ESCEM Course Planning

 

Website Marketing and Design

Poitiers, September 23-27, 2002

Visiting Professor: M. Tom Leuchtner

Contact: tgl@inmentors.com

 

 

Course Overview

 

This course is intended to inform and guide the student on principles of website design and graphics, functionality, layout and presentation, in order to have maximum impact on the particular target market.  We will investigate the history, purpose and development of commercial websites, as well as the various types that exist in the world today- B2C, B2B, marketing, non-profit, etc.  In addition, we will have a number of case studies and online examples of current successful and non-successful websites.

 

There will be a unique approach in this course, as it is an intensive, one-week (24 hour) session, which will include a workshop for actually building and publishing websites by the students.  This workshop is intended to immerse the student in the practical matters of designing, creating and publishing an actual website.  Therefore a practical approach rather than theoretical approach will be taken during this course.

 

 

Hands-On Workshop (Website Atelier)

Workshop Tutor: Mme Rubi Cortes, Marketing Director- Kreode Technologies

 

The workshop will explore various techniques for creating and publishing websites, and will cover both theory as well as practical/technique.  There will be a workshop during this class for creating, designing and publishing our own websites.  The workshop will be conducted by both the professor as well as a ‘workshop tutor’, the director of marketing for a high-tech startup based in Paris.  Mme Cortes has designed and built websites for over five years, and is an expert on user interface design as well as the usage of website publishing methodologies and tools (Microsoft FrontPage).  She will share her experiences and expertise, in particular the real-world case example of her own company, Kreode Technologies (www.kreode.com).  Parts of this workshop will be in French.

 

 

Student Preparation - Materials Needed

 

Course Materials Provided

 

 

Course Structure

 

Day 1 – Monday

Session 1:  Introductions, course overview and program, website theory and background

Session 2:  Website purpose and principles, functions in business

Session 3:  eCommerce in Websites and various business models

Session 4:  B2C eCommerce: Dotcoms, ‘Bricks and Mortar’, case study

 

Day 2 - Tuesday

Session 5:  B2B and eCommerce Overview, purpose

Session 6:  Website Design Methodology and Strategy

Session 7:  Website Design 101: Principles

Session 8:  Workshop: Creating our First Pages

 

Day 3 - Wednesday

Session 9:  Website Design: User Interface Fundamentals, How to Publish

Session 10:  Workshop: Improving and publishing your website

Session 11:  Website Design: Advanced Design Issues, draft website review, html coding overview, versioning tools, service providers, managing versions

Session 12:  Workshop: Final Versions of our First Websites, Published

 

Day 4 - Friday

Session 13:  Website Promotion, Business Partner Integration

Session 14:  Vertical Industry Case Study: Travel Industry

Session 15:  Websites and Business Models

Session 16: The Future of the Web, Final Discussion and Project Assessment


Outline Schedule – Web Design

ECommerce/Marketing: 23-27 September 2002

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thurs

Friday

9:15 – 10:45

1: Introduction

§    Course Overview

§    Course Materials

§    Website theory and background

5: B2B eCommerce

§   Purpose of B2B Websites

§   B2B transaction needs

§   Case Study

9: Website User Interface

§     Design, Purposes and Functionality

§    Case Study: KREODE

 

FREE DAY

13: Website Promotion

§   Getting Out There

§   Search Engines

§   Business Partner Management Integration

 

Break

Break

Break

Break

11:00 – 12:30

2: Website Functions for Business

§    Marketing Functions

§    What is eCommerce

§    Case Study

6: Website Methodology

§    Overview of Design Principles

§    Methodology and Web Strategy

10: WORKSHOP

Working session in groups:

 

§    Update website

§    Publishing skills

14: Vertical Industry Analysis: Travel Industry

§   Business Model

§   Case Study

§   Success and Failure

 

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

2:00 – 3:30

3: eCommerce Business Models

§  Overview of B2B, B2C, Service Models

§ Marketing Methodologies via the Website

7: Website Design 101

§    Overview

§    Fundamentals

§    Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage

11: Advanced design issues

§    Integrating services and interaction in your website

§    Customising the website

§    Integrating website into ‘back office’ applications

15: Websites and Business Models

§    Successful Websites

§    DotBombs

§    Websites we don’t see

 

Break

Break

Break

Break

3:45 – 5:15

4: B2C Ecommerce

§ ‘Pure Play’ and DotComs

§ ‘Bricks and Mortar’

§ Case Study

8: WORKSHOP

Working session in groups with tutors:

§    Use previous business case/plan

§    Create Basic Website

12: WORKSHOP

Working session in groups:

§    Update website

§    Publish ‘Final’ Website

16: Future of the Web

 

Final Discussion and Assessment of Project

 

Web site with electronic copies of lecture slides and case studies: http://www.leuchtner.com/course2002/webdesign/