Enspire
Expires: 06/01/2019
Services:
a. Digital audio/video production and post-production
Contractor shall create high-quality digital audio and HD video for instruction and course promotion/marketing. Content shall include, but is not limited to, short lecture captures, green screen compositing, screencasts, podcasts, demonstrations, and simulations, Final products shall be optimized for online and mobile delivery.
b. Motion graphics and animations
Contractor shall create dynamic high-quality motion graphics and animations for instructional and promotional visualizations. Final products shall be optimized for online and mobile delivery.
c. Graphic design and/or illustrations
Contractor shall create high-quality graphics and illustrations for instructional and promotional visualizations. Deliverables include, but are not limited to, diagrams, charts, info-graphics, logos, icons, posters, style guides & brochures. Final products shall be optimized for print, web-based, and mobile delivery
d. Ul/UX design
Contractor shall conduct user studies to provide recommendations and guidelines that enhance usability and the user experience of online and hybrid educational experiences and programs. Deliverables may include, but are not limited to scenarios, storyboards, wire frames, prototypes, content inventories, process and user flows, style guides, plans and specifications for a variety of program and course assets, applications and websites.
e. Interactive and social learning applications development
Contractor shall create engaging and effective mobile and or web-based learning applications. Deliverables may include, but are not limited to social collaboration applications, serious games, and gamification applications to virtual laboratories and immersive simulations. Instructional products shall be optimized for online and mobile device delivery. Products may be instrumented to a learning management system or content delivery platform to capture user performance data or may stand alone.
f. Web and mobile design and development
Contractor shall:
- Create high-quality and effective websites and applications that employ responsive design elements that deliver optimal display across a range of devices
- Conduct formal usability studies and quality assurance testing
- Integrate content management capabilities and processes to support regular content updates as appropriate
- Adhere with UT policy regarding website accessibility and security.
g. Instructional design
Contractor shall work in close collaboration with project staff and faculty content experts to guide the design and development of instruction and accompanying assessment. To do so, the Contractor shall apply the most effective evidenced-based practices for face-to-face, blended, and online teaching and learning across a variety of subjects and instructional formats (term based, competency based).
h. Digital rights clearance services
Contractor shall work in close collaboration with University project staff and faculty content experts to obtain editorial/permissions/rights to digital content for online course development.
i. Miscellaneous course development and course asset development services
Contractor shall work in close collaboration with University project staff and faculty content experts to provide services/products that are supportive to online education, such as:
- print on demand
- book app production
- e-book authoring
- content entry and online course maintenance
- consultation services
- idea generation
- technical consulting/analysis
- quality assurance testing
- requirements gathering and proposal/grant writing
j. General responsibilities
As applicable, the Contractor will provide the following services in fulfillment of the service types listed above:
- Attend client meetings and/or work sessions held in Austin, TX
- Preparation of creative briefs, storyboards, concepts, designs, drafts, rough cuts, etc., for review and approval by client prior to development
- Formatting and inputting of content
- Providing detailed product specifications and access for trial, review, and testing
- Project management and consulting
- Timely delivery of drafts, revisions, and finished products Quality assurance testing