Short Course Review

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Lecture 15

• Short Course Review
• Term Project Evaluations
• Guiding Principles
• Summary

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Course Scope?

• Play it Safe
• HTML Basic Coding
• Basic Text Images Web Pages
• Images Narration
• More Theory

• Play for More
• Meaningful Term Project
• Early Exposure to Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash
• Progressive Increase in Skill Comfort Level
• Create complex animations
• No Pain, No Gain

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Course Challenge
Wait!Reward is Close.
ANXIETYFrustration
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Course Reward
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Mechanics Goals ? Evaluation Criteria

• Mechanics - technical competency in web and
  multimedia design
• Navigation
• Easy to find your way? Consistent Primary
  Navigation? Site ID? Page name?
• Layout
• Clear, instant Visual Hierarchy? Pages easy to
  understand? "Look feel" enticing?
• Typography
• Text easy to read? Designed for scanning?
• Visuals
• Graphics easy to understand? Image Layouts tell a
  story? Animations are well constructed? tell a
  story?
• Interactivity
• Use of interactive elements - links, rollovers,
  image maps? Interactive elements easy to
  understand and effective?

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Meaning Goals ? Evaluation Criteria

• Meaning - concise presentation of content and
  effective use of multimedia
• Clarity
• Content easy to understand?
• Conciseness
• Content presented in a concise form? Enough
  information but not too much?
• Relevance
• Content informative? Relevant? Insightful?
• Creativity
• Creative Use of text, images, multimedia
  interactivity?
• Creative Approach to answering the question "Why
  be a Librarian in the 21st Century?"

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Evaluation of Term Projects

• Term Projects
• http//www.scils.rutgers.edu/aspoerri/Teaching/M
  POnline/finalprojects_online.htm
• Will upload page Tuesday 8am
• Evaluation
• Please discuss and provide constructive feedback
  in the Threaded Discussion devoted to the Term
  Project.
• Decided not to use the Evaluation Interface this
  semester, where you could provide anonymous
  feedback the Threaded Discussion offers a free
  form format for evaluating the Term Projects.
• Enjoy

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Highlights from Previous Classes

• These are some of the sites created by students
  in previous classes.
• If they can do it, you can do it!

• Black, Holly
• Goetjen, Deborah
• Leonard, Laura
• Luderitz, Marygrace
• Lyu, Mi-Sun
• Latimer, Nancy
• Pejsa, Stanislav
• Weiner, Sally

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Highlights from 1st Online Class

• These are some of the sites created by students
  in previous classes.
• If they can do it, you can do it!

• Adams, Molly
• Arnett, Barbara
• Harris, Robert
• Jager, Rebecca
• Johnson, Rosemary
• Nelson, Jennifer
• Patterson, SaraZoe
• Pearson, Melissa
• Prudente, Stephanie
• Riggs, Vickie
• Seguine, Patricia

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Guiding Principles

• Simple
• Don't make me think! Dont force the user to
  think
• Less is More
• Cut text is half
• Easy Navigation
• Where am I?
• How do I get to ?
• Tell a Story
• Be Creative

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Summary

• "Why be a Librarian in the 21st Century?"
• Communicate Your Vision
• Share Your Passions
• Create Cool Website
• Calling Card
• Learn New Skills Vocabulary
• Learn MECHANICS
• To use Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash
• Create MEANING