Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wireframes from our class on 2/24

Here you can download the two wireframes we developed in class last time.

http://expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/home_wireframe.jpg

http://expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/CD_wireframe.jpg

Also, the site I mentioned in class for grabbing "greek" text as they call it (meaning place holder text until it is written) is here:
http://www.lipsum.com

Friday, February 20, 2009

Copy of our guest Perry Chan's presentation from Feb. 10th

Here is a copy of the presentation Perry Chan who was a guest in our class on Feb. 10th walked us through.

http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/interface_workshop_slides.pdf

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Sitemap for Speakaboos.com site we created in class

Here is the sitemap we created in class today, just click on the link to download it.

http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/speakaboos_current_sitemap.pdf

Notes from class today

Here is the list of notes I took when we were creating the current site map for the Speakaboos.com site in class. These are the types of issues you should be thinking about when creating your sitemap.

Potential changes:

Sound on/off icon or link
Home button more obvious
get rid of coming soon sections if the site is up for more than a few months
no visual indication of where I am in the navigation
better categorization and naming based on the types of content found in the section
Buy track button forces user to log in (might lose people here)
No need for category sorting on story pages since we will create a visual way of identifying where the user is
Is sorting by album necessary if you already know you're in the Arthur section

Monday, February 16, 2009

A few more sitemap and wireframe examples

Here are a few more links to sitemap and wireframe examples we will discuss in class on Feb. 17th.

http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/McKinsey_schematics.pdf
http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/A&E_Sopranos_Games_IA.pdf
http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/Aveda_IA.pdf

A few more photos from last class

Here are a few more photos that Perry took last class.





More pics from last week

I just posted a few of the photos from our work session last week in class.


Pics from our workshop last class





Bring drafts of your Sitemap to class tomorrow

Hey,

Please bring a draft of you sitemaps to class tomorrow so we can discuss your progress so far together as a group. It would be great if you can have hard copies that we can post on the wall and critique as a group. If you can't get it printed then bring it so you can show it on the computer.

Also, just a reminder that your schedules are due tomorrow as well.

Happy President's Day

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Reminder to send your assignments to me digitally

Hey,

Most of you turned in your hard copy of the assignment, which was due today. However, only 7 of you sent me digital copies. If you turned in your assignment in class its fine and its on time, but I'd like to keep digital copies of you assignments so that I can keep a copy even when I return your marked up copy back to you with feedback. This way I can keep track of your progress throughout the semester.

I'll post our guest lecturer Perry Chan's presentation to the class blog later this week along with photos from today's exercise.

Feel free to post any questions or issues you want to discuss to the blog, that is what its here for.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Links to sitemaps and wireframes

Here are the links to the documents we discussed in class today. Just click on the link to download the file.

http://expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/Final_Tempo_IA.pdf
http://expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/UN_sitemap.pdf
http://expedition001.com/webdesign/IA/UN_suggest_sitemap.pdf

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Links to class hand outs

Here is the syllabus and term sheet we handed out in class last week, just click on the links to download:
http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/FIT_syllabus.doc
http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/Term_Sheet.doc

Here is a copy of the heuristic evaluation I showed in class:
http://www.expedition001.com/webdesign/analysis.pdf

I'll continue to post useful documents on the blog.

See you on Tuesday