I was looking forward to the peer review on Wednesday to see what the feedback would be for our site redesign since I was pretty pleased with it, considering what we had to work with. We must've done pretty well, because there weren't any significant changes suggested for our final revisions. Aside from a site map rewrite, mostly what got noted was small issues like font inconsistency and color, keeping the visual themes related and appropriate, those sorts of things.
So, once the peer review was over, there weren't actually that many responsibilities to divvy up amoung our group. Kelly is taking care of rewriting the (old) site map (the new one [for our site] is fine), Steve has handling the proposal memo and font-type consistency, Rachel is making sure that the Scandinavian Sun logo is on every page for a repetition appeal and consistency, and I am checking font colors and aesthetic agreements. It doesn't really feel like that much to do, but luckily that's because we did well enough before the peer review that there wasn't anything very objectionable, so I guess we should feel pretty good about that. Hopefully everything is all wrapped up and looking good for Monday so that the only thing left is to hand it in with a postwrite. This time around I'll try to keep it shorter. And then it will be onto project 4!
Showing posts with label Project 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project 3. Show all posts
Friday, November 6, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Site Redesign Progress
Although it's been a bit difficult to get in contact with other members of my group outside of class, I think we've all figured out who will be taking care of what as far as the last few aspects of the project before final revisions and submission. I was working a bit on what I hope is the correct way of highlighting a website template. I'm not positive about what exactly that entails, whether it's on the site itself or if it can be demonstrated seperately, but I guess I'll find out for sure when I talk to my groupmates again and can revise or add to what I've done already.
That aside, I'm looking forward to the peer review--I'm curious to see what other people think about our revised site; I'm quite satisfied with how it's come along so far. Hopefully there aren't any outstanding oversights in our redesign and we don't get any significant complaints about what we've done, although I don't think the responses will be very negative. I also don't have basis for comparison to other groups in the class, though, so I guess I can't say for sure. Once we get our feedback on the site, I hope we can all pin down exactly what each person should get done for Monday, that way we can wrap up this project as easily and effectively as possible. This is another project that I think I might feel quite proud of once we're through with it, but that does depend on what I can get done before the due date and how well I can do it. Here's hoping it all ends well!
That aside, I'm looking forward to the peer review--I'm curious to see what other people think about our revised site; I'm quite satisfied with how it's come along so far. Hopefully there aren't any outstanding oversights in our redesign and we don't get any significant complaints about what we've done, although I don't think the responses will be very negative. I also don't have basis for comparison to other groups in the class, though, so I guess I can't say for sure. Once we get our feedback on the site, I hope we can all pin down exactly what each person should get done for Monday, that way we can wrap up this project as easily and effectively as possible. This is another project that I think I might feel quite proud of once we're through with it, but that does depend on what I can get done before the due date and how well I can do it. Here's hoping it all ends well!
Project 3 (Site Analysis)
So far in this project, we've had to pick a site that was in serious need of rhetorical and format reworking (which we did--Scandinavian Sun), and create a new site that essentially serves the same purpose, but is more effective in both rhetorical and formatting aspects. We also created site maps to better understand the connections of a website's pages to each other and to the main site itself. Before starting on the project itself, we also had to do a site analysis to pick out what the chosen site did well and needed to work on, so that we would know what to do in our reworked version of the site.
My group is using Google Sites to create a new website template for Scandinavian Sun, and although I am not great at site design (at least not with my current experience), I've contributed to information to multiple pages on our version of the site. Despite my contributions and my in-depth site analysis before starting on actually reworking the site, I still have a feeling that I could be doing more to help the group. Since starting the site, I have gotten a better grasp of editing, both textually and in design, so I hope to quell that feeling by the time our project is completed. I am pleased, however, that the two pages that we will be submitting for grading at the end of the project are most likely going to be pages that I have worked on and contributed to.
My group is using Google Sites to create a new website template for Scandinavian Sun, and although I am not great at site design (at least not with my current experience), I've contributed to information to multiple pages on our version of the site. Despite my contributions and my in-depth site analysis before starting on actually reworking the site, I still have a feeling that I could be doing more to help the group. Since starting the site, I have gotten a better grasp of editing, both textually and in design, so I hope to quell that feeling by the time our project is completed. I am pleased, however, that the two pages that we will be submitting for grading at the end of the project are most likely going to be pages that I have worked on and contributed to.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Palmquist - site analysis
1.) http://www.studybass.com/ (well organized)
2.) http://www.cracked.com/ (could use work)
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1.) StudyBass.com is a tutorial site for beginner bass lessons. Since it serves an audience that is most likely unfamiliar with an/the instrument, and also may be (young and) inexperienced with the internet itself, a fairly simple and easy-to-navigate design format is used throughout the site. Each page looks largely the same, and follows an almost identical design. Main links and links to other lesson guides are present on each page, while the relevant information is located right in the middle of each page, with some peripheries to each side. The only thing to watch for is in a given lesson, a user can choose whether to look at the lesson itself, and exercise, a quiz, and exemplary songs by using respective tabs at the top of the lesson under the title. The tabs aren't very big or emphasized, so a casual user can overlook them.
2.) Cracked.com is a comedy website with a host of contributors and fans submitting and commenting on humorous articles, images, videos, and the like. While there is are article archives (in reverse chronological order, as well as a popular and greatest hits list), author archives, and an interactive "category" list of recent articles, the design layout of the homepage looks unplanned, and while there are plenty of good ideas to help the user, they are too scattered to different corners of the page to be ideally effective. That isn't to say that the site is unnavigable--it is--but the casual user may have to fumble their way through the site to find something they are looking for or are interested in, especially as compared to a site with a simpler and more effective design, such as StudyBass.com.
2.) http://www.cracked.com/ (could use work)
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1.) StudyBass.com is a tutorial site for beginner bass lessons. Since it serves an audience that is most likely unfamiliar with an/the instrument, and also may be (young and) inexperienced with the internet itself, a fairly simple and easy-to-navigate design format is used throughout the site. Each page looks largely the same, and follows an almost identical design. Main links and links to other lesson guides are present on each page, while the relevant information is located right in the middle of each page, with some peripheries to each side. The only thing to watch for is in a given lesson, a user can choose whether to look at the lesson itself, and exercise, a quiz, and exemplary songs by using respective tabs at the top of the lesson under the title. The tabs aren't very big or emphasized, so a casual user can overlook them.
2.) Cracked.com is a comedy website with a host of contributors and fans submitting and commenting on humorous articles, images, videos, and the like. While there is are article archives (in reverse chronological order, as well as a popular and greatest hits list), author archives, and an interactive "category" list of recent articles, the design layout of the homepage looks unplanned, and while there are plenty of good ideas to help the user, they are too scattered to different corners of the page to be ideally effective. That isn't to say that the site is unnavigable--it is--but the casual user may have to fumble their way through the site to find something they are looking for or are interested in, especially as compared to a site with a simpler and more effective design, such as StudyBass.com.
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