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TRAINERS & TRAINEES PHOTO
Partnership: MHC - UNDP
Date: October 10, 2016
TRAINING REPORT ON WEB DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE
MUSANZE, 22 – 27/09/2016
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RWANDA ONLINE MEDIA PRACTITIONERS TRAINING ON “WEB DESIGN AND
MAINTENANCE’’
1. Background
The Media High Council (MHC) is a public and independent institution governed by the Law n° 03/2013
of 8/2/2013 determining its mission, organization and functioning. The statutory mission of the Media
High Council is to empower the media sector for development through capacity building. This aims at
strengthening the media industry by providing support for skills development in media entrepreneurship,
content improvement, media house sustainability of pluralistic and diversified media landscape in
Rwanda.
It is evident that web design online media are attracting a big number of readers and the have a big
impact on readership and understanding of the content. In terms of media content improvement especially
for online media designers play a very important role in the production of media content quality,
consistency and compliance. To carry out these responsibilities, they need to understand principles and
practice of web based online media content creation, quality, security, audience, audience analysis and
impact of information law. Through the research and concentration conducted by Media High Council,
major skills gap and area to improve were identified and agreed upon that the training in web design and
maintenance is very necessary.
Online web designers and maintainers Skills gaps:
- Insufficient knowledge of professional standards in design and maintain an online media website;
- Inadequate skills in using relevant software programmes;
- Insufficient capacities in utilizing a range of web design and maintenance processes and techniques;
- Insufficient knowledge of online media website design and maintenance code of ethics;
- Inadequate knowledge of content creation of online media.
In this regards, UNDP and the Media High Council planed a training for Rwanda online Media designers
and maintainers to be delivered by professional trainers to overcome the media web design and
maintenance weaknesses in Rwanda media industry
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2. Objectives attained
The objectives of training 30 online media practitioners in web design and maintenance were attained as
following:
- Principles and practice for the online media web design and maintenance were introduced
- Principles and practice on how to create the professional web based media content were introduced
- Social media audience was associated with the content by categories
- Principles and practice of the online media web design and maintenance were offered
- Trainees were provided with web based online media standards for good design and maintenance
- Local and regional online media websites were interrogated for professional web design and
maintenance
3. Results obtained
Thirty Online media practitioners were trained and the following skills were gained:
Knowledge of web design principles
Ability to maintain online media website
Professional standards in design and maintain online media website
Appropriate software programs and utilizing a range of web design and maintenance processes and
techniques.
Principles and practice on how to create the professional web based media content
Social media philosophy, content, audiences and impact
4. Area where activity conducted
The training took place at LA PALME Hotel in MUSANZE for 6 days from 22-27 September 2016.
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5. Beneficiaries (Online media practitioners especially web designers and maintainers )
30 participants (see attached attendance lists) from different online media house were invited as the
list on attachment indicates.
6. Process ( Detailed)
The opening ceremony of the training was chaired by MHC Executive Mr Peacemaker
MBUNGIRAMIHIGO who, after thanking them for their response to the invitation, encouraged the
trainees to follow carefully the training to improve their skills in web design and management.
MHC executive Secretary dressing his speech
The training was attended by 30 journalists’ web designers and maintainers. They were trained on:
Introduction to Designing an Online Media;
Using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 to Create Web Pages and Website;
Web content management system (case study: Wordpress);
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Web Maintenance and Content creation;
Domain Names & Web Hosting;
Adobe Photoshop cs6;
Online writing and content management;
Social media and digital media philosophy and management;
They designed websiteon local server as an exercise, online hosting and learnt Adobe Photoshop cs6
for photo editing and banners designing. Since all of them had brought their computers, trainers
installed the software used such as Adobe Photoshop cs6, Wampserver and template of the
wordpress; it was easy for them to follow what the trainers were teaching them. Also, the training
emphasized on the use and exploitation of the different social media in the aim of marketing and
increasing the number of readers of their websites.
They had an opportunity to criticize their websites design and content based on skills gained under
the guidance of trainers Mr Robert Abangira from Kigalitoday and Mr Rugasa from Office of
Government Spokesperson.
Before starting the training, trainers ensured that the program which included two modules with 8
chapters were put in place targeting the expectations of the trainees.
The training was covering six days, with 7 hours each. The training consisted of interactive and purely
practical sessions where trainers used projector to guide trainees into several skills of the program in
designing website, using photoshop analyzing their online stories from their own websites and analyzing
social media content.
The trainers were satisfied with the degree of commitment and seriousness that characterized the trainees.
Trainees appreciated the training and testified that they retained a number of skills, and reached an
important progress when they compare with their prior knowledge to the matter.
The trainers made sure that the trainees understood well each chapter and assessed how they were
practicing web management to incite more readers.
At the end, trainees created also a network of online media practitioners
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Trainees are very conscientious vis a vis trainers
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7. Recommendations
Despite of a good progress, the level of trainees was clearly still low for a professional web design and
maintenance, the trainees requested the followings:
To reorganize training on web design, photoshop and other related software.
They trainees requested training on online news writing and need to learn how to improve the
content of their online news depending on the newsworthiness.
To attend others training related to writing online news stories in professional way in order to
increase their readership.
To organize specialized reporting
To organize study tours
Mr SEHENE Ruvugiro and MUNYANEZA Theogene dressing training recommandations
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8. Conclusion
The training was interactive and interesting to the participants. The trainees committed to put into
practice the skills acquired during the training and improve the design, maintenance and management of
their web sites on their own instead of paying money to the web designers. During the training, trainees
designed web sites as an exercise and demonstrated their acquired skills on professionalism of posting
stories and well designed photos on the web. They realized that they have to design effectively their
website in order to attract the readers.
Trainees decided to exploit social media profitability occasion and use them effectively and efficiently.
Trainees recognized the MHC efforts to build media capacity building especially online media
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APPENDIX: THE TRAINING AGENDA
TIME SESSION FACILTATOR MODERATOR
DAY 1: 22ndSeptember 2016
09:00-09:30 Arrival and registration of
participants
MHC GAKUNDE Andre +
KANZAYIRE Denyse
09:30-09:40 Welcome remarks MHC Representative GAKUNDE Andre
Module 1: Web design and maintenance for online media
09:40-10:40 Introduction to Designing an
Online Media:
Introduction to the Website /
Online Media
Robert Abangira
MUNYESHYAKA Abdoul
Karim
10:40-11:00 TEA BREAK Hotel
11:00-13:00 Introduction to Designing an
Online Media:
Important points to consider
when designing the Website /
Online Media;
Selection of the Domain Name
and Hosting Accounts
Robert Abangira
MUNYESHYAKA Abdoul
Karim
13:00-14:00 LUNCH Hotel
14:00-17:00 Using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 to
Create Web Pages and Website:
Introduction to the HTML;
Creating and managing files
Creating pages with CSS
Working with multimedia (Text,
Figures and Images, etc)
Images, Links and Formatting;
Working with Lists;
Creating Tables
Robert Abangira
KANZAYIRE Denyse
DAY 2: 23rd September 2016
8:00-10:30 Using WordPress as CMS to
Create a Website:
Introduction to the Content
Management System (CMS)
Robert Abangira
GAKUNDE Andre
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Selecting a Perfect WordPress
Theme
Installation of the WordPress on
trainees’ Computer Using
WAMP
10:30-11:00 TEA BREAK Hotel
11:00-13:00 Using WordPress as CMS to
Create a Website:
Understanding Posts and Pages
Moving WordPress from the
Local Server to Live Site
Recommended Plugins for
WordPress
Robert Abangira
GAKUNDE Andre
13:00-14:00 LUNCH Hotel
14:00-17:00 Adobe Photoshop cs6:
Introduction to the Adobe
Photoshop CS6;
User Interface Layout;
Robert Abangira
GAKUNDE Andre
DAY 3: 24thSeptember 2016
8:00-10:30 Adobe Photoshop cs6:
The use of Toolbox (Selection
Tools, Alteration Tools,
Drawing Tools, Color Boxes
and Modes);
Robert Abangira
KANZAYIRE Denyse
10:30-11:00 TEA BREAK Hotel
11:00-13:00 Adobe Photoshop cs6:
Basic Image Editing (Cropping,
Correcting, Resizing);
Robert Abangira
KANZAYIRE Denyse
13:00-14:00 LUNCH Hotel
14:00-17:00 Adobe Photoshop cs6:
The use and Creation of
banners;
Robert Abangira
KANZAYIRE Denyse
DAY 4: 25th September 2016
8:00-10:30 Web Maintenance and Content
creation:
Robert Abangira
MUNYESHYAKA Abdoul
Karim
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Appropriate Web Content
10:30-11:00 TEA BREAK Hotel
11:00-13:00 Web Maintenance and Content
creation:
Web Content Maintenance (Link
Checks, Updates to content,
creation of the new pages or edit
existing pages, add or change
images & banners, change the
promotions, Track, compile, and
analyze web site usage data)
Robert Abangira
MUNYESHYAKA Abdoul
Karim
13:00-14:00 LUNCH Hotel
14:00-17:00 Web Maintenance and Content
creation:
Associate social media audience
with the content by categories;
Preventive maintenance and
Web security (authentication,
authorization, Cloud Web
Hosting, System Backup and
Restore).
Robert Abangira
MUNYESHYAKA Abdoul
Karim
DAY 5: 26thSeptember 2016
Module 2: Online media content creation and management
8:00-10:30 Online writing (Theory) Rugasa KANZAYIRE Denyse
10:30-11:00 TEA BREAK Hotel
11:00-13:00 Online writing (Practice) Rugasa KANZAYIRE Denyse
13:00-14:00 LUNCH Hotel
14:00-15:00 Online content
development(Theory)
Rugasa GAKUNDE Andre
15:00-17:00 Online content
development(Practice)
Rugasa
GAKUNDE Andre
DAY 6: 27thSeptember 2016
Module 2: Online media content creation and management (the following)
8:00-10:30 Online content management
(Theory)
Rugasa
KANZAYIRE Denyse
10:30-11:00 TEA BREAK Hotel
11:00-13:00 Online content management
(Practice)
Rugasa
GAKUNDE Andre
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13:00-14:00 LUNCH Hotel
14:00-15:00 Social media and digital media
philosophy and management (Theory)
Rugasa
KANZAYIRE Denyse
15:00-16:00 Social media and digital media
philosophy and management (Practice)
Rugasa
KANZAYIRE Denyse
16:00-17:00 Closing ceremony
Recommendations and
training evaluation
Closing remarks
Participants
MHC Representative
GAKUNDE Andre +
KANZAYIRE Denyse
Facilitators:
1. GAKUNDE Andre, Media Professionalism Development Officer
2. MUNYESHYAKA Abdoul Karim, ICT Officer
4. KANZAYIRE Denyse, Public Relations and Communication Officer
Supervisor: Peacemaker MBUNGIRAMIHIGO, Executive Secretary
Prepared by: Verified by:
GAKUNDE Andre Nathan NTWARI
Media Professionalism development Officer Director of Media Content, Research
and Development Unit
Approved by:
Peacemaker MBUNGIRAMIHIGO
Executive Secretary