Career Clusters Project Cost Projection

Per Semester Course ( Approx. 30 lessons)

Course Specific Roles Description
Cost
Content Development, Instructional Design,
Educational Review Items
Writer (Author) Responsible for writing the course content based on
information from industry experts, academicians, and or lead
subject matter experts; writes written assessments as needed.
$5,000.00
Content Reviewer/Lead Subject Matter Expert Responsible for reviewing content from the writer and makes
edits or suggestions as needed.
$800.00
Instructional Design Responsible for ensuring content is chunked properly and
suggests images and multimedia enhancements to the
content.
$3,000.00
Editorial/Line/Content QA Responsible for editing the course content for grammar,
punctuation, spelling, etc
$1,500.00
Web Development
HTML Team Responsible for inputting course content into the CMS; applies
formatting of text; inserts graphic, multimedia, flash; ensures
CMS organization is properly updated.
Build pages in Dreamweaver, paste into CMS (20 min./page x
8)
$8,000.00
Include keywords and activate (average 4/lesson) $1,000.00
Include images/videos/activities and activate $1,500.00
Technical QA Team Maintains the integrity of the CMS; receives and solves
technical issues via ticketing system; ensures course material
is ready for delivery to client; converts the CMS course content
code into client specific data.
$1,000.00
Multimedia Development
Graphic Designer Create custom images ( 45 mins each x 2) and upload to CMS $4,500.00
Process 4 aesthetic images and upload to CMS (10 mins each x
4)
$2,000.00
Multimedia Designer Practice activity (build in Articulate) and upload to CMS $1,500.00
Flash animation development ( 15 per course) $7,500.00
Video ( This will be 3rd party or outsourced) TBD
Assessment Writing and Development (
Computer-scored) 9 per course
Assessment Writer ( 2 hours per assessment) Assessment writer will review the written content and create
computer-scored assessment items based on the lesson
objectives.
$1,800.00
Assessment Editor ( 30 minutes per assessment) Assessment editor will review the assessments to ensure they
are grammatically correct and formatter properly.
$450.00
Computer-Scored Assessment Respondus
Developer (30 minutes per assessment)
Assessment developer will develop assessment into
Respondus and upload to the CMS. Will also make the
revisions per the assessment QA feedback.
$450.00
Assessment QA Reviewer (30 minutes per
assessment)
Assessment QA reviewer will ensure that the assessments
were developed properly within Respondus.
$450.00
CMS and LMS Development
LMS Setup N/A
CMS ( Course Shell) Setup $50.00
$40,500.00
Global Project Roles Description
Project Manager Point person overseeing the entire project; responsible for
developing timelines, tracking charts and progress reporting;
communicates with client as needed; receives and
communicates updates to FYI team; coordinates with team
leaders and industry liaison. 50,000.00 $
Document Manager Receives and organizes all related project documents; creates
a folder and file structure on sever and maintains its integrity;
distributes documents to the appropriate team; handles
documents from content development, and assessment
teams.
40,000.00 $
Industry Liaison Identifies and coordinates with industry representatives,
sponsors, etc; communicates the Career Pathways Course
goals and needs; receives and distributes industry material;
responsible for writing proposals and overseeing contracts
with sponsor as needed; maintaining and fostering
relationships with sponsor representatives; communicating
updates.
40,000.00 $
Industry Expert
Industry representative from the specific career cluster;
provides overview of the industry, job responsibilities and
requirements; collaborates with writer to provide material
needed to create the course; may work directly with Industry
Liaison, as well. 50,000.00 $
Post Secondary Expert
Post-Secondary representative from the specific career
cluster; provides overview of the industry, job responsibilities
and requirements specific to higher education; collaborates
with writer to provide material needed to create the course;
may work directly with Industry Liaison, as well. 50,000.00 $
Lead Subject Matter Expert
SME who will oversee the specific cluster and review the
content designed and developed by the writer. 50,000.00 $