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Monday, 7 February 2011

Designing your site

WEB DESIGN – THE NEXT STAGE:

1. This lesson – Powerpoint Discussion and…

2. Copy your design from the exam into your sketchbook – VERY TIDILY – USE COLOUR

3. For those of you who DIDN”T sit the exam, you’ll have to quickly devise a first page plan of a website for a new TV Channel.

4. After having done this, you need to IMPROVE your design – drawing the new plan into your sketchbooks – NEATLY – USE COLOUR.

5. You then need to write 10 Bullet points on the changes you made between designs and WHY you made those changes – refer to what you have learnt about Web Design and about TV channel websites. You will now need your design to have FOUR PAGES

6. Next you will be drawing your plan as a FLOWCHART like the one you were showed in class in the Powerpoint – see point 1 – a copy of which is on the blog http://webdesignformediastudies.blogspot.com

7. You will then TEST your plans on TWO people and record their feedback – giving THREE points per person so:

a. Person One – three bullets on feedback

b. Person Two – three bullets on feedback

8. You will then begin the design phase – there will be a TEACHING LESSON on WEB DESIGN using iWeb on MONDAY 14^th – next week

9. You will then design your web page and you will have 4 lessons – this phase will finish the second week back after half term – that is Thursday3^rd March.

Here’s a plan to help you:

LESSON	Planned to do..	Actually did…
Mon 7^th Feb
Thurs 10^th Feb
Mon 14^th Feb
Thurs 17^th Feb
HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TERM HALF TE
Mon 28^th Feb
Thurs 3^rd March

Monday, 24 January 2011

World's WORST Websites?

YOUR TASK

Make a list of 15 things you shouldn't do when designing a website and give URLs of examples where there has been done:
1. Well
2. Poorly

Remember to GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF WHY THE SITE IS POOR/GOOD

In order to know how to design a website well, it is worth looking at terrible websites. Here is the main website that deals with them - called 'Websites that Suck'

Overview of the Worst Websites of 2010-2005
Worst Websites of 2009
Worst Websites of 2008
Worst Websites of 2007
Worst Websites of 2006
Worst Websites of 2005

Ugliest / Worst Web Pages of the Decade

and the colours on this site moves as well!!! Check it HERE

And here:

Biggest Mistakes in Web Design 1995-2015

Here's the sheet to complete - get it from the RESOURCES folder to complete it in word.

What NOT to do in WEB DESIGN Form

Monday, 17 January 2011

How Audiences use the internet

How Audiences Use the internet --------------------------------------------------------------

This sheet is in resources (on the macs) in the folder WEB DESIGN. Copy the answers into your sketchbooks

1. Article “ Lazy Eyes” – here http://www.slate.com/id/2193552/. Answer the following questions:

a. What 6 things should you do to get a reader’s attention?

b. What is an informavore according to this article?

c. According to the article, how much slower are we at reading computer screen text than printed text? (He quotes Nielsen)

2. Article “F-Shaped pattern for reading web content” – here http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html. Answer the following questions:

a. What does the article say are the three main components of the dominant reading pattern?

b. How many people did they use in their tests?

c. Draw a rough image of the pattern shown in the images

3. In Media Studies we have traditionally divided audiences in terms of Age, Gender, Class, Wealth (DEMOGRAPHICS) and Lifestyle - which is called PSYCHOGRAPHICS. Copy or stick in the sheet on segmenting the audience into your sketchbooks. Using this article http://philosophe.com/understanding_users/categorizing_users/ called “Categorizing your Audience”, List 3 other ways you could categorise your audience. Try to give a brief explanation.

4. Finally, go to WEBSITES THAT SUCK http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/index.html?linkid=subnav and choose THREE bad sites, giving the LINK and a brief sketch of the site, along with 50 words for each site on why the site is badly designed in your sketchbooks.

Try to use what you have learned here when planning and designing your own website.

Please also think about using some of these ideas when you come to write up your evaluation!

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Reviewing TV Channel's Websites

You need to make notes in your sketchbooks on the following by looking at websites to see:

1. What the conventions are for Web Sites in practice
2. What TV Channels put on their websites - the conventions for this 'genre'
3. How TV Channels target their audience

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Research TV Channel Websites!

Look at a minimum of THREE of the following, choosing a least one from each group. You need to make notes on the content and its meanings as well as how it is offering a service and meeting the demands/needs of its audience.

Use the sheets and fill in the blanks to help you construct notes - don't worry if you have more in one section or another and if they overlap - the sheet is a GUIDE to help you make notes rather than the be all and end all of life so to speak!