1. Web Manager’s Academy Agenda
Darlene Fichter Data Library Coordinator
University of Saskatchewan Library
March 9, 2004

2. Who we are
Frank Cervone, Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern University
Marcia Morante, KCurve, Inc.
Jeff Wisniewski, Web Services Librarian, University of Pittsburgh
Marshall Breeding, Library Technology Officer, Vanderbilt University
Darlene Fichter, Data Library Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan

3. Introductions... Who are you? Where do you work?
What type of web design experience have you had?
What do you hope to find out today?

4. Key Considerations in Web Development
The Plan
Goals & purpose
Audience & user requirements
The Architecture - Content & organization
User Testing
Visual Design
Tools and Technologies
Development and Go Live
Evaluation, testing, and improving
Fix Animation order

5. Content, Architecture and Tools
Totality
Jesse James Garret points out that the user experiences the "totality of the internet" - not one piece separate from another. We rise and fall together.”
Visible
Interface
Content, Architecture and Tools
Invisible

6. Layers Surface – visual design
Skeleton – interface, interaction, and information design
Structure – IA, interaction design
Strategy - site objectives and user needs
Scope - functional specifications and content requirements
Structure - interaction design and information architecture
Skeleton - interface design, interaction design, and information design
Surface - visual design
Scope – functional requirements, content
Strategy – user needs, objectives
Jesse James Garret

7. The Agenda Managing Web Projects Information Architecture
Coffee
Information Architecture
Lunch
Visual Design
User Testing
Tools and Toolkits
Roundtable
Lessons learned
& recommendations

8. Questions?