TCO 285 Document & Web Design Course Companion Site
Dr. Susan Codone, Assistant Professor of Technical Communication

 

 

TCO 285 Web Design Assignment Schedule

Phase 1 - Personal Website- 50 points
Due Session 21

Create a personal website for yourself. This site should have a distinctive design reflecting your personality and interests. Your home page should have a text narrative about you, along with a picture of yourself or other image that you think represents you. Include your contact info (as much as you're comfortable with providing) and the last date revised. Follow the principles of web design & usability we are learning from the Yale Style Guide and Jakob Nielsen. Include an active email link. From your home page, you must link to your comprehensive web project.

Required Home Page Components:

  • Text info about yourself
  • Photo of yourself
  • Link to the TCO 285 class site
  • Create and link to an online portfolio of your work using Adobe Acrobat to convert your flyer, letterhead, and brochure/newsletter into .pdf files and post them to your website
  • Link to your comprehensive web project


Phase 2 - Organizational Website - 100 points
Due Session 28

Create a website for an organization, group, or purpose of your choice. Organizations such as fraternities and sororities do not count for this assignment. This website must have a home page and branch to at least two other levels, including at least 10 pages total. You must have a menu on the home page (can be textual), include images on 5 of the 10 pages, and use tables to organize your pages.

A comprehensive site plan is a flowchart that you can create in PowerPoint or Visio (Visio preferred). This plan simply maps out your site, with each page descending down from your home page. Don't confuse this home page with your personal site. The home page for your organizational site must contain an introduction and a menu to other pages. At least 10 pages are required for the comprehensive site. Your organizational site files must reside in a different folder than your personal site, and this folder will be automatically reflected in your url. Your personal site will have a link to the index page of the organizational site, but no other linking will be done.