WebInnovate

Shout Dust

Hi,

Has anyone participated in this course, think it was formerly called WebElevate? Part-time over 12 months. Also, what does the interview, been told there's a group interview. Is it worth doing?

daisyy87

Hi Did you do that group Interview>>> ?? How was it??? I have tomorrow

daraclare

Hi, did either of you do the interview? I'm thinking of applying but might be too late. Any advice would be much appreciated.

B.A._Baracus

Hey daraclare,
you are not too late. Closing is Wednesday the 1st of October http://www.springboardcourses.ie/details/3565 So be quick.

daraclare

Thanks, have you done the interview or are you involved in the course? Really curious to know more from anyone involved. Thanks again!

B.A._Baracus

Done the interview and will be attending the course.
The group interview is exactly just that. You and a bunch of other applicants sit around in a circle and one by one you just introduce yourself, talk about your background etc and talk about what stream you would like to learn. There are three steams. Coding, Project Management and Design.

But there is an apptitude test before the group interview.

uck51js9zml2yt

I did the original course in 2010 and a friend a subsequent one.
They are a waste of time. anyone I know who did them had to go on to other study in reputable colleges myself included.
There are threads elsewhere on the DSA.
As for the interview. In my view people more suitable got turned down and others who proved unable for the course got places.

bdo

Anyone done the 1st version of the WebInnovate course, which is finishing up about now? Thoughts on it?

libbi

Hi Everyone...
Can anyone tell me about the Web innovate level 8 through DIT?
Thanks in advance.

bdo

Doing the course Libbi at the moment, half way through, 7 months to go. About 180 started the course but maybe 10%-15% have dropped out.

You get accepted onto the course either as a potential coder, designer or project manager/marketer - and you get assigned into a project team of 5/6 people to do two big projects.

That's apart from the course work which are a lot of videos to watch every week. Content quite good though.

So 80% online but quite well organised online. The other 20% is the project work; you get assignments and you meet with your team often, once a week if you're in Dublin typically, and every few days online.

In summary, it all depends on your level of experience and the amount of time you have to give to it. It's a BSc degree through DIT at the end of it; if you want to do well in that, you would need to work quite hard (e.g. lots of weekend and evening work, lots of independent study). Some people who get jobs midway through find it hard to do both.

volvic99

Hi,

After alot of research into the 2 courses, Web Innovate and Web Activate and advice from the Careers manager at the Digital Skills Academy. I went for the info session for Innovate at Penrose Quay in Cork. Did not have a group interview, just an aptitude and design test. I received a place and it starts at a new date March 10th.

I was told at the info session that there would be 20 hours of online learning/lectures a week at the location Penrose wharf at the location in Cork which would also be available for group work/personal studies in the afternoon.

Today, I rang to find out the time and location of the induction course. I was told the following:

1. The induction course was in Dublin ( 2 of them)
2. All online learning was to be done at home
3. There would be no software provided through creative cloud or otherwise the expense is yours, equipment etc.
4. There is 2 meeting dates in Dublin a month which are held at evening times, making it more difficult for those outside of Dublin.
5. Although there is group work all of this is done through skype online which is a major part of the course marks.

This is a springboarded course for job seekers. I was not informed of the expense, travel etc.

The web Activate programme runs in April involving classroom learning 9 - 5pm, mon - thurs. It requires also 8 months but is only a level 6 rather that the innovate level 8 (Bse)


Any comments, experience from those taking the course outside of Dublin would be greatly appreciated

bdo

My experience was/is:

1. The induction course was held in Dublin (6 days in all, across 2 weeks, Tues-Thursday)
2. The online learning can be done from anywhere. There are no rooms/computer access offered except you have access to the DIT library in Dublin.
3. I have not needed any software. All of the material is available on the web, so you do need good broadband access, an up to date device (laptop, PC etc) to watch video.
4. The meeting dates have been every week in Dublin at 6-9 in the evening. They are not compulsory to attend. Definitely this makes it very difficult for those outside Dublin to attend these.
5. The group work is done through things like Skype or Google Hangouts in general, mixed with physical meet ups by the group as often as is practicable.

Hope this helps

volvic99

thanks that does

poster2525

Hi
I'm currently 2 months into the BSc Level 8 Webinnovate course, and it's predominantly online. I'm doing the Coding Stream and we spent the first few weeks looking at HTML5 and have now moved onto Bootstrap. I've also been studying shared modules relating to Innovation and UX & Responsive Design.

If I could fault the college, it would be on the level of interaction between staff and students. They're slow to respond to emails, or queries in the forum.

So far, I'm learning a lot about the industry. I'm pretty happy - I've spent a lot of money on my education to date and I'm doing this course in my spare time for free, so what's not to like!!!

I think it's fairly standard that in a 3rd level course, it near impossible to get a mark above 80%. I don't know anything about Industrial placement, but have received emails relating to jobs from the college.

I've spoken with about 4 of the college lecturers briefly to date, and found them very helpful, approachable and knowledgeable.

We don't have Teaching Assistants. We have the option of attending a Meetup every two weeks whereby you can speak with a lecturer if something is creating an issue.

This course involves a lot of independent learning, and you need to be proactive in connecting with other people, and building networks! But, so far so good!

bimbofatass

Just in relation to this quote that says there were no costs involved,
I was speaking with one of the guys in the design stream, and in order to complete the course work you need to have access to Photoshop and Illustrator. While you have access to these programmes on the computers in the college, there is simply no way to do the work needed to be done there. Access to the computers is tough at the best of times. It is essential for you to have the Adobe suite in order to complete the mountain of work expected. While you can get access to these under a student license from the college, it still works out pretty hefty considering this is a course for unemployed people who will now have to fork out 20euro pm in order to do their homework.

bdo wrote: »

My experience was/is:

1. The induction course was held in Dublin (6 days in all, across 2 weeks, Tues-Thursday)
2. The online learning can be done from anywhere. There are no rooms/computer access offered except you have access to the DIT library in Dublin.
3. I have not needed any software. All of the material is available on the web, so you do need good broadband access, an up to date device (laptop, PC etc) to watch video.
4. The meeting dates have been every week in Dublin at 6-9 in the evening. They are not compulsory to attend. Definitely this makes it very difficult for those outside Dublin to attend these.
5. The group work is done through things like Skype or Google Hangouts in general, mixed with physical meet ups by the group as often as is practicable.

Hope this helps

B.A._Baracus

bimbofatass wrote: »

Just in relation to this quote that says there were no costs involved,
I was speaking with one of the guys in the design stream, and in order to complete the course work you need to have access to Photoshop and Illustrator. While you have access to these programmes on the computers in the college, there is simply no way to do the work needed to be done there. Access to the computers is tough at the best of times. It is essential for you to have the Adobe suite in order to complete the mountain of work expected. While you can get access to these under a student license from the college, it still works out pretty hefty considering this is a course for unemployed people who will now have to fork out 20euro pm in order to do their homework.

There are alternatives to PhotoShop and Illustrator. I know a few people on the design stream who use Affinity for Mac. Only costs around 50 euro and it's yours forever.

Let's be honest... out of all the designers that are currently on the course how many do you think are genuinely paying for PhotoShop and Illustrator? You know yourself. There are "other ways" to obtain both and this is a technolgy based course

But let's just say everyone was paying the 20 euro per month fee. That's still no big deal. The course is still free. Other students in other colleges have to pay thousands to get a bachelor's degree, supporting themselves with part-time jobs and if they were given the choice to go back and change things. You'd know they'd all gladly pay that 20 per month instead.