Tuesday 6.10 6:00pm (Resume Due)
Tuesday 6.24 6:00pm (Site Comparison Due)
Tuesday 7.1
6:00pm (Original Site Due)
Note: All assignments except for the resume can be done in teams of up to 2 people. All members of the team will get the same grade, I will not mediate any issues...pick your team members wisely. I will want to know who's working together and how you divided up the work.
Resume (Checklist)
Weight: 20pts of final grade
Create a web-based resume using basic XHTML/CSS. You must include:
At least two external links to documents you do not own
At least two
links to other documents you have created for this assignment
At least two images with all proper attributes
Internal (anchor) links
allowing navigation to different sections of the same page
All formatting/style/presentational elements must be controlled with an external style sheet
[NOTE: You can only use what we've learned so far (xhtml/css for formatting/images)...if you know anything else save it for later, so...no tables...no css positioning...]
Post your resume files to: eden.rutgers.edu/~username/320/assn1/
Web Site Comparison (Checklist)
Weight: 20pts of final grade
All sites must be approved by Instructor
Use of the Williams' book, Nielson's useit.com site, and/or other sources recommended (remember to cite)
Write a detailed comparison of two similar web sites of your choice (i.e., sites that serve the same general purpose, such as two retail store sites, two travel sites, two news sites, etc.). Which site does a better job in each area listed below? Overall?
Use the evaluation criteria discussed in class and below to address all questions. Incorporate your own insights and provide specific examples to show that you understand the issues addressed by each question.
Create a main page that contains a brief summary of your evaluation, links to the sites you are evaluating as well as a link to the page for each of the evaluation areas.
Publish your evaluation as a set of web pages, at least one for each area. Keep your text brief; used descriptive screen captures and selective/descriptive linking; make all links to internal documents relative.
Evaluation Criteria:
Audience
Who are the sites for?
Who are the intended users?
What do users want to accomplish? (think about it...)
What are the skills needed to use the site? (Basic click/scroll? Fancy menus? Downloading?)
Good fit with skills of intended users?
Can users instantly understand what the site is about?
Understand what they can do there?
"Look & feel" entice you to stay and explore?
Navigation/Functionality
Page answers the three principal navigation questions:
Where am I? (What indicates "You are here"?)
Page Titles/Headings...Relationship to other pages on site...
Where can I go? (How do you know?)
Section titles, Navigation elements...Organized? Clear? Good Terminology?
How can I get back?
Can you easily find your home? back? (back button works?) other sections?
How can I search? Does the search work? Search options?
Is the page "optimized" for Search Engines?
Download times reasonable?
Visual Design
Review the sites along the lines of Williams’ design principles…do the sites make good use of:
Contrast?
Heirarchy? Readability/Legibility? Scanability?
Repetition?
What elements repeat? How does the site brand itself?
Alignment?
Clean/Good lines?
Proximity?
Like items grouped together well?
Post your files to: eden.rutgers.edu/~username/320/assn2/ (if working in teams each team member should link to one site)
Original Site Creation (Checklist)
Weight: 20pts of final grade
For this assignment you’ll be creating a website from “scratch”. The website can be for an organization (e.g small business), a hobby/interest, an outside project, just about anything you like.
Final Project Requirements:
A minimum of 5 main .html pages with actual content
2 of those pages must have at least 2 sub pages for a minimum total of 9 pages to your site
Minimum of 4 images
An external style sheet must be used for design/presentation.
Interactive navigation structure (CSS rollovers/menus, JS rollovers/menus etc.)
In addition to the specifics above please ensure the following:
Mechanics / Technical Competence
Page at correct URL
Proper file types used
All links work
Navigation is functional, consistent and clear
Consistent page layout structure
All pages are uniquely titled
At least two pages scrollable length
Page works in IE and FF (or FF and Safari for you Mac users)
All pages printable (by using print style sheet)
CSS pages validate
Meaning
Site serves audience effectively
Every page has purpose
Message is clear and consistent starting on the home page & throughout site
Concise but effective use of text (less is more when it comes to text)
Design / Creativity
Visual Design/CRAP principles applied
Accessibly and usability maximized through use of ALT tags, use of height/width tags, bandwidth restraints kept to minimum, no duplicate coding
Creative presentation of site
Use of images consistent with site's theme
Post your files to: eden.rutgers.edu/~username/320/final/ (if working in teams each team member should link to one site)