Instructions for a Class Assignment
Published on February 2, 2009 by Noel Madali
I am still doing homework, as you can see… This time its for my IS2040 class (Web Development I). I would like to argue the name of “Web Development” as the class title, as we do not do “development” for the web. Instead we do design for the web, but perhaps it can also be argued that its the development of design for the web, in which we learn the process of designing websites (DADI).
On to my rant, the question is number 5 from page 61-62 from the book “Principles of Web Design.”
5. Find a Web site that you think needs improvements in its design.
a. Print two pages from the site.
b. Make copies of the originals, and set the originals aside.
c. Using scissors, cut the main elements of each page. Rearrange the elements and paste them in a design you believe improves the site.
d. Compare and contrast the original with your improved design.
Now, about those instructions… For one, its a waste of paper. Two, websites that do need improvement need major overhauls in content (eg. pages that scroll so far that you can’t even see the scroll bar). Three, cutting and pasting elements won’t do much to improve the design, since most websites that really need improvement need better content organization.
For better instructions to improve the question, I would see something like: Choose a website that needs improvement and sketch out a layout using some graphic elements and/or content from the site.
Back to work. End.