Transcript Session 19

Introduction to
Web Authoring
Session 19
www.msu.edu/~hartdav2/wa.html
Bill Hart-Davidson
[email protected]
AIM: billhd30
Today in Class…
1. Wrap-up for P2 - any
remaining questions?
2. P3 projects & teams
3. Designing your inquiry
for P3 - first steps
WS Project Proposals*
Sean Fox-Elster - Elementary School Site (U/S)
Eleanor Wisenbaugh - Film Studies Site (S/U)
Nathan Boes - Church Site (S/CMS)
James Burke - Clark Associates (U)
Reed Kalso - Allen Park Library (U)
* For groups
When we say “Web
Standards…”
1.
2.
3.
4.
HTML 4
CSS 1.0
Section 508
Best practices for web
design, navigation
These are all subject
to some
interpretation
depending on the
goals of the
organization and their
users
The Big Three & Arguments
for Web Standards
Usability
Sustainability
Accessibility
Helps to ensures
consistency of
user experience
across devices;
The Big Three: Inquiry
Methods
Usability
Sustainability
Accessibility
Heuristic
Evaluation
Genre Analysis
Compliance
checks using
automated tools
Scenario-based
testing
Workflow
analysis
Scenario-based
testing
HTML compliance check
Usability
Sustainability
Accessibility
Heuristic
Evaluation
Genre Analysis
Compliance
checks using
automated tools
Scenario-based
testing
Workflow
analysis
Scenario-based
testing
http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_uri
Research design chart
(RDC)
data
questions
sources
methods
Data source
interview
Who/when?
Team members, target
date
Question Data source scenario
1
Data sourceThis chart allows you to plan and a
discovery effort in a systematic
way. Note that it does not ask you
to answer the questions…but only
Question
to show you expect to arrive at the
2
answers!
RDC Example
question
data
sources
Admissions
staff
What
problems
do
Students
students
have with
the
current
SIS
interface?
methods
interview
Who/when?
Joe & Jane;
Completed by 4/2
Scenariobased
user tests
of current
system
Whole team
5-10 students tested by
4/15
This could be a usability or
accessibility issue…how might
the question change?
Make a GANTT chart
Nov
December
Genre analysis (similar sites)
You can assign
names to each
task too
Interviewing
Staff
Students
User testing
Current system
Note that
writing
happens
throughout…
not as a
separate
phase
Progress
Report
due
Create samples
Web prototype
Draft final
Report
due
Final
Report
due
Problem Analysis Procedure
for teams
1. Read the liaison’s proposal
2. Analyze the author’s framing of the problem and
brainstorm other possible issues
3. Collect the issues as a set of client “needs”…make a list
of these
4. Write research questions that will allow you to gather
info, flesh out the list of needs, and begin the design
process
5. For each question determine what source or sources of
info you’ll need to consult to answer the question
Create you own RDC
1. Plug the questions into the RDC format we looked at
today
2. Use the last two columns of the RDC to make a GANTT
chart
3. For your progress report, be prepared to show your RDC
and GANTT chart in class, talking through your project
plan, what you have accomplished up to that point and
what work you have remaining
For Next Time
1. More about your first deliverable for P3: progress report
2. More about Scenario-based testing for Usability &
Accessibility
Participation Activity today: Create slots for your P3
deliverables on your project page or on a new P3 team
page