Pathfinder - Career Readiness Online Platform Development (Version 3)
Open
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
FN
Preferred learners
- Canada
- Academic experience
Categories
Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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- Extensible Web Platform: Create a robust framework supporting customizable e-portfolios for users to showcase their STEM skills and achievements.
- Integration with REST APIs: Enable seamless connectivity with external tools and platforms, enhancing functionality and user experience.
- Resources for Career Readiness: Provide curated resources, guidance, and educational materials focused on preparing users for careers in STEM careers and high-skilled occupations.
- Accessibility Focus: Implement design and usability features that cater to diverse learners including neurodivergent individuals
- Analytics and Reporting Tools: Develop tools to monitor user engagement, track platform usage patterns, and assess the effectiveness of career readiness resources.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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- Requirement Analysis: Conduct user research to define platform requirements and core functionalities based on students, educators, and mentors' needs.
- Design and Architecture: Create user-friendly wireframes and mockups; plan architecture, database schema, and API endpoints; select development tools and technologies.
- Development: Build the frontend with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; implement backend services for authentication, data management, and e-portfolio features.
- Testing: Perform unit, integration, and user acceptance testing to ensure component functionality, platform integration, usability, and performance.
- Deployment: Set up a scalable, reliable production environment on a cloud provider; establish CI/CD pipelines; deploy the platform for user access.
- Post-Migration Validation: Verify platform functionality and data integrity post-migration; gather user feedback to identify and address issues, ensuring a smooth transition.
- Documentation and Reporting: Document the migration process, configurations, and troubleshooting; create user guides and compile a comprehensive project report.
- What is the main goal for this project?
-
- Extensible Web Platform: Create a robust framework supporting customizable e-portfolios for users to showcase their STEM skills and achievements.
- Integration with REST APIs: Enable seamless connectivity with external tools and platforms, enhancing functionality and user experience.
- Resources for Career Readiness: Provide curated resources, guidance, and educational materials focused on preparing users for careers in STEM careers and high-skilled occupations.
- Accessibility Focus: Implement design and usability features that cater to diverse learners including neurodivergent individuals
- Analytics and Reporting Tools: Develop tools to monitor user engagement, track platform usage patterns, and assess the effectiveness of career readiness resources.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
-
- Requirement Analysis: Conduct user research to define platform requirements and core functionalities based on students, educators, and mentors' needs.
- Design and Architecture: Create user-friendly wireframes and mockups; plan architecture, database schema, and API endpoints; select development tools and technologies.
- Development: Build the frontend with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; implement backend services for authentication, data management, and e-portfolio features.
- Testing: Perform unit, integration, and user acceptance testing to ensure component functionality, platform integration, usability, and performance.
- Deployment: Set up a scalable, reliable production environment on a cloud provider; establish CI/CD pipelines; deploy the platform for user access.
- Post-Migration Validation: Verify platform functionality and data integrity post-migration; gather user feedback to identify and address issues, ensuring a smooth transition.
- Documentation and Reporting: Document the migration process, configurations, and troubleshooting; create user guides and compile a comprehensive project report.
Supported causes
About the company
- Https://skillcity.ca
- 2 - 10 employees
- Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society
Welcome to Skillcity! Sweet dreams are made of skills! Every individual is unique; so is their pathway to greatness. Let's help you find your genius! Our mission is to bridge the skills gap through innovative programs designed to help young people gain the skills and competences they need to succeed in a fast-changing world of work with evolving skills demands. We offer careers education, STEM talent development, and cultivate 21st Century skills for economic mobility. We are raising the next generation of innovators, engineers, solution architects, scientists and problem-solvers equipped to solve the world's most pressing problems. Creating access to quality education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities is our strategy for creating a gateway to economic prosperity for all."