Homework week 2: Image story with links (see handout); 2-3 Site Structure sketches (as per handout) with design notes

In week two, we will critique your text links, and then work on digital image capture by going out and capturing some still and video clips. When we return to class, you will learn how to transfer the images to the computer. This is a skill that you need to practice over the next few weeks, and you need to be thinking about image capture for our online publication. It is best to play first to learn the technical skills. Then when you work with content that is important, the skills will be natural.

In addition to learning about digital image capture, we will discuss the process of web site design, and begin preliminary site planning. Our global objective is to create a news website for the Journalism department. We will learn the steps in web site production and work together to focus our publication, through audience identification, asset inventory, and other planning stages.

I have included links to reading and tutorial exercises you need to work with today and for next week. These include "how to" HTML, and a guide to the design process. At this stage, we are thinking globally and conceptually, rather than focusing on specific content. Thus, think about "look and feel" and navigation possibilities, without choosing a color or style at this time -- what are our choices in these areas? This is the time to sketch out your ideas, or do screen grabs so we can have lots of concrete examples of things.

This is a supplement to the handout on HTML given out in class in the second week. This tutorial is designed with a Primer a day. You can do all of them at one sitting, however. For the assignment you did on writing with links, check out Primer #4. That explains what code the MS Word program was inserting for you, in order to create live links.

In class today, and for homework, refer to Primer 5 on how to work with images. Primers 6 & 7 are for you to read on your own.

This is a handy overview of new tags and old tags in HTML 4.

Web Style Guide: PROCESS We will study all sections, but leave site marketing and tracking, evaluation & maintenance for later.

Read here to make sure you see where we are going with our work with the digital image capture devices today. After all, we need to know how it is going to be formatted and used as part of understanding what to shoot."

Web Style Guide: PAGE DESIGNThis section is particularly important so be sure you look at it carefully.

We need to have a general understanding of streaming, of audio, slideshows, video, etc. Go through this and write down any questions you have for next week. Web Style Guide: MULTIMEDIA