ADDIE

=**ADDIE**=

Even though I am not strictly designing instruction systems or material, I believe that ADDIE is a useful process framework for this project. The eLearning hub is, after all, all about educating and informing its constituency, and therefor why not follow good process and design practices in implementing it?

My analysis consists of the following steps:
 * Analysis**
 * study existing sites that offer similar content and services.
 * analyze the types and structure of information I seek to convey:
 * content types
 * content classification (taxonomies)
 * field-level data
 * multimedia content
 * hierarchy of content
 * seek feedback.

My design consists of the following steps:
 * Design**
 * create high-level design document
 * seek feedback on high-level design document
 * begin prototype
 * create detailed design document
 * seek feedback on detailed design document
 * finish prototype
 * seek feedback on prototype

My development consists of the following steps:
 * Development**
 * create prototype (overlaps with Design stage)
 * seek feedback on prototype
 * create full site
 * create content types
 * field-level
 * taxonomies
 * create views
 * content-area views
 * summary views
 * create main pages based on major content areas
 * create menu & navigation
 * define and create user classes
 * create and customize theme (site look and feel)
 * seek feedback on full site

My implementation consists of:
 * Implementation**
 * secure domain name for site
 * assign domain to full site
 * submit site to search engine indexes
 * establish links to site to drive SEO

My evaluation process consists of:
 * Evaluation**
 * tracking and reporting on all available web analytics for the hub:
 * page visits
 * site visits
 * inbound links
 * SEO ranking
 * surveys culled from:
 * Noosphere staff
 * Marlboro colleagues
 * My friends and business associates
 * a report of my evaluation delivered to Noosphere Media
 * ongoing metrics delivered to Noosphere management (monthly)