Session 3 [Wed 130110 Class Cancelled Due To Weather] Update On Progressing With Site/ Written Assignment Brief Available

Class Cancelled
Session 3 was post-poned yesterday due to snow. We will make up the time later in the term. I hope you all got the cancellation email. Make sure the student portal people have your correct email address if you didn't in case of any further cancellations.

Homework

Site Content

by now you will have pinned down your site subject, the target audience, and tested its worthwhileness with the set questions. You should also have a clear single sentence objective for the site.

The next step is to compile a content list. Stretch your imagination to come up with all the possible content you could conceive of being included on your site related to your chosen subject. [Remember to prepare all your planning work on or attached to your planning sheets.]

Site Analysis

As well as continuing with the planning of your site, please download and read the written assignment brief. When you have read and understood, please attempt your first site analysis [there are some hints below about what you should write].

Write your review by hand for the moment and you can type it up when you have set up your blog next session.

Writing Your First Site Analysis
Whether you write about a site you rate or a site you don't, consider the site from the key web aspects outlined in Session1 -

• Marketing - Who is the site aimed at? Remember there is always more than one audience for a site.
• Content - Does the content intrigue or bore you? Why? Is it presented in the correct tone-of-voice? Are the text and image content well integrated.
• Navigation - Describe the navigation and comment on usability.
• Design - Is there a clear visual metaphor in use. Does it make sense. Does the design stand in the way of the communication?
• Technology - It's early days yet in terms of your technological understanding but you can still describe the interactive and dynamic features of the site. Again, do they help or hinder your enjoyment of the site or your access to the information?

Write about a site that has some relation to your chosen subject. Be thorough and clear in your analysis, breaking it down into clear sections if necessary. No site is perfect, be brutal but positive in your criticism. If something could have been done better, then tell the reader how.

See you next session.