Presentation of project proposal and design brief
- 2. Where is the need? 1. Information exchange within the last decade 2. Educational institutions being left behind 3. Lengthy, repetitive processes left for teachers and coordinators of schools to deal with 4. Specifically, Subject Selection (year 10s) 5. Currently, manual processes act as the solution 6. Problems relating to manual processes are also encountered 7. Websites as a solution Modern businesses are like babies relying on technology
- 3. Current existing solutions Online solutions (similar to my proposed solution however improvements need to be made) Offline solutions (currently used by St Pauls and majority of local schools) Continue?
- 4. Online solutions Positive s Negatives Return? 1. Customizability 2. Works on all browsers 3. Simple to use 4. Readability – step-by-step process 5. Functionality 1. Aesthetics ? 2. Lack of multimedia ? 3. Cost ? 4. Effort simply to test ?
- 5. Aesthetics Return? No images Important information displayed in a boring chunk of text Similar colour used to split each section of information Are they trying to bore you to death? Resolution? Add more colour and change the design scheme and layout
- 6. Lack of multimedia Return? Once again, they’re clearly trying to bore you to death but this time it’s the teachers fault... Right? No, Teachers are only given the ability to add text information in this box which acts as subject information for students. Resolution? Give teachers the ability to add multimedia
- 7. Cost Return? Because you have to pay... Why SSO? Even more fees... Resolution? Don’t be greedy, x5 your market and profit off advertising
- 8. Effort simply to test Return? You have to apply to test their product... When it could, so simply, be automatic Resolution? Create an automatic run- through or test
- 10. What am I researching and why? 7 Areas Current subject selection at St Paul’s Other subject selection processes Survey all users of my system Websites – look/aesthetics/layout Different web providers Evaluation/testing process throughout How my website works and looks on different browsers
- 11. Factors affecting my design, development and success of my design project 1. Relation between the practices and processes of designers and producers to my project 2. Explanation of the influence of trends in society on my design and its production 3. How I intend on using creative and innovative approaches in designing and producing 4. Topics to be discussed
- 12. Factors affecting my design, development and success of my design project Back?
- 13. Relation between the practices and processes of designers and producers to my project Back? “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” - Steve Jobs - Co-founder and CEO of apple Why do we assume that simple is good? “Because with physical products, we have to feel we can dominate them. “ “As you bring order to complexity, you find a way to make the product defer to you.” Only relevant details Button icons represent their nature Short and simple identifiers Ability to switch between pages of apps so the size of apps doesn’t have to be compromised
- 14. Explanation of the influence of trends in society on my design and its production Back? Teen Internet Usage 93% of teenagers go online 69% of teenagers have their own computer 63% of teenagers internet users go online every day 27% of teenagers use their phone to get online 24% of teenagers with a game console use it to go online What is he looking at? Must be interesting! 4chan – image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images HEAVILY DIRECTED TOWARDS TEENAGERS Click HERE to see how Web usage as a trend
- 15. First thing to see, the largest header which introduces the user to the website Small blocks of information Relevant titles with information specific to that topic... Quick to navigate! Red used in the header which then leads your eye to the websites summarised purpose Large titles Use of different colours and boxes to separate topics and information Uploaded images which can be viewed and commented on How are they targeting you? Continue?
- 16. Are they targeting you? Design can reveal the target market Teenagers Adults 1. Large headings 2. Interactivity (Clicking, Uploading, Watching) 3. Multimedia used to reduce text and large paragraphs 4. Likely to leave websites with poor presentation regardless of useful content 1. Small, grouped information 2. Informative information (News, Reports) 3. More tolerant of a heavier text-to-images ratio 4. Willing to stick around and look at the information before the multimedia and eye candy Facts and information found in a study recently completed by Jakob Nielson “Usability: Teenagers get bored quickly and frustrated easily online” Back?
- 17. How I intend on using creative and innovative approaches in designing and producing Simplicity- What does this mean? Sophistication: Developed to a high degree of complexity. Simplicity: Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty How do I intend on using simplicity in my design? Back?
- 18. Creating simplicity in my design How can Simplicity be brought to my design?Pictures Videos Icons HeadersColours Spacing and separation Symbols Rhetoric Continue?
- 19. Presenting my final MDP Laptop website displayPortfolio besides laptop Reviews from teachers on my system My Portfolio will be placed on the left of the laptop and reviews will be on the right