Web Design Principles
Welcome to Web Design Principles. This class will cover the organization and development of web sites. Day 1 will cover Visual Design for the Modern Web, ISBN 978-0321-51538-4 New Riders/Peachpit Press, © 2008, Chapters 1-4; Site Audience and Purpose, Designing Display & Navigation, Site Design Considerations, Sketching and Prototyping and Gathering Site Assets. Day 2 will cover Chapters 5-8: Color, Graphics, Typography, and Forms. See also the textbook companion site.
Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools. Web 2.0 collaboration tools include blogs ("web logs") (www.blogger.com-take a tour) ( see www.wordpress.com and Wordpress Blog Features), wikis (Wikis in Plain English) (See PBWiki for education), collaborative research using "social bookmarking" (http://.delicious.com), collaborative document editing (Google Apps), Podcasting (see ITunes University), Web site "news updates" using "RSS Feeds," ("Really Simple Syndication"); and Web Site Aggregators (Google Reader), among others.
| Topic | Textbook Reference |
|---|---|
| Audience, Image, Message, Purpose | Ch. 2, pp. 42-48 |
| User-Centered Web Sites. Contrast with Organization - Centered Sites; Technology-Centered Sites; Data-Driven Sites | Ch. 2, pp. 48-9 |
| Site Purpose | Ch. 2, pp. 39-42 |
| Site Structure, Functionality | Ch. 2, 60-61; Ch. 3, 76-79; 106-107 |
| Collecting Site Content; Design, Display, Navigation | Content: pp. 50-56; Design/Layout - Ch. 4 Generally; Navigation, Ch. 3 Generally |
| Design Principles: Page Layout, Eye Appeal, | Layout, Ch. 4 |
| Design Principles: Storyboard, Prototype, and Testing | Storyboarding: Ch. 4, pp 170-172, 176 Design Checklists - p. 174-76 Site Testing, Usability: pp. 23-25. |
Textbook: Penny McIntire, Visual Design for the Modern Web, ISBN 978-0321-51538-4 New Riders/Peachpit Press, © 2008
Textbook Companion site: http://www.cs.niu.edu/~mcintire/webbook/
Pre-requisites: None. Working With Windows (CMP 073) or equivalent knowledge of Personal Computers (PCs) is helpful.
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