Introduction to the Workshop

•  Instructor and Student Introductions
•  What Does it Mean to Design a site?
•  Introduce projects and work on Part 1

Analyzing the Proposed Site

•  Scenarios
•  Goals
•  Audience
•  Context

In-Class Activities

•  Find well- and poorly-designed websites
  • Identify goals and audiences of sites
•  Group scenarios and analyses
•  Begin project

Creating Scenarios

• Choosing audience members
• Describing them
• Choosing and describing tasks

Structuring a Website

•  Designing from the Audience’s Point of View            
•  Goals, Intentions, Contexts
•  Tools for Describing Site Structure 

In-Class Design Activities

•  Case Study (Group Activity) on Designing Websites

Assignments for next class

•  Complete parts Analysis and Scenarios for project
•  Read http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial1.html
•  http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/  (educational sites)

Writing for the Web

•  Principles and Practices
•  Modifying Existing Documents
•  Creating Documents

Usability            

•  Elements of Usability
•  What affects usability?
  • Writing
  • Structure            
  • Navigation            
  • Other
•  Comparing Websites for Usability
•  Usability Enhancements

in-Class Activities

•  Identifying Sites with Good and Poor Usability
•  Critique and Enhance Usability of Existing Sites
•  Discuss making your sites more usable
•  Part 4 of project

Readings

•  http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimalweb/default.htm
•  http://www.useit.com/

Evaluating your design            

•  Usability Testing            
•  “Buildability”
•  Goal Accomplishment
• ,Formative Evaluation
•  Website logs

In-Class Exercises

•  Complete Case Study
• Evaluation Plans
•  Student Presentations of Designs

Workshop Evaluation and Wrapup  

After-Class Assignment

•  Complete Project Design
  • Analysis
  • Use Scenarios
  • Design Table
  • Design Chart
  • Storyboards
  • Rationale