Project 4

Group Project - New Web Design

Weeks 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11

- Review Chapters 9-12, Don’t Make Me Think

Group Roles and Responsibilities:

Each group must designate a person(s) to fill the following roles:

• Project Manager
• Art Director/Designer
• Programmer
• Research
• Usability Tester
  

This assignment will require Time Tracking from each student.

Site/Page Analysis Report:

• Investigate a market niche and product. Put together demographic data and formulate a design plan for this product/service.
• Program: Microsoft Word

Design Phase:

• The initial design phase will involve the creation of a site content map, construction of a page design grid, and final page design in it’s fully fleshed out form.
• Programs: Microsoft Word, Photoshop, ImageReady, and Dreamweaver

Critique:
In-Class

User Testing:

• User testing can be performed using either paper models or working HTML pages.
• Reports will be written based upon the user testing data that was recorded
• Programs: Microsoft Word

Final Design Phase:

• The “final” design phase will involve the reworking of items and pages that continue to have usability problems that became apparent from the user testing.
• Programs: Photoshop, ImageReady, and Dreamweaver

Critique:
In-Class