fleur+donker+unit+3

What Makes a Good Website? By : Fleur Donker  INVESTIGATION   Identify the Problem

The problem is that we don't know how to make a website.
Explain the Problem The problem is that i don't know how to make a website using Microsoft Expression Web 4. i have never used Microsoft Expression Web 4 so we have to find out how to use it and then make our website. i am also going to watch a you tube video at home to show me how to do things that i don't learn by my self how to do them.

Research and Analysis

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Design Brief i am going to use the small test examples we used to look back and see how i made my website. i am going to follow my design specifications and use them and check my work according to my specifications. i have learned how to use Microsoft web expression 4 because i watched YouTube videos witch helped me a lot. Product Specification Design Specifications
 * 1) Design a 6 page website. Before you start designing make sure you run it by the teacher first.
 * 2) 1 page must be about how students today are using different types of storage devices
 * 3) 1 page must be about online storage
 * 4) 1 page must be about how mouses have changed
 * 5) 1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change
 * 6) 1 page must be about how output devices have changed
 * 7) 1 page can be on whatever you want but it must related to the unit question
 * 8) All pages must have the same layout
 * 9) keep the colors neutral but still fun
 * 10) have a history and at lest 3 pictures

Test Plan  i will make sure i have a 5 page long website because i will ask a friend to check. i will show the teacher because i will ask him to put 3 or more little ticks on each of my designs. i will have different storage devices because otherwise my website would be pointless. i will have a page on online storage because i very much am for online storage so i wont forget. i will have something about a mouse and a keyboard because i will keep looking back at the criteria and my product specifications. i will also have a page about output devices as i get very annoyed because of all the wires get tangled so i will make a prediction because its something i dislike. there for i will make my website to my product specifications.

DESIGN  Pictures of my designs Design #1
 * 1) Design a 6 page website. Before you start designing make sure you run it by the teacher first. - i would check this by looking at each page and counting in my head
 * 2) 1 page must be about how students today are using different types of storage devices - this was done by looking at the design specifications and then going back to my website and creating a page for that.
 * 3) 1 page must be about online storage - same test as number 2
 * 4) 1 page must be about how mouses have changed - same test as number 2
 * 5) 1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change - same test as number 2
 * 6) 1 page must be about how output devices have changed - same test as number 2
 * 7)  1 page can be on whatever you want but it must related to the unit question - i did input and i checked that by looking at the title and then back at the design specifications
 * 8)  All pages must have the same layout - i just looked at my paper designs and made sure it was all the same
 * 9) keep the colors neutral but still fun - not by getting out of hand and choosing girly colors
 * 10) have a history and at lest 3 pictures - checking what the first ever object was then now and then in the future

Design #2

Design #3





Analysis of my designs
 * 1) Design a 6 page website. Before you start designing make sure you run it by the teacher first.
 * 2) 1 page must be about how students today are using different types of storage devices
 * 3) 1 page must be about online storage
 * 4) 1 page must be about how mouses have changed
 * 5) 1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change
 * 6) 1 page must be about how output devices have changed
 * 7) 1 page can be on whatever you want but it must related to the unit question
 * 8) All pages must have the same layout
 * 9) keep the colors neutral but still fun
 * 10) have a history and at lest 3 pictures

Design 1:

Design 1 does met the expectation that it must have at lest 5 pages. i have all the different topics on my page meaning i have storage devices, online storage, mouses and keyboards, output devices, and my own choice which was input devices. this design is very confusing and each page doesn't have the same layout they are all different which would make it harder for the viewer to look at all my pages when different things are going on within the page. this design is also not detailed enough, because it doesn't say what y text will be about or what the picture would be of. this design is okay because it doesn't really met all of the design specifications.

Design 2:

Design 2 has more than 5 pages because it has 6. this design also has all the topics that its supposed to have which mean that it has the following pages, storage, online storage, keyboards and mouses, output devices and input devices and a homepage. this design is good but isn't very detailed but the layouts are all the same but the layouts are very basic and just include examples info, and pictures which isn't detailed enough because nobody could look at my design and see what the info is about or what pictures i will be putting on my design. the design doesn't have a color code which men that i have different colors for each page which makes my design look clowned. this design doesn't have a history at all which make my design look bad and i feel that i should have looked more at the design specifications for next time so i know what to include and not to forget anything. there for out of 10 being the best i rate that design 4.

Design 3:

Design 3 has 6 pages so it fits my specification. this design also has all the following pages it supposed to have meaning it has, online storage, mouse, keyboards, output devices, input devices and my own which is a homepage and an ending page. every page i have has the same layout except for the homepage and the closing page. for the rest all the other pages have the same layout and look neat and make sense and are not limited to info but they have a lot of things. the colors on the page are bright and different because then i can see which page is which. but i have a key at the bottom to show that the color of the text would be and the color of the background will be. Justification for chosen design i have chosen design number 3 because it metes all the design specifications. also because design 3 has the same layout through out all of my pages and its not so detailed that its not possible to do. this design is going to be challenging to do because i have not used Microsoft Expression Web 4 a lot as i only did a test webpage. it will be hard as my design is quit detailed and had some things i would like to do that i might have to look up on internet on how to do it or ask someone how to do it. i think i will be able to do this design as i learn very fast if i want to know how to do or use something and seeing that i am interested in doing this i would learn fast because ts something of my interest. i have also chosen design 3 over all the others because i asked a friend if the design i made where hers which one would she choose and she also choose design 3 as she mentioned that it fitted all the design specifications. PLAN worked for me. || 3:30pm || Secondary ICT (S9) My home || Microsoft Expression Web 4, UBS, Computer, Microsoft Word || Word, Expression Web 4 || not as easy as it could have been much more work. || CREATE   Final Product Changes made to the original Design i changed the fact that the layout must be the same because it couldn't apply to output and input. i also change the fact that the colors should be the same through out the whole website as sometimes the pictures wouldn't stand out and then it all looked to nu-trail i also changed the fact that the background must be the same color i decides not to have a background because it made the website look to attractive and then the information didn't look important. i also changed the colors of text because otherwise the informant info wouldn't stand out. Changes made to the original Plan i didn't follow the original design because it wasn't possible to apply that design to my output device page as the info that went onto the out-up page wasn't only 1 thing it was several things. i also didn't follow the last page as i didn't need a thank you page because it would just be a waste of time as i could make that part go on the bibliographies page. i also changed the fact that the page must have 3 facts, i wasn't able to do that for all pages as they didn't all have only one aspect to them like not only keyboards but lots of things such as 6 different in-put devices. in the time limit we had and also going over time i wasn't able to make 3 facts for each item other wise i wouldn't have any other pages. those were the only things that i had changed from my original design.
 * Stage || What Work To Do || Date Start Work || Date Finish Work || Time For Work || Place To Do Work || Resources || Microsoft What.. || Comments ||
 * Create || Get pictures of website pages || 21 February 2013 || 21 February 2013 || ICT period 1 || Secondary ICT (S9) || Computer, Internet, Microsoft Word, USB, || Word Only || this really
 * Create || Research / find information || 21 February 2013 || 21 February 2013 || ICT period 2 || Secondary ICT (S9) || Computer, Internet, Microsoft Word, USB, Printer || Word Only || i didn't follow this not as useful as i thought. ||
 * Create || Match the picture to information || 22 February 2013 || 22 February 2013 || lunch time || My home || Computer, Microsoft Word, USB || Word Only || yes did this very useful. ||
 * Create || Put pictures in Microsoft Expression Web 4 || 25 February 2013 || 26 February 2013 || ICT period 5
 * Create || Put info onto Microsoft Expression Web 4 || 28 February 2013 || 4 March 2013 || ICT period 1&2 || Secondary ICT (S9) || Microsoft Expression Web 4, Microsoft Word, Computer, USB, Internet || Word, Expression Web 4 || this wasn't done on track it was done late. ||
 * Create || Finishing touches || 7 March 2013 || 7 March 2013 || ICT period 1&2 || Secondary ICT (S9) || Microsoft Expression Web 4, Computer, USB, Microsoft Word || Word, Expression Web 4 || this was more than finishing touches. and we got an extra day because it was to much work to do in one day ||

EVALUATE  Results of tests  **__// DESIGN SPECIFICATION: //__**
 * 1) Design a 6 page website. Before you start designing make sure you run it by the teacher first. - i would check this by looking at each page and counting in my head =
 * 2) 1 page must be about how students today are using different types of storage devices - this was done by looking at the design specifications and then going back to my website and creating a page for that.
 * 3) 1 page must be about online storage - same test as number 2
 * 4) 1 page must be about how mouses have changed - same test as number 2
 * 5) 1 page must be about how keyboards have and will change - same test as number 2
 * 6) 1 page must be about how output devices have changed - same test as number 2
 * 7) 1 page can be on whatever you want but it must related to the unit question - i did input and i checked that by looking at the title and then back at the design specifications
 * 8) All pages must have the same layout - i just looked at my paper designs and made sure it was all the same
 * 9) keep the colors neutral but still fun - not by getting out of hand and choosing girly colors
 * 10) have a history and at lest 3 pictures - checking what the first ever object was then now and then in the future

1. i asked a friend whether they saw that my website was 6 pages long and they said yes. i also found out by my self that if i insert header and footer it says the amount of pages. 2. i tested step number 2-6 all the same way, which was by looking at my requirements and then going back to look at my page and find the name of the required specification and look at my title and most of the time they always matched so i knew my pages were the right pages and then ones that were required. my friends also checked and said that my page had the required pages. 3. my one page was what ever i wanted it to be but i choose to do in-put devices as it was relevant to the unit question, i knew it was relevant because i went back and read the unit question before i choose my 6th page design. my friend checked this test by looking at her design then back at mine and then another person went page by page looking at both our titles and looked if they had the required titled pages.
 * Positive || Negative ||
 * 2 || 0 ||
 * Positive || Negative ||
 * 2 || 0 ||
 * Positive || Negative ||
 * 2 || 0 ||

4. i checked myself to see and realized that my pages layout wasn't the same, because i wasn't able to make the out-put and in-put device those pages require having more than one devices. so i wasn't able to make the same layout for those 2 pages. my friend who peer edited my work also said the same thing.
 * Positive || Negative ||
 * 0 || 2 ||

5. this test was for the color choice part and having a history of at least 3 pictures. i was able to make my colors nut-rel but not as fun as i would have liked to do. the history of 3 pictures i was able to do as in my plan i had that planned for me to do it, and i was able to met that expectation as i have first ever, 2nd ever, now, future. my parents checked this part as i thought i needed a adults perspective and they told me that they have had experience with looking at websites as my parents are both business people, they told me the color choice suited the page and the pictures were relevant to my page. Recommendations for improvement
 * Positive || Negative ||
 * 1 || 1 ||

i feel that if i would have had more time i could have changed the layout of my website and make it more detailed as my website now had limited information one of the problems i faced whilst making this website was making my pages detailed, this was am problem as i had to choose whether it was making 2 or 3 very detailed websites or finishing my work but then each page being less detailed. i also recommend making my website more color codded as this time i didn't have very many color choices, even tho in my specification i noted that i wanted my website to be fun but have nut rel colors i felt that my website was not as attractive as it could have been. i feel that next time the background i use must be relevant to what the topic, as i was not a single bit interested on the background as i was to worried about the information. over all i am proud of what i have done and happy i managed to finish my work. out of 10 (being the best) i would score my overall WEBSITE 6, because its the hardest thing i have ever done. Self-evaluation of your execution of the design cycle  First i would do investigate but then change the question completely and make investigate a very long and useful stage as i feel that the investigate we do isn't straight forward and it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. i would then do something that will be a small practice exercise, but still has something to do with the real final part. then i would do plan, where you would have to plan out exactly to the very small point of detail what your going to do for your final piece. after plan i would do design and you would have to create your plan to the very slit-est point even if it takes long you would have to do it but then i would give then 6 weeks to complete a very detailed and high standard designs. they have to make the designs on paper but all so create the final design in 3D on paper or computer, but only the choice n one. then it would be create where you make your 3D design look exactly like your design your handing in but then give a lot of time so you see very detailed designs. the evaluate where you have to peer edit and parent edit self edit and teacher edit so you get different people to look at your work and then average out all the scores to find your final result. HE = My next steps what not to forget next time
 * **Stage** || **Grade** || **Reason For Result** || **How i Could** **Improve** ||
 * Investigate || 4 || Because i have not done a lot of research and also i didn't describe the problem in detail || next time i would do more information and describe the problem using a lot of detail. next time i should identify the problem in more detail and make it clear to everyone one each step. ||
 * Design || 5 || Because my design were not as detailed as i could have made them and also i didn't make a design that wasn't possible to make i was able to make all my designs which proves they weren't detailed enough || i could spend more time on drawing my designs and not rushing but putting thought into them. next time i have to make every detailed design that i will not be able to create but get a good grade. ||
 * Plan || 5 || Because my plan was detailed and said exactly what i was meant to do and it was detailed so anybody could follow and see what i had done step by step. i could have made the requirements clearer. || although it was detailed next time i could also add bullet points and then it would be very clear. i have to make my plan much clearer by showing every step even if its then i get a snack and then continue ||
 * Create || 4 || as i didn't follow my plan fully as i started out to be ahead and then fell behind because of various things such ad public Holidays and school events. || next time i would plan out those scheduled things and work around then to be more successful and organised. i should be more specific and make sure my links work and that each page is done properly. ||
 * Evaluate || 5 || as my product wasn't all the design specifications. || next time i could look at the design specifications as i go along not at the end and realize i have messed up my work. i should say how i used my design specifications, so i really see that i am reflecting and evaluating myself. ||