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StudySmart website for TAFE Illawarra

StudySmart website
The StudySmart website was a project created by the Teaching and Learning Initiatives section of TAFE Illawarra to support students in their studies. 
The StudySmart website homepage. This is a gateway for students to find information and support services to help them achieve their educational goals at TAFE Illawarra 
Templates, Accessibility and Styling
For this project I was required to create templates, based on supplied design work, to create pages for each section and subsection of the site (within WordPress) so others could populate them with content. 
I was responsible for investigating and implementing accessibility features including jump to navigation and jump links, visual indiction of where keyboard focus was within the site. 
I created a responsive sitemap in the footer of the site design and added additional CSS styles to meet client requirements throughout. 
An example of a page students will encounter if they click on the Choose a career and course option
Right Course For Me
TAFE Illawarra's Career and Counselling service wanted students to be able to take a survey to see if the course they were considering was right for them and if they had considered all the various factors that would impact their ability to be successful in their studies. Students would have the opportunity to email themselves their results, or also share the results with a counsellor to discuss these issues further. 
Many of the WordPress form plugins would collect this kind of information within WordPress, however this was deemed a privacy concern. Ultimately I was able to implement Caldera Forms which allowed us to turn off this behaviour and ensure this information was not stored.  
 
This quiz helps students reflect on their career and study goals and gets them thinking about what they need to do be successful in these endeavours
StudySmart website for TAFE Illawarra
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StudySmart website for TAFE Illawarra

The StudySmart website was a project created by the Teaching and Learning Initiatives section of TAFE Illawarra to support students in their stud Read More

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