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Agenda Week 9Global Engineering Professional Seminar

Ethics Memos due today—please include checklist, place in accordion folder. Writing Sample—required, filed. Visual Communication: Site design issues, Engineering Exhibit. After break: Engineering Exhibit due March 20. “ePortfolios” (web site) due: Monday, March 31

Next Week: Have a Safe Break!

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ME Professional Website, “ePortfolio”https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/~yourlogin

1.Site Cover: Introduction of site owner/author and site contents (index.html). >use space!

2.Navigation: Link to site map containing working links to all site elements (.htm). >provide support, consider “back” icon!

3.Resumes: On-line version (.htm) for screen viewing and print-friendly (.doc, .rtf, or .pdf) version for printing. >consider security!

4.Engineering Exhibit: 1 to 3 PowerPoint slides showing a technical project (.htm or .ppt )>visual + text!

5.Interview clip: Meet the author! 15 to 30 seconds (.wmv format- “windows media video”). >short!

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For Website:Go for Screen Readability! All windows are small!

•Forecasting critically important

•Macro level—via navigation schemes.

•Micro level-- via informative text linksCompared to print (pages):

•Use half the words! Use lists! ¶ < 6 lines!

•Have visuals do more than half the work!Screens vary:

●Upper left-hand corner most valuable (“F”)More user rules: Jacob Nielsen’s

http://www.useit.com

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Reading Screens: Nielsen’s “F” pattern

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For Engineering Exhibit:Go for verbal/visual synergy!Use TEXT to name the project.Use TEXT to state purpose or value of the project. Use “visual power” to convey the engineering

achievement?• At least one visual element is required: photographs,

diagrams, sketches, schematics.

Annotate the visual: Label what is shown and describe outcomes!

Use STAR heuristic to convey PROCESS• Situation/Task: What is the project? Why important?• Action: What exactly was done?• Results: What was the outcome?

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Global Seminar Samples

Jacob Berry

Bernie Dávila

Kevin Iwanski

Kean Kwoh Lim

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PPT—not just for presenters

Apple’s “HyperCard” --web-like precursor to visual Internet

Supports “organic” development—easy to go in and add more detail; can “prune” errant branches

Easy to integrate text and other media--compare to MSWord:

• MS Word is a “better” typewriter;• PPoint is theater—words, images, sounds,

video!

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Using Windows Movie Maker

Open application first—not the file.

Use the “import” command to open file.

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Drag “clips” to “Storyboard”

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Trim unwanted segments:Toggle to “Show Timeline,” select segments, then cut.

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To save and post:Use “Save as” filename.mswmm (the

“project” file format) if you wish continue working on the clip in a future session.

Use “Save as” yourfilename.wmv (“windows media video” format) if you are ready to post clip.

Save that file to the “W” filespace. Open FrontPage and use “Insert” menu

to add informative link to “yourfilename.wmv”.

Note file permissions must be “755.”