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Collaborative ICT Content
Collaborative ICT Content
A project team is a team whose members usually belong to different groups, functions
and are assigned to activities for the same project. A team can be divided into sub-teams
according to need. Usually project teams are only used for a defined period of time.
Team structure consists of the persons involve in creating the contents of the project.
Team structures may differ, depending on the organization or type of work involved.
Below is an example of a team structure.
4. Content Syndicator – does the process of sharing out the content with third-party sites
or in social media.
6. Website Manager – organizes and puts the contents onto the website, or uploads it to
YouTube, or syndicate podcast on iTunes. Makes regular updates, monitoring, and
assessment to ensure the website’s functionality and performance.
Writer – writes long or short form content. Maybe a staff or a hired copyrighter.
Designer – creates and lays out visual content. May be a freelance or staff.
There are many ways to develop ICT contents. You can get a team who are either staff or
outsource. You can write the contents and design it yourself or you can hire a copywriter
or a designer to do it for you.
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1. Planning and conceptualizing the content. – Generate content ideas and identify
content opportunities based on the target audience. Have a clear plan of action, persons
responsible, work required, timeframe and budget. Start with an outline or draw a mind
map of all the sections required, as well as how they link together. There should be a
title/headline, theme and topic, a link to the coverage, number of social shares earned,
and number of linking roots domains earned.
2. Resources – Find online collaborative tools that you will need for the development of
the ICT content, especially if the team is working from different places. Determine the
best platform for your project.
3. Research for content – Identify the current trends, what competitors are doing, what
formats are working, popular authors, and popular topics.
5. Copywriting for ICT Projects – To write the web page of your website, you should be
able to express yourself, write creatively and with passion to promote the advocacy you
are promoting. Collect ideas, make outlines, decide on the message and make your
writing interesting and positive.
6. Designing the Layout – Layout is the arrangement of elements (type, art and graphics.
The layout should be easy to read, functional and organized. Design in good proportions,
attractive color, clear font style/size with white breathing spaces, and columns to make
reading easy. Art and Images will help to hold attention. Use good quality images that are
appropriate with the target audience.
7. Developing and Constructing the ICT Project – Learn the skill of search engine
optimisation on how to rank highly with search engines. You also must understand web
page architecture and how you will approach laying out your content.
2. VoIP/Video Call – is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice
communications and multimedia sessions over internet protocol (IP) networks such as
the Internet.
4. Instant messaging – is a type of online chat which offers real-time text transmission
over the Internet.
Social Chat
The team can collaborate and interact using online social chat. Examples are:
1. Google Chat – allows you to send and receive instant messages with anyone in the
group or team.
2. Google Hangouts – allows you to talk face from your computer. Make free video calls
with up to 10 people. Can make free calls from your Android, iOS or desktop to other
Hangout users.
3. Skype – provides video chat and voice call services. Users may exchange digital
documents such as images, text, video and others. It may transmit both text and video
messages. Skype also allows the creation of video conference calls.
4. Viber – is an instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) app for smartphones. It can
also exchange images, video and audio media messages.
5. Kakao Talk – is a free mobile instant messaging application for smartphones with free
text and free call features.
6. WeChat – is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service. It is one of the
largest stand alone messaging apps by monthly active users.
7. Line – Windows Apps on Microsoft store. In Windows 10, you use free, high quality
voice calls and video calls whenever and wherever you are.
Social Media
Another way of collaborating with the team is with the use of social media. Examples are:
1. Facebook – allows users to have access to messaging, connect with different pages and
groups within the site, respond to discussion, polls and interactive presentations. Outside
information can be linked for discussion, images, and videos can be embedded in the
discussion.
3. Microblog – allows users to make short, frequent posts, link videos, photographs, leave
comments and share posts.
Cloud-based Collaborative Tools:
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1. Google Drive – is a free collaborative tool that allows you to create and edit
documents, spreadsheet, presentation online while collaborating with other users in real-
time.
5. Adobe Creative Cloud – where all Adobe products like Photoshop, Dreamweaver,
InDesign are available. Adobe has introduced a collaborative other services like Story CC
Plus which is a collaborative screenwriting application.
1. You can use Facebook groups to create a group page that will allow people in your
group to communicate your ideas.
3. Google Drive and Microsoft Office Online allow multiple people to work on different
office files and even have their own group’s cloud storage.
4. Microsoft’s Yammer offers companies to have their own social network that allows
sharing and managing content.
5. Sites like Trello offer an online to-do checklist for your entire team.
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III. Project Management for ICT Content
Content Management Systems (CMS) is a computer application that supports the
creation and modification of digital content using a common user interface, thus usually
supporting multiple users working in a collaborative environment. Some CMS are built on
top of separate content management frameworks like Java, Microsoft ASP.NET, PHP,
MySQL, Javascript, and Perl.
1. WordPress – is a free and open source content management system (CMS) based on
PHP and MySQL.
3. Joomla – is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing
web content.
1. Pinterest – is a web and mobile application company that operates a photo sharing
website. Uses pins to curate images, items, moments or quote.
2. Trapit – is a comprehensive content curation service for business that offers content
discovery, curation, and publishing to web, iPad, and social channels through its web
application.
3. Feedly – is a news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile
devices. It compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources for the user to
customize and share with others. It uses RSS feeds to bring all of your favorite sources
together.
ICT a medium for ADVOCACY the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal the act or process of
advocating something
“Advocacy in democracy is about getting what you want out of the government. In a democracy, which is
a collection of voices, it is everyone’s job to use their voice to remind the government about what people
want,” – Matthew Kaplan ICT
These are experiences that occur all over the world, because of ICT they have more possibilities
and more field experiences.
Online platforms have revolutionised access to information and have played a positive role in
vitalising markets by better connecting buyers and sellers of services and goods. Yet, some
concerns have been raised about: