 Web Authoring - unit 57 |
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Snow day 2nd Dec 2010:
For inspiration for your snowmen/snowgoons, I recommend you have a good look at Calvin & Hobbes
Once you are tired of all the snow ball fights and sledging, here is the college mandated homework...
Your existing sites are now available from the drop-down list at the top left of http://www.totton.org/ or from the links on http://www.totton.org/web/index.html
Your course notes are on iLearn (unit 57) or at http://www.jednet.co.uk/totton/web
While you cannot edit your web sites at home without Dreamweaver, you CAN be planning what you want to put on each page.
It is a requirement that you sketch out the layout for the pages on your site to produce a paper version - these are often part of the process when discussing a site with a client.
The paper-based 'storyboarding' version provides evidence for two of the learning outcomes:
3 Be able to produce a media rich Website to a specification
Components of production: client’s requirements; audience considerations; generation of ideas; conceptualisation; visualisation; information architecture; storyboarding; resourcing
Planning: importance of planning;
4 Be able to publish, test and review own Website
Sources of information: self-evaluation; documentation, eg notes, sketches, story boards, production logs; comments from others, eg audience, peers, tutors, client
Production process: pre-production, eg planning, preparation;
Having a paper prototype can save a lot of time otherwise wasted on the computer - it can be quickly seen when the client (or you) is trying to put too much on a single page that should be broken down into smaller chunks of information. http://www.nngroup.com/reports/prototyping/video_stills.html
Consider how to keep the navigation simple - usability studies recommend no more than 5 or 7 links from any page.
Your pages may include:
- your home page (index.html) which introduces & summarizes your Web site
- a 'contact' page (contact.html) where you add phone numbers, address and email details, maybe a map (see http://maps.google.co.uk - we will look at how to embed a map in a later session)
- a page for your CV - either cut and pasted onto the Web page or saved as an acrobat pdf and linked
- one or more pages showcasing your work - likely a separate page for animation, music videos, horror etc each with embedded YouTube links and Flash .swf animations
- a 'links' page to favourite sites - either your own additional sites or to tutorials and useful resources such as imdb.com you want to revisit. Once you have added them to your site you (and others) can find them without worrying which pc you had bookmarked them on!
Additional homework....
We will be creating some Web animation using Flash - research the use of Flash animation, starting with some of these links :
http://www.jednet.co.uk/linkspgs/flashlinksnew.html
Your Flash animation will cover the learning outcomes of
2 Be able to use Website design and production software
animation; keyframes;
and also be used for additional credits for Unit 33: 2D animation
Have a great day!