Introduction to Web Authoring Ellen Cushman cushmane@msu.edu Introduction to Web Authoring Class mtg. #9 www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wra210.htm our syllabus www.msu.edu/~cushmane/wa2.htm new class page

Today in Class… 1. Intro to Web Technology User Assistance project 2. Team & Topic Selection 3. What is User Assistance? 4. Examining UA examples with Wodkte’s Eight Principles For Next Time: Decide on your group’s topic and mail it to me if you haven’t already done so. Begin a process log and upload it to your site.

Web Tech User Assistance Project See project overview at http://www.msu.edu/~cushmane/ua.htm goals of the project deliverables final due dates

Web Tech UA: goals Building on page design principles, we’ll… examine site design principles, including navigation, visual and verbal design strategies for keeping users oriented Building on your genre analysis skills, we’ll draw on these skills to produce an instance of a popular web genre: user assistance

Web Tech UA: deliverables Each 2-3 person team will produce: A User Assistance website A process log A PowerPoint storyboard

Web Tech UA: schedule Dates of interest for the UA project: 2/11 - Introduction to assignment #3 & Teams 2/13 - UA Background & Principles 2/18 - Semantic Principles of User Assistance 2/21 - UA Storyboard 2/25 - UA Walkthrough 2/27 - Workshop Dreamweaver: CSS 3/3-3/5 - Spring Break 03/10 –Workshop:Dreamweaver CSS 03/12– Workshop:User Feedback & Revision Plans 03/17 – Final Versions Posted

Web Tech UA: topics Good Bad Your topic must be task-oriented. This means that it should focus on a hands-on, how-to-do-something specific…with a concrete outcome. No demonstrations allowed! It must be online, well written, & stand alone. Good Bad “Creating a linked style-sheet to control the look and feel of an entire site” “What is Javascript?” “Using Photoshop Filters”

Web Tech UA: possible topic ideas Using an FTP client to move files to and from your server space 2 Importing a YouTube video into your personal page: see link to model on our wa2.htm site. 3 4 5 6 7

Web Tech UA: teams & topics Teams should consist of 2-3 people. Once your team is organized, you will do the following: Decide on a topic; e-mail it to me and let me know who is on your team Work out a plan for posting team materials, keeping the process log, etc. We will do most of this in class today! Please have teams and topics ready by the end of next class on 2/13.