You are now going to add some additional features to your web site that
will include further
navigation and several design enhancements.
Web pages should be maintained and enhanced regularly, and you should
always consider
making design modifications as you expand the contents and scope of
your pages. For
example, headers, sub-headers, labels, and groupings and the placement
of groupings on
pages are important design concerns. You should always be thinking
in terms of proper
placement and organization, etc. as your pages develop. Remember that
the purpose of your
site is to convey information to the user. The user's task is to assimilate
and use the
information. Your task is to facilitate the user's task!
In this assignment you are expected to work with the IFSM 303 page that
you have already
created in assuring that it is attractively designed with appropriate
titles, sub-titles, spacing,
alignment and groupings. Further, you will be creating four new pages
within your www
directory for future course work.
There should be coherence within each page and consistency between your
pages. All links,
both between your own pages and to sites external to your directory,
should be clearly labeled
and easily apparent to the user. Use of background texture, colors,
graphics, animation,
sound, etc., are to follow screen design guidelines covered in the
text and lecture. Adherence
to design guidelines and project specifications will be evaluated.
Be aware that features may
appear differently on different browsers and/or screen resolutions.
Strive for quality and
elegance rather than "glitz". See "Relevant URLs" for excellent sites
to help you in making your
site excellent in all respects.
Next, create two separate tables, each of these tables will hold two
links. Each table should
have a distinct and meaningful title centered over it that will identify
the contents of the table.
The first table should contain two separate links with a distinct labels/titles
that take the user to
the IFSM 303 WebCT Introductory Screen at
http://www.umbc.edu:8900/public/IFSM303/index.html
and to the IFSM 303 BlackBoard site at:
http://bb-app1.umbc.edu:80/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_2454_1&frame=top
The second table will contain links to two other pages within your www directory.
The first of these links will be to a new page within your directory
for your Interests/Hobby
page. Your personal interest or hobby will be something about which
you are especially
interested. This page will actually be developed and will contain several
statements regarding
an area or areas of personal interest to you. This page will also have
at least two links to sites
external to your own directory that represent this interest. This page
should also have a link
back to the 303 page. This page will be further developed in the next
assignment.
The second link within this table will be to a new page within your
www directory that will
contain your abstract of your Interface Analysis Report. You are to
actually create and label
this page; though, at this point, it need have only a title and a link
back to the 303 coursework
page.
Check and double check!
Do a "usability" study on your own pages. Do all links work properly?
Does the user have the
feeling that they are always within the same site? Are headings and
labels clear and
meaningful? Are links attractively and clearly presented? Are graphics,
if used, relevant? Do
the colors used allow for proper contrast for comfortable reading of
text? Does your site
convey to the user what you want it to convey? Does it portray the
image you want to "the
world"? Can the intended user do the required task based on the information
you are
presenting? Are there other issues you feel need to be tested?