What do the experts say?
As the previous activity suggests, effective web design incorporates a variety of critera. A great deal of research has indicated that web surfers absorb information from web sites in a completely different way than they do from reading printed material.
Activity 1
Return to your group from the previous lesson. Read pages 342-344 from the class textbook “Business Connections”. Add the important elements of design discussed in these pages to the group’s rubric.
Activity 2
Visit the following sites in order to gain some further insight into the important considerations required for successful web design
Resources:
- The following youtube video discusses some important ideas around evaluating the contents’ authenticity. Watch the videos at your computer stations and regroup to discuss what criteria will be added to the rubric:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFEwwG7rq0E&feature=youtu.be
- The following website provides guidelines to effective design. It is important to gain concensus in the group to add additional elements. View this website at your computer stations and then regroup to discuss what will be added to the rubric.http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/
- This video discusses a key component to keep surfers on a particular website. View this video at your computer stations and then regroup to discuss important elements to be added to the rubric. http://www.etre.com/usability/eyetracking/showme/
- Visit this engaging video which illustrates design principles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J85SUZFXNM
By now, your rubric should be extensive, covering key topics that help identify design principles that make a website successful. We aren’t done yet! Now you are going to put your rubric into action. Let’s move on to the next lesson!
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