COURSE CALENDAR | WEEK 06 CLASS OUTLINE | Homework
- Visiting Designer cancelled due to incomplete project presentation work.
- Review Class Projects in Progress. Discuss what is required for Midterm.
- CLIENT WORK/Wireframe Development
- You should have a wireframe (created in Illustrator or Photoshop) based on one of the layouts below.
- Have your wireframe available for paper prototyping
- CLIENT WORK/Interaction Development
- User Profile: A user profile is a realistic (but fictional) example of a target audience member. (sample)
- Use Case: Use cases are narratives that describe how a user might use a site. They illustrate a sequence of events that a user might go through in order to accomplish a specific goal. (sample)
- Usability Testing with Paper Prototyping: Define a task/goal for the user. Using your wireframe as guide, draw each page in your site involved in that task. Ask your partner to "be" the user profile's character. You will be the computer. Ask the user to complete the task by navigating the paper prototype until they reach the goal. Take notes during the testing. Do not give hints or advice to the user. (sample)
- IA deliverables
- Design Patterns
- CLIENT WORK/TECHNICAL PREPARATION:
- Advanced XHTML: Accessible Links
- Advanced XHTML: Mastering Text
- Use this tutorial to finish your CSS layout for your Project Presentation site. Apply the CSS to every page in the site.
Midterm Project is DUE Week 08!!
- All content for Phase1 and Phase 2 should be added to the Project Presentation site.
- Stylesheet for the Project Presentation site should be completed and applied to every page in the site. (example)
- Make at lease one BACKUP of your work!!
Make a list of your Goals and Priorities:
- Long-term goals (5 years)
- Intermediate goals (1-3 years)
- Short-term goals (current year)
- Very-Short-Term goals (daily)