Lauren+Schooley's+unit+3

What makes a good website By : Lauren Schooley INVESTIGATION Identify the Problem I do not know how to make a good website, and I am required learn how. This will be a major problem if I do not know. Explain the Problem

I need to learn how to make a good website. This will allow me to create a website.
Research and Analysis

=
I can make a website with Microsoft Expression. I have looked at a few examples of badly designed websites and I have taken a few print screens of one of them. ====== When making a website I will have to save it somewhere. That is why it was important for me to learn about storage devices.The website is also about storage devices so I will need to know about them for that reason as well. Design Brief I will create a well designed website about how students are using different storage devices. Product Specification My product must: Test Plan I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site has 6 pages I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site has a page on how students are using storage devices I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site has a page on online storage I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site has a page on how mouses have changed I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site has a page on how keyboards have and will change I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site has a page on how output devices have changed I will ask an 11-12 year old if the site is about how video games have changed. DESIGN Pictures of my designs
 * Be a six page website.
 * 1 page must be about how students are using different types of storage devices.
 * 1 page must be about online storage.
 * 1 page must be about mouses have changed.
 * 1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change.
 * 1 page must be about how output devices have changed.
 * 1 page can be anything I want but it has to relate to the unit question.
 * Look at different parts of the site. Change the position of the picture or add more. Two designs are better than one.

Analysis of my designs Design 1

it has page one on how students are using storage devices. It has page two on online storage. It has page three on mouses. It has page four on keyboards. It has page five on output devices. It has page six on my choice: video games. I think this is a good design because it is clear, colorful and informative. It needs a clearer menu though. If I pick this design I will add that. Design 2 It has page one on how students are using storage devices It has page two on online storage. It has page three on mouses. It has page four on keyboards. It has page five on output devices. It has page six on my choice: video games. This is a very good design. It is easy to maneuver, has a clear and easy-to-use menu, and is colorful.

Design 3 It has page one on how students are using storage devices It has page two on online storage. It has page three on mouses. It has page four on keyboards. It has page five on output devices. It has page six on my choice: video games. I think I like this design the most. it is easy to maneuver, colorful, clear, and can hold a large amount of information. It needs a menu. If I decide to pick this design I will add a menu to it.

Justification for chosen design I choose Design 3.

I chose this design because I know how to create it in Microsoft Expression. I also think it is a good design because it is easy to understand. I will probably use the menu in Design 2 since this design does not have one. It fulfills all the design specifications. Once I put in the menu it will be in an easy-to-read format that will have room for a large amount of information. PLAN


 * day || page 1 || page 2 || page 3 || page 4 || page 5 || page 6 || all ||
 * 1 || create page || create page || create page || create page || create page || create page ||  ||
 * 2 || find and reference picture || find and reference picture || find and reference picture || find and reference picture || find and reference picture || find and reference picture ||  ||
 * 3 || fill in text ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 4 ||  || fill in text ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 5 ||  ||   || fill in text ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 6 ||  ||   ||   || fill in text ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 7 ||  ||   ||   ||   || fill in text ||   ||   ||
 * 8 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || fill in text ||   ||
 * 9 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || check over and add anything I missed ||
 * 10 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || save in student common ||
 * 11 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 12 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || evaluate ||
 * 13 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 14 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 15 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

CREATE Final Product



Changes made to the original Design I added a menu and removed the "next" and "previous" hyperlinks. On the page on video games I used different colors than the design showed. Changes made to the original Plan I got an extension to add finishing touches to the site so I turned it in on March 11 not 8. EVALUATE Results of tests I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had 6 pages, they said yes. I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had one page on how students are using storage devices, they said yes. I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had one page on online storage, they said yes. I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had one page on how mouses are changing they said yes. I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had one page on how keyboards have and will change, they said yes. I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had one page on how output devices have changed, they said yes. I asked an 11-12 year old if my website had one page on my choice: how video games have changed, they said yes.

Recommendations for improvement

To improve the website in the future I could put more information on it. I maybe could add information as time goes by so the site will not go out of date. I could have moved the picture in the homepage but I did not know how. I think my webpages were too colorful, I could have made them a little more neutral.

Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle I did not completely follow the plan because we got an extension to March 11.