of my studies, but I have learned alot of new things. Also I have enhanced in my skills to become closer to my chosen career when I graduate next academic year in June 2016.I’m looking forward to my final year of studies when I go back in September!
The final stage of development in Photoshop CC for Web Design is Using Other Apps in Your Workflow. This section covers Creating and using CSS with Photoshop, Exporting HTML from Photoshop to an integrated development environment (IDE), Using Edge Reflow to test responsive designs and Using Photoshop files in Muse websites.
The next stage of development in Photoshop CC for Web Design is Optimizing Web Graphics. This section covers Understanding when to use images vs. CSS, Decoding web file formats, Optimizing individual images, Using the Photoshop web asset generator and How and when to use SVGs.
The final stage of development in CSS: Transitions and Transforms is CSS Transitions and Transforms in Tools. This sections covers Exploring online transition and transform tools and Crafting transitions in Dreamweaver.
The next stage of development in CSS: Transitions and Transforms is Project: Creating a Custom Slide Carousel. This area covers What we’re going to build, Setting up the HTML, Adding JavaScript interactivity and Transitioning the images with CSS.
The next stage of development in CSS: Transitions and Transforms is Enhanced 3D Transitions and Transforms. This section covers Working in the z-index, Flipping cards in 3D, Creating an image cube and Animating the image cube.
The next stage of development in CSS: Transitions and Transforms is Advanced 2D Transitions. This section covers Transitioning multiple properties, Understanding keyframes and animations and Animating smooth color transitions.
The next stage of development in CSS: Transitions and Transforms is Simple 2D Transitions and Transforms. This section covers Animating color changes, Fading objects in and out, Growing page elements, Automatically spinning logos and Adjusting font sizes.
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