© Anselm Spoerri Lecture 15 Short Course Review Term Project Evaluations Guiding Principles Summary

© Anselm Spoerri Comfort Sophistication 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

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

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

© Anselm Spoerri 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?

© Anselm Spoerri 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 21 st Century?"

© Anselm Spoerri Evaluation of Term Projects Term Projects 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

© Anselm Spoerri 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

© Anselm Spoerri Highlights from 1 st 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

© Anselm Spoerri 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

© Anselm Spoerri Summary "Why be a Librarian in the 21 st 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