Some of you completed last week's assignments - nice work; those of you who didn't - well, it's catch-up time.
Today we will be building websites, yes, actually building. If you're new to website design and function hopefully you will be "paired" with a team who can catch you up and "teach" you how to build a website.
Here's today's assignment/ outline: "Have you ever visited our current TTE website?" It's pretty darn terrible; however, some students went to work and re-designed and programmed a new version which isn't quite as bad, yet it's still lacking. Your assignment is to create the new TTE website based on the BYU website layout (same color schemes, fonts, etc.) You will be teamed with two others (3) and each person will need to design a page (it needs to be done by end of class today). You can host from your www drive (or elsewhere if needed). The three or more pages that need to be done are: home nav page, program overview page, and people with contact info page. Note: I haven't defined what has to be on each page - simply make it the best possible, and learn while doing it (here's what you should learn: how to work as a team, ensure that you understand basic web design principles, basic HTML, how to make internal and external links, etc. You might also learn how to copy code, use CSS, etc. Really what you learn is up to you, how hard you work, and how much your SME {Subject Matter Expert} helps you to learn.)
There are basically 3 types of instructional models: Direct instruction (what we did last time), modular (using a tutorial, step by step, etc.) or non-linear (self pace, group pace, peer collaboration, coaching, etc.) Today's project/ assignment/ learning experience follows the 3rd type of learning/ instructional model: non-linear. Let's see how you like it, and what it does for you. Let me know with a comment on this posting - also post a link to your "finished" re-design TTE website to this post.
2 comments:
I have a comment about the "new TTE site" since I was part of the group that helped do that. Maybe you dont like it, which is fine, but it has some really cool features that I haven't seen anywhere else and Tammy did a rather good job. Click on Program, then Undergraduate, then FlowChart- play around on that page- click on a class and you'll be told when its offered, the prereqs, and a short discription of it. Yes the the site is not complete- it needs some more detail on Emphasis but its very functional and informative, at least how I see it. Id suggest adding to that one, instead of scrapping it and starting anew. . .
I agree that the "new" although “old one” is a lot better than the last one, and like you said the flow chart thing is really great. I hope that I didn't offend anyone, however, I do think that there are some areas we could modify to make it more user friendly, college appropriate, meet Web 2.0 standards, etc. Thanks for the hard work, and for engaging in some dialogue re: the website. Perhaps we should put you in charge of continuing to develop the department website?!
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