Studentname:

GeneGrinberg

Project#:
2

Workingversionofprojecttitle:
SkiLodge.com

ResearchProposalfirstdraft

1.

Statetheessentialquestion

Howcanonecreateausefulwebsitethatpeoplewillwanttouse?

2.

Statetheprimaryresearchquestion

HowcanIcreateausefulwebsiteforskiresortinformationandtrailvideotoinformpeopleof
whatskimountainshavetooffer?

3.

Statethesecondaryresearchquestionsyouhave(makesurethesearefairly
comprehensiveandextensive).

Whatdopeoplelookforinawebsite?
Whatdoesawebsiteneedtohavetolookappealing?
Whatfeaturesdoesawebsiteaboutskimountainsneed?
Whatwillmakepeoplewanttousethiswebsite?
Whattoolsareneededtobuildtheright(type)ofwebsite?
Howmuchinformationbesidesvideosshouldeachmountainspagehave?

4.

Descriptionofwhatthefinalproductwilllooklike.(Besurethatyouarevery
thoroughhere.Takeusthroughtheentireprocessfromnowuntilthefinal
product.Ifitwouldbehelpfultoyou,numberthestepsandproceedthrough
themthroughandincludingyourfinalproduct.Inshort:youMUSTdescribethe
processhere.Thisisvitaltotheapprovalprocessonyourresearchproposal.)

Forthisproject,Iwanttocreateawebsitethathasfootageofpeopleskiingdowntrailson
NewEnglandskimountains.Thiswebsitewillbeapublicuploadsite,whereanyonecan
uploadtheirfootagetoatrail/mountain.(Willprobablyhavetoincludeacreateanaccount
anduserratingsystem)

FirstIneedtoresearchwhatawebsiteneedstohaveforpeopletowanttouseit.Iwilleither
surveyorinterviewpeopletofindoutwhatfeatures/designmywebsiteshouldhave.

NextIneedtoresearchwhatkindoftoolsIneedtosetupawebsite.IknowIneedtoregister
adomain,andsubscribetoawebsitehostingservicetokeepmywebsiteonline.Astoactually
buildingthewebsite,Iwillneedtofigureoutwhichwebsitebuildingtoolbestsuitsmyneeds.

ThenIwillbuildmywebsite(allwhilegatheringfootageoverbreakssoIcanaddtomy
website).Iwillthenaskafewpeopletotryoutmywebsiteandmakechangestoincorporate
feedback.

*Afterthought*:maybemakeagooglestreetviewtypethingexceptforskimountains?Like
MountainVieworsomething?Ratherthanjusthavingvideos?
5.

Statehowthisresearchwilladvancethefrontiersofknowledgeand/ormatter
andbesignificantinameaningfulway.

Thepointofthiswebsiteistoencouragepeopletoexplorenewskimountainsthattheyare
hesitanttotry.Mythinkingisthatiftheyseefootageoftheskiingatothermountainstheywill
knowwhatitisliketoskitherewithouthavingtogoandtryitout.Thentheycanmakea
moreinformeddecisionastowhichskimountaintheycangoandtryoutnext.

6.

Stateanticipatedpotentialpitfallsorproblemsofthisresearcheffort

Notevenclosetoeveryoneskis(orsnowboards,forgotaboutthat),soitmightbehardtodo
researchbecauseitwillbehardtointerviewpeoplewhoknownothingaboutskiing.
However,Ithinkthatthereareenoughpeopletogathersufficientdata.

7.

Stateyouratentativeplantolocateandreviewtheliteraturerelatedtoyour
project.Thisincludesprinted/publishedsourcesandonlinesources.[The
researchstrategy,part#1]

Therearealotofbooks/websitesaboutwebsitebuilding,sothatshouldbeprettyaccessible.I
canlookthroughdatabasesforinformationaboutskiingandtechnology..

8.

Stateatentativeplanforresearchanddatacollection.(Datacollectioncantake
multipleformssurveys,testgroups,interviews,observations,etcetc.Thiswill
differfromprojecttoproject.[Theresearchstrategy,part#2]

Icandoeithersurveysorinterviewstofindoutwhatawebsiteshouldhave.Iwilldotest
groups(orindividuals)toreviewwhatIhavecreatedandgivefeedbacksoIcanmake
improvements.

9.

Stateatentativeplanforresearchanddataanalysisandinterpretation.[The
researchstrategy,part#3]

IwillrecordalltheinformationIget,andfromthatIwilldecidewhatawebsiteshould
haveandwhatitshouldnt.Iwillusethisdatadirectlywhenmakingthewebsite.

ForbookresearchIwillmakenotesofwhatIfindorjustrefertothebookswhenmaking
thewebsite.

9.

Listthetoolsyouwillneedtocompletethiseffort.Identifytoolsthatmight
currentlybeunavailabletoyou

Mycomputer
GoProcamera

10.

Budget:whatmaterialsdoyouanticipateneedingforyourproject?Please
providealistwithquantitiesandanapproximatecostperitem,alongabrief
descriptionofwhyyouneedthisforyourproject.Usethechartbelowfeelfree

toaddmorecellsifyouneedthem.

item

quantity

costperitem

whyyouneedthis
itemforyour
project

Adomain+hostingservice

$1$11/month,
dependsonplan

Toregistera
website,andhostit
online

Websitebuildingtool,dont
knowwhichoneyet

verytentative,dontknowwhichsoftwarewillworkbest.
11.

Bibliographyearlydraft.Thisbibliographymustincludeatleast5books,5
scholarlyjournalarticles,5websites,andleastonepotentialsourcewhoyou
mightinterview.Useproperbibliographiccitation(MLAorAPAformatyour
choice).YouarewelcometouseEasyBiborrefertotheformattingtemplate
createdbyPurdueUniversity:https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/Explainwhy
youanticipate(atthispoint)thatthesesourceswouldberelevant.

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Jenkins,Sue.WebDesignAllinoneforDummies.Hoboken,NJ:Wiley,2013.Print.
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Robbins,JenniferNiederst.LearningWebDesign:ABeginner'sGuidetoHTML,CSS,
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