GRDSN 216: Design Technology V

Project: Ezine

Terminology: screen capture, navigation structure

Resources: HTML 4: Visual Quickstart, Builder.com, Links Page

Exercises:
Weekly Technology Exercises

Instructions: Select a score for each outcome below based on the following scale...

Performance Objectives: (Things you will be able to learn...)
and Criteria: (This is how well it has to be done...)

1. Create a screen capture of the browser window to use when creating your rough designs and navigation structure
   
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2. Determine appropriate software to use for developing web pages by...
   a) researching the software products located in the lab and their capabilities
   b) understanding the strengths and weaknesses of specific software products
   
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3. Design a navigation structure for the ezine that flows easily, is user friendly and invites interactivity
   
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4. Analyze your target market to determine appropriate page dimension (pixel resolution):
   1. 800 x 600 browser window for broadest audience
   2. 1024 x 768 browser window for a more affluent audience
   3. larger sizes for a high-tech audience
      
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5. Design an image to use web safe colors whenever possible. Images will use web safe colors whenever a choice is available; some continuous tone images may use adaptive color palettes.
   
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6. Design images to take advantage of Run Length Encoding / Compression by...
   1. creating artwork that has horizontal changes in color. This will create a more compressed image (small file size).
   2. creating artwork that has large areas of flat color
   3. creating non-complicated line art and non-dithered images
      
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7. Organize files and use correct web file formats / extensions by..
   1. avoiding complex naming conventions
   2. saving graphic files in gif and/or jpeg formats
   3. using a .gif, .jpg or .htm extensions
      
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8. Create small file sizes so web pages load quickly for the ezine by...
   1. using hexadecimal colors in tables and backgrounds
   2. reducing the number of colors when possible (using the web, adaptive or exact palettes when saving gif files)
   3. using compression / quality controls to improve file size reduction when saving jpeg files
      
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9. Produce colored text and table cells in the ezine to...
   1. add interest
   2. specify colors for body text, visited links, active links
   3. to create navigation buttons using tables
      
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10. Use ALT, WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes in the IMG tags to make the images load faster and to alert a person that has turned off images what the image is
    
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11. Create background tiles, patterns and/or full screen backgrounds that add interest and load quickly in the ezine
    
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12. Create indexed color images and transparent artwork by...
    a) using the appropriate dithering options
    b) selecting a single color level to be transparent
    c) saving the file in the gif89 file format
    
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13. Format text by...creating style sheets for formating headings, sub-heads, body text and navigation areas
    
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14. Speed up production by...creating editable and non-editable templates
    
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15. Create links, rules, buttons and bullets using html to organize information and aid in readability / navigation of the ezine
    
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16. Create web pages that load in 15 seconds or less on a 28.8 bps modem by checking download time using a website service or computer software
    
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17. Be productive and use studio (class) time effectively by...
    1. showing up to all class meetings
    2. determining when the project is due
    3. using a calendar to set specific goals
    4. use time wisely to get the job done
       
       
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