Term Project Evaluations Guiding Principles Summary Lecture 15 Short Course Review Term Project Evaluations Guiding Principles Summary

Play it Safe Play for More Course Scope? Comfort Sophistication 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

Course Challenge Comfort Wait! Reward is Close. ANXIETY Frustration Sophistication Wait! Reward is Close. ANXIETY Frustration

Course Reward Comfort Beginning of Sense of What is POSSIBLE Interactive Multimedia Website that Communicates Comfort Sophistication Beginning of Sense of What is POSSIBLE

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?

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?"

Evaluation of Term Projects http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~aspoerri/Teaching/MPOnline/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

Simple Less is More Easy Navigation Tell a Story Be Creative Guiding Principles Simple “Don't make me think!” – “Don’t 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

"Why be a Librarian in the 21st Century?" 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