week 5 :: message design & content creation ::

week 5 : 6 feb

Lecture (ppt)
- Resources: Elements of User Experience (pdf), Six Ways to Fix a Confused Information Architecture, IA Guidelines - AU Gov't, IA Tools, Don't finalise the site structure until you've created page layouts Information Architecture Deliverables and Diagrams (Examples of Wireframes, Site Maps, Story boards, Use Cases, Paper Prototypes)
Group 3 Presentation/Discussion
For inspiration:
- CoolHomePages.com, How Design and Macromedia Showcase
- The Glass Wall (BBC Redesign Document - login com585)
- Sample Docs
- Sample Requirements Documents
Lab: Enable Web Publishing on your UW Account
Become acquainted with UWICK tools (Secure FTP)
- UWICK (where to download secure FTP software)
- Connect to a Remote Server Using Secure FTP (Windows - Catalyst tutorial)
- Connect to a Remote Server Using Fugu (Mac - Catalyst Tutorial)
- Moving files to your web directory (Catalyst Tutorial)
- Creating a student web site (Simple Site - Catalyst Tutorial - Not Simple!)
Team Time

No reading assignment for next week. Read your books! Please post to your blog a short blurb about what you are reading - title, author, why you picked the book and some key points/arguments. We will discuss these in class on 13 February.
Question About Class Next Week: Do you want to attend this first? (Answer:Yes)
William E. Ames Lecture in Journalism & Democracy Walker Ames Room, 2nd floor, Kane Hall
(on Red Square next to Suzzallo Library)

Frank Blethen, publisher of The Seattle Times, will talk about the journalism business today and in the next 25 years - highlighting both challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing business.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 6:00 to 8:00 pm
(Refreshments will be served)