MIT 511- Web Design & Usability
Agenda Housekeeping Discussion of readings Webpage: Project lab Html hierarchy & CSS box model Web Usability & Accessibility Educational Website Redesign Project lab
HTML Document hierarchy
HTML tag Cheatsheet http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ http://www.w3.org/2009/cheatsheet/
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) Source: (Lynch and Horton, 2011) Language for describing the presentation of Web pages, including colors, layout, and fonts. Source: W3C
CSS Box model
Peter Morville’s User Experience Honeycomb Web Usability Peter Morville’s User Experience Honeycomb
https://youtu.be/BEFgnYktC7U Web Accessibility When building a website, follow: Principles of Accessible Design https://youtu.be/BEFgnYktC7U
Educational Website Redesign
Educational Website Redesign
1. Setting up the website Defining the site Creating and saving a html page Setting up the main sections of the site Creating and saving CSS file.
2. Designing the header section Extracting assets from Photoshop Defining the background color Adding image and Alternative (Alt)-text (accessibility) Creating a div
3. Designing the navigation section Defining the background color Adding a navigation list/ CSS selector Adding links to the navigation list/CSS selector CSS transitions
4. Designing the content section Adding the image and Alternative (Alt)-text (accessibility) Creating a Div Adding text (Heading & Paragraph)
5. Designing the footer section Defining the background color Adding text (Hyperlinks) Creating a Div
Next class Read Rapid Elearning Authoring Tool Dreamweaver Project Draft is due next class Oct 24th. Please have it at least 1-2 pages of your website redesign completed for feedback. Breakout session: share your website with peers and provide any suggestions before submission.