Craig Stroupe | COMP
5230
Checklist: The Personal
Homepage*
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Simultaneous Multiple Audiences |
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The
page design, graphics, links/labels and content speak to the creative problem
of multiple audiences (multiple tasks and tastes) (worth x 3) |
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particular, the banner or main graphic demonstrates a conscious awareness of
multiple audiences as well as the need to set a tone for and unify the
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Page
creates appropriate rhetorical images of the creator (ethos) and
visitor(s) (pathos) |
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Texture and Granularity |
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Page
designed and written to provide an effective first layer of content—a
reconciliation of brevity, substance and texture |
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Richness
and extent of the page content is sufficient to generate interest and satisfy
multiple audiences |
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writing, effectiveness of verbal text |
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development
of original materials |
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“voice”
and tone consistent and appropriate |
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Iconography and Page Design |
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choice,
preparation and placement of visual texts—especially the banner or main
image—used effectively in coordination with verbal texts and to realize the
concept of the page |
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screen
real estate used efficiently: no excessive scrolling, ineffective blank
space, off-screen structural links—visual page design generally effective |
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richness
and proportionality of the page’s images, use of color, layout, flow, etc. |
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The Nielsen Challenge (Usability and
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Nielsen’s
guidelines for “site design” considered, Chapter 4 |
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Nielsen's
guidelines for "content design" considered, Chapter 3 (writing for
the Web) |
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Nielsen’s
guidelines for “page design” considered, Chapter 2 |
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Page
uses and effectively distinguishes all three kinds of links: “structural” “embedded” and “associative” (see
Nielsen 195) |
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Menu
items (“structural links”) organized and labeled in a way that speaks to the
needs and desires of the intended audiences, that is consistent, and that is
easy to find and use. |
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file
sizes and page speed |
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Commentary |
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commentary
demonstrates thorough and incisive analysis of the creative challenges of
multiple audiences and the personal home page |
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commentary
makes clear how the page speaks to and resolves these creative challenges
above |
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commentary:
level of detail |
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commentary: informed by readings, thoughtful
use of terms |
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