Term 3 Portfolio
Term 3 Portfolio
DESIGN, PRODUCE, EVALUATE INTERNET AND WEBSITE DESIGN Portfolio Name: Elena Trajkovski
how I have constructed the buttons and the background so far. From the tutorial on the buttons, I learnt that each button had to be created separately because if they are all made on the one toolbar, you cannot create more than one link which is a huge problem. From the background tutorial, I learnt that you had to make it transparent to all the content to be seen, I also learnt a few new techniques which make the background much more effective. o http://www.atomiclearning.com/. Atomic Learning is another great website which allows you to look at various Dreamweaver tutorials. I used this website to learn more about embedding videos, embedding audios and changing the page orientation. Ive gained a lot of new knowledge by simply watching these videos as I have learnt skills that I may possibly use in creating websites in the future. By adding video and audio files it automatically creates a new dimension for your website and makes it interactive. I will definitely be adding a video to my website, as I think it makes it look more complex and if I have enough time remaining, I will definitely add some music as I think it will make my website even better. (3 Marks) Construct a KWHL chart assessing your skills using Macromedia Dreamweaver and Photoshop. You can use some of the suggested tasks if appropriate. (8 Marks)
K W What skills do I know What skills do I need in Photoshop and for the project? Dreamweaver o I already know how o I need to know how to create a basic to produce an html page using animated GIF using Adobe Adobe Photoshop Dreamweaver. H How am I going to learn the skills? L What have I learnt throughout the project
o I have previously o I need to learn how learnt how to link to create 6 pages to each individual buttons individual button in using Photoshop. Dreamweaver.
o I know how to create a template that could be used for multiple pages in
o By watching o I have learnt how to tutorials off Atomic create moving text Learning. through Adobe Photoshop which was achieved by setting the page to motion and by seeking help from my classmates. o By experimenting o I have learnt how to with different create a transparent techniques and background which tools on Adobe was accomplished Photoshop. by watching YouTube tutorials and by experimentation. o Books explaining o I have also found how to use Adobe out how to create programs such as individual buttons Dreamweaver and using Photoshop
Photoshop.
o I have to study specific techniques in Photoshop such as adding glow to the outlines of shapes to ensure they look innovative. o I need to somehow find out how to update the date in my banner (it has been made with only one layer) to the new date. o I need to also find out how to save my animated GIF to make sure it works properly.
o My Classmates
which was achieved by re-visiting the old tutorials, watching YouTube videos and seeking help from Miss Lemon. o I have successfully learnt new techniques in Photoshop such as adding glows to the outlines of each button. o I also used Macromedia Fireworks to change the date in my banner to 3rd December 2012 by experimenting with different programs. o I have also learnt how to make an animated GIF was attained by watching YouTube tutorials and learning from my classmates. o I have also learnt from previous experiences about saving my work in the correct folder so I can access any file with it being fully functional. o I have also learnt how to save my animated GIF through Photoshop which was achieved by talking to my classmates. o I also managed to
o I have memorised how to change the font colour, size and style as well as inserting backgrounds into Dreamweaver. o I know how to create layers and also change the colour of them in Adobe Photoshop.
o I also need to pay close attention when saving things to ensure they go into the correct folder on my C drive. o I need to find out how to add music to my website as I think it will add suspense.
o I already know how to add text in Photoshop and how to position it in different ways.
o Re-visiting the tutorials I downloaded from Faculty Public when I was constructing the TravelWise site.
o I also have to
Weaving the Web Creativity in the online world create shapes and investigate on how lines in Photoshop. you publish your website so everyone can access it directly in an internet browser.
find out how to embed the code from a video to my website which was attained by watching a tutorial off Atomic Learning.
o I need to find out how I embed the code from a video to my website.
Operational
Economical
Ethical
Think of some of the constraints which may affect the production of the multimedia product. (8 Marks)
Constraints Technical Description Will it take up time trying to figure out how to use the software? Where will we have to save all the media that we are using for the project? Where will all the pages be saved so we can access them at any time? Example It did not take up time trying to navigate Adobe Dreamweaver as we had already constructed a website last Semester. I really benefited from creating that website as it gave me a good understanding of how to use the overall program so this time I could get straight into it. Before making any graphics or constructing any pages, it was crucial that I created a new root folder on my C drive called Year 9 Website Creation Thrills and Chills. After doing that, I then
Operational
Is Adobe Dreamweaver the most suited program to use for this project? Is the program easy to use? Is there a variety of tools to use in order for our website to look attractive and easy to navigate? Is Adobe Photoshop the most suited program to use in creating animated GIFs, backgrounds, banners, and navigation buttons? Is the program simple enough to use? Is there an array of tools to use to ensure our graphics look appealing and complex enough?
needed to make another two folders inside of that called Media and Pages. This is a very important part of the assessment because as I previously learnt, if that step is missed, your files are saved all over the place and wont open up correctly in Dreamweaver. From my perspective, Adobe Dreamweaver is the most suitable program to choose for this assessment, as it is quick and easy to learn. There are also a very wide range of tools to make sure your website looks sophisticated such as; adding horizontal division lines to separate your buttons from the banner and image buttons which allow you to insert images from other sources. I had no issues with using Dreamweaver and I would definitely use it again if I was to create another website in the future. I also believe that Adobe Photoshop was also the most suited program to use in creating personally created graphics as we have all used it before and it is quite basic to use. There are also a broad variety of tools to choose from to ensure our graphics look great. Once again, I had no problems using this software and I would recommend others to use it too.
Financial
Are Adobe Dreamweaver and Photoshop the most cost effective products to use for this particular assessment task? Can the school afford to purchase the software?
In my opinion I think that both Dreamweaver and Photoshop were very likely the most cost effective products as they are
Ethical
Are the students given permission off their parents to have their picture displayed to the public? Is the music playing on my Animoto legal to download?
quite simple programs to operate. The school may have gotten a good deal if they were ordering enough copies of the software to be installed on all IST students laptops. The school may have also gotten the deal as it is a program that teaches students new skills and techniques that they never knew before. If students pictures are ever used on the college website, college newsletters or simply for promotional use, their parents would have been asked to sign a consent form which was an agreement to acceptable use and image use policy. This can be found in the college diary on page 36. The music that I have selected for my animoto comes standard with your account and is commercially licensed. Therefore the music is free and legal to download, however, I only needed 24 seconds of the song to play whilst the images were being displayed.
The major stage in project development is the design phase; a time where you come up with a variety of solutions to solve the problem. The design stage can save you many hours prior to implementation as it maps out where elements can fit on the page. A storyboard is a design tool used in a digital media production. It demonstrates how a multimedia item navigates or progresses. Below are some examples of Storyboards. You will be expected to construct a Hierarchical storyboard
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Home ||
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Logo
Image
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Imag e
Please note that all the content on each page hasnt been displayed in the screen shots as it would look too squashed.
Simplicity
Criterion Functionality
Questions To Ask My website worked exactly how I wanted it to. The overall layout of everything was perfect, the links to the images worked fine, the animated GIFs worked well and the links to each web page also worked. Overall I believe my website looks quite sophisticated and is very easy to navigate.
Quality
Simplicity
Output
Problems to be considered Before, I submitted my website, I previewed it on four different browsers, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. I did this to ensure that my website could be viewed from various browsers without any dramas as some people may have only one specific internet browser and dont have access to any other ones. I believe that I have created a Prior to submitting my pretty good website that was website, I got a few of my original and creative at the friends and few of my family same time. I think that my members to go through my website is pretty easy to website to see what they had navigate as all the buttons are to say about it and where I aligned at the top of each could make room for page, the content is good and improvements. I really there are no spelling mistakes. benefited from hearing each It also provides great of their opinions as it helped information for people who me to make sure the website want to learn more about the was absolutely perfect. Thrills and Chills Extravaganza. I thought that my website was From my perspective, I think pretty straightforward and it that both my animated GIFs definitely met the criteria we (the landing page GIF and the were given prior to receiving lightning bolt GIF on the home the assessment task. Whilst it page) are not time consuming looks very simple, viewers can or unwieldy as they are short, hopefully notice that a lot of simple and are hopefully effort has gone into the interesting to look at. They website and that it not only are very minimalist images looks simple but is also very without too much detail effective in promoting Thrills which I think is just right as and Chills. you dont want the animation to go on for more than one minute. I think that the content I strongly believe that I have throughout my website was the correct amount of detail satisfactory or even better as I in my website which was followed all the instructions enough to make it look we were given such as effective and very creative. I creating at least two think that if I had added less personally created graphics detail, my website would not using Photoshop, creating six be convincing which means web pages and including that we wouldnt get the turn
Tools
external links that take you directly to the corporate sponsors after clicking on each logo on the Sponsors page. I think I definitely fulfilled the criteria as I have even created more than two personally created graphics. I believe that I completed all the tasks that were required in order to build by website. I created my graphics using Adobe Photoshop as asked in the Assessment Notification and I constructed my overall website using Adobe Dreamweaver.
Display
I think that my website is tidy and will be delivered in a neat and suitable way on the due date (13th September). Ive created six different pages each consisting of different content, information and images to make sure that everything is easy to understand rather than reading everything together under the one web page.
Completeness
Schedule
My website does meet the specifications that were required and hopefully promotes Thrills and Chills in a new and complex way. I am very proud of my website as I finished it on time and I am very happy with the final product. I think that I worked consistently over the past month to produce a wonderful promotional product. My project will be submitted during class time on Thursday 13th September 2012 as I am going on holidays the next day which is the due date for the
out that we are all hoping for. If I added too much detail, it would look too overdone and it would not look like a Year 9 student has constructed the entire website themselves which would defeat the whole purpose. I created a wide variety of graphics such as animated GIFs, navigation buttons, a background and more using different techniques in Photoshop. These techniques included changing the layout to Motion, duplicating layers, creating shapes using the pen tool, adding new layers and adding text in different ways. I think my website definitely suits the target audience which will be a variety of teenagers. The layout is quite good, its easy to navigate, the font is easy to read, the animated GIFs are interesting to look at and there is a video which is available to also view. Hopefully it effectively promotes the Thrills and Chills extravaganza and we get a variety of people coming to the event. I took the time to read through the assessment notification to ensure I was on the right track. I also read through the marking criteria to aim for the best results possible. In preparation for an assessment task it is crucial to read through the criteria and requirements to make sure you know when the due date is and what the task is. I believe I worked pretty well over the past month to ensure I had enough time to complete both the website and portfolio by the due date.
Acknowledgement
rest of Year 9. I will be handing in a hard copy of my portfolio and will need to investigate how to publish my website so it is available for everyone to see. My website is original whilst still being creative. I havent used any music as I couldnt find any tutorials that explained how to upload it to your website in detail. However I did add an animoto which consisted of images related to the Thriller Genre which I found off Free Foto. I also added some music in the background to ensure everyone will be entertained whilst watching the images.
The only thing I could have done better was to make more use of class time.
My website is original and I have worked on this project myself. I have picked a layout that I think really relates to the Thriller genre and have ensured that my website is easy for everyone to use. I have used music whilst my Animoto plays, however, it is already commercially licensed and was available to use at no cost. The music can be found at www.animoto.com after creating an account.
Criterion Functionality
Assessment of My Website My website worked exactly how I wanted it to. The overall layout of everything was perfect, the links to the images worked fine, the animated GIFs worked well and the links to each web page also worked. Overall I believe my website looks quite sophisticated and is very easy to navigate.
Quality
Simplicity
I believe that I have created a pretty good website that was original and creative at the same time. I think that my website is pretty easy to navigate as all the buttons are aligned at the top of each page, the content is good and there are no spelling mistakes. It also provides great information for people who want to learn more about the Thrills and Chills Extravaganza and goes into good detail about whats happening at the event for those who are interested in attending. I thought that my website was pretty straight-forward and it definitely met the criteria we were given prior to receiving the assessment task. Whilst it looks very simple, viewers can hopefully notice that a lot of effort has gone into the website and that it not only looks simple but is also very effective in promoting Thrills and Chills. I think that the content throughout my website was satisfactory or even better as I followed all the instructions we were given such as creating at least two personally created graphics using Photoshop, creating six web pages and including external links that take you directly to the corporate sponsors after clicking on each logo on the Sponsors page. I think I definitely fulfilled the criteria as I have even created more than two personally
Assessment of a Classmates Website (Fiona Skleparis) I believe that Fionas website also worked well too. The overall layout of her website was pretty good, the text was easy to read, her animated GIF worked well and the links to each page also worked in the correct way. Overall, I think her website looked pretty good, the only place she could improve on was maybe adding an image to the banner instead of just having the text read Thrills and Chills. I think that Fiona also constructed a website that provided good information on the Thrills and Chills Extravaganza. Her buttons are also aligned horizontally at the top of each page, the content is good and there arent any spelling errors. Her website also provides information on where the event will be held, and when it will be held. She has also made use of a Google Map to show where St Ursulas College is located.
Fionas website is also very straightforward and got to the point about explaining Thrills and Chills. Her website also met the requirements we were given prior to submitting the assessment task. Her website is very minimalist and would capture everyones attention. However, she could have made the landing page a little more decorative. I believe that the content throughout her website was satisfactory as she also followed the instructions we were given such as to create two personally created graphics, creating six web pages and including external links that take you to the cooperate sponsors after clicking on each logo. She has also created her own background which is used on each web page (excluding the landing page), an animated GIF on the landing page, constructing
Output
Tools
Display
Completeness
Schedule
Acknowledgement
created graphics. These are; creating the navigation buttons, animated GIF on landing page, making the background on the landing page, and another animated GIF on the Home Page I believe that I completed all the tasks that were required in order to build by website. I created my graphics using Adobe Photoshop as asked in the Assessment Notification and I constructed my overall website using Adobe Dreamweaver. I think that my website is tidy and will be delivered in a neat and suitable way on the due date (13th September). Ive created six different pages each consisting of different content, information and images to make sure that everything is easy to understand rather than reading everything together under the one web page. My website does meet the specifications that were required and hopefully promotes Thrills and Chills in a new and complex way. I am very proud of my website as I finished it on time and I am very happy with the final product. I think that I worked consistently over the past month to produce a wonderful promotional product. My project will be submitted during class time on Thursday 13th September 2012 as I am going on holidays the following day which is the due date for the rest of Year 9. I will be handing in a hard copy of my portfolio and will need to investigate how to publish my website so it is available for everyone to see. My website is original whilst still being creative. I havent used any music as I couldnt find any tutorials that explained how to upload it to your website in detail. However I did add an animoto which consisted of images related to the Thriller Genre which I found off Free Foto. I also added some music in the background to ensure everyone will
Fiona also completed all the tasks that were required in order to create her website. She also created her graphics in Adobe Photoshop as asked in the Assessment Notification and she also made her overall website using Adobe Dreamweaver. I think that Fionas website will also be delivered in a neat and presentable way on the due date (for the rest of the class it is 14th September). She has also created six different pages each consisting of different content, information and images to make sure everything is understandable. I believe that Fionas website also met the specifications that were required and also promoted Thrills and Chills in a simple way. She included everything that was needed in her website which proved that she had followed the Assessment Criteria to ensure she was doing the right thing. Fionas final product will be submitted on Friday 14th September 2012 in D03 between 8.20am and 8.40am. She will most likely be also handing in a hard copy of her portfolio and will also need to find out how to publish her website so everyone can view it in an internet browser. Fionas website is also original whilst still being sophisticated. She hasnt used any music in her website, nor has she added any photos from Free Foto. However, as an alternative she has inserted image from the Fake Blood experiment she completed in Science. She took these images on her phone and therefore, they purely belong to her.
Outcomes 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.5.2 5.3.1 5.1.2 5.3.2 5.2.2 5.5.1 5.2.1, 5.2.2 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.5.2 5.3.1 5.1.2 5.3.2 5.2.2 5.5.1 5.2.1, 5.2.2 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.5.2 5.3.1 5.1.2 5.3.2 5.2.2 5.5.1 5.2.1, 5.2.2 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.5.2 5.3.1 5.1.2 5.3.2 5.2.2 5.5.1 5.2.1, 5.2.2
Demonstrates a high level of understanding of Project Development through a straight forward problem definition, project constraint analysis and the management of the project throughout its duration. The portfolio documents the project development cycle to a high standard.. Articulates the need to use multimedia that complies with copyright legislation. Demonstrates a high level of competency in using hardware to solve the problem. Demonstrates an high level of competency in manipulating data/information in an ethical manner Incorporates effective planning, demonstrating an effective use of a storyboard.
Incorporates an effective stop motion animation which was produced in collaboration with another student/s
Produces a quality multimedia item which incorporates all the required aspects including, flash animation, flash video, stop motion animation all presented in a webpage demonstrating a high level of creativity. Demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of Project Development through a problem definition, project constraint analysis. Management of the project is at a satisfactory level, demonstrated through a satisfactory portfolio. Understands that you should use multimedia that complies with copyright legislation, but is not sure why. Demonstrates a satisfactory level of competency in using hardware to solve the problem. Usually requires some assistance. Demonstrates a satisfactory level of competency in manipulating data/information often without recognition of ethical standards. Incorporates some planning, demonstrating some effective aspects in the use of a storyboard. May/May not present a navigational structure or page layout.
Incorporates a satisfactory stop motion animation which was produced in collaboration with another student/s.
Produces a satisfactory multimedia item which incorporates all the required aspects including, flash animation, flash video, stop motion animation all/some presented in a webpage demonstrating a satisfactory level of creativity. Demonstrates a basic understanding of Project Development through a problem definition, project constraint analysis. Management of the project is at a fundamental level, demonstrated through the submission of a limited portfolio. Little recognition of the need to include multimedia in an ethical way. Demonstrates a basic level of competency in using hardware to solve the problem. Frequently requires assistance. Demonstrates a basic level of competency in manipulating data/information without recognition of ethical standards. Incorporates limited planning, demonstrating some effective aspects in the use of a storyboard. The storyboard demonstrates limited evidence of thought/planning.
Incorporates a satisfactory stop motion animation which was to be produced in collaboration with other students; limited involvement here.
Produces a limited multimedia item which incorporates some/few of the required aspects including, flash animation, flash video, stop motion animation all presented in a webpage demonstrating a minimal level of creativity
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