Multimedia &Interface Design

JMA 308/545TTH 4:30 – 5:45College Hall 205

JMA 308/545 - Instructor

Dr. Bill Gibbs

Associate Professor in Journalism & Multimedia Arts.

Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from The Pennsylvania State University.

Office 316 College Hall

Office hours – MW 11:00 – 2:30 and by appointment Phone – 412 - 396-1310

E-mail – gibbsw@duq.edu

JMA 308/545 - Topics

• Introduce Interface Design (ID)

• Interface design for the Web

• User-centered design

• Usability testing

JMA 308/545 – Course goals

Review current terms and concepts related to ID.

Discuss general ID guidelines and theories.

Demonstrate general principles underlying effective screen design and navigation control.

JMA 308/545 – Course goals

Prototype designs using development tools.

Design, development and evaluate a Web site and associated interactions based on ID principles.

Perform usability tests.(Ex1) (Ex2) (Ex3) (Ex4) (EX5)

JMA 308/545 – Applications & Tools

The course focuses on Web interface design and usability testing.

What is this device and how do you used it?

Does the device tell you anything about how to use it?

Attaches to something?

For writing?

For pushing?For gripping?

Clues about how to use it

Also, conventions

What clues are here?

Most important?

What’s here?

Additional stuff?

What’s here?

Current offering?

Additional stuff?

Let’s look at a couple sites

http://www.sonicdrivein.com/home.jsp#/home

http://www.staples.com

JMA 308/545 – Applications & Tools

We will use:

• Dreamweaver

• Morae

• Others…

JMA 308/545 – Applications & Tools

• In class we will work with authoring tools (e.g., Dreamweaver) to create interfaces.

•We may also use other applications.

JMA 308/545 - Assignments

1. Interface design activities - approximately 4

2. Client interface usability study (Group)

3. Final project & documentation

4. Project presentation

5. Pilot study (graduate students only)

JMA 308/545 - Assignments

Points assigned to each project

JMA 308/545 - Assignments

• Due at end of day.

• Late assignments receive a 10% per class penalty up to a maximum of 30%.

JMA 308/545 – You’ll may need

You should have access to e-mail and a Web browser – outside of class.

Blank discs or Flash drive labeled with your name and contact information.

JMA 308/545 – E-mailing

E-mailing assignments.

Make sure I have your correct address.

JMA 308/545– E-mailing

E-mailing assignments/attachments.

• Must have your name

• E-mail address

• Title of assignment

• Label subject of e-mail

JMA 308/545 – Class Web Site

http://www.jma.duq.edu/classes/gibbs/jma308/index.htm

• Room 205 Access

• Media Site Live

• Web site

JMA 308/545 – Before you go…

Log into computer

Check accounts

Biographical sheet

User Name and Password

To connect to our servers from within either of our two labs (205 or 345):Ctrl-Alt-DeleteUsername: YourLastNamePW: Given in classYou will be asked to change your password

the first time you login

User Name and Password

8 characters or more 1 UPPERCASE character 1 number 1 Special character ($, &) – no spaces

Duquesne$07

Our Server

www.jma.duq.edu Your private folder It’s a subfolder of users folder

www.jma.duq.edu/users/YourLoginName

Save files (drag and drop files) while in either lab (CH205, CH345)

You can also FTP to there from home…

How do I access the server?

From dorm or home

ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/YourLastName

Example: ftp://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/

You will be prompted for your user name and password Use the same name and password you used to login to

Windows

How do I access the server?

You will be prompted for your user name and password – jma/username

How do I access the server?

• Folders and files display• Transfer (put) files from your computer, • Download (get) files to your computer.

How do I access the server?

Your folder on server has a child folder named pub

Inside that folder you should create a folder for each course that requires a web site

In this course, create a sub folder named JMA308

The PUB folder

•You might create subfolders, for each course.

Double-click on pub

Right-click on any unused white area

The PUB folder

Create new folder

Name it your course name

Web URL

The URL to your website(s) depend on how you structured your home folder

Using earlier example

http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/pub/JMA308/FileName.htm

Assuming your file name is default.htm, or index.htm in the jma308 folder the address would be:

http://www.jma.duq.edu/users/gibbs/pub/jma308/index.htm

How do I access the server?

Access from either CH345 and CH205

\\jma1\users\username

While in class, feel free to save to the net folder

www.jma.duq.edu

Folder

File

File

FileFile

PUB Folder

Folder

Your Space

User folder

Folder

File

File

FileFile

PUB Folder

Folder

Your Space

All files for the

Web must be in PUB

All files for the

Web must be in PUB

User folder

www.jma.duq.edu

File Extensions

File Extensions

Windows-based computers vs. Mac Index.htm

File Name

File Extension

Turning File Extensions on in Windows

Folder Options>>View>> uncheck Hide Extensions for know file types