Minor Project 30: Read & Blog- Administering Usability Test

NHMA:
Everyone who looked at the site said the first striking thing was the image.  This coincides with what the client told us, so that is good. I got some reactions that the image told them it was a manufacturing site, but not the design colors. They also commented on the size of the font on the site.  They compared it to others and suggested the point size be lowered to around a 12 pt font.  One person commented that the design could have some texture to it, instead of being "plain".  The people who viewed my site were interested in seeing a logo for the site, as well.


ROADSIDE:
Everyone said the navigation was their favorite part of the site.  The navigation really intrigued them.  They felt the design was fun, however, Dale suggested we make it a little more fun! Someone said they think the tabs would look great once they are implemented and I showed them how they can be implemented on our CSS test site and they liked it. I got a lot of good reactions towards the colors. One person mentioned that they liked how the font was a little different than most sites.


I feel like I got some good information from this assignment and can further push our sites towards what an audience wants to see. 

Minor Project 28: Roadside Academy Home Page Rebuilding

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Minor Project 27: NHMA Home Page Rebuilding

NHMA

Minor Project 29: Read & Blog

Download my Usability Test Script HERE!

Minor Project 26: CSS Nav Bar due

NAVIGATION BAR

Minor Project 25: Home Page Redesign

Original:

ReDesign:

I tried to make the site more appealing by keeping things neat and organized.  It's a small business so the audience is mainly locals & regulars.  The red is welcoming and bright, and makes it easy to read the information you need to get, unlike the old site who's background was very distracting.

Minor Project 24: Read & Blog

The site: http://www.bobettes.com/


What's the point of it? To promote their soup shop/restaraunt & to show customers the menu.  Also, to showcase the many awards they have one for things like "best soup", etc. 


Do you know where to start? Not really. With the tiled background and the flowing page, it's hard to find what I'm looking for.  Links are sometimes to the left of the page and sometimes in the middle.  My eye isn't sure where to begin. 

MINOR Project 23: Don't Make Me Think, Chapter 6

Minor Project 22: Roadside Academy Web Site Redesign

OUR ROADSIDE SITE

Minor Project 21: Roadside Academy Team "Brief" & Site Map

Purpose & Objectives

When designing Roadsides webpage, we wanted to make sure we accomplish all of our client’s goals. Our client mentioned they want to their website to represent their school as a fun, simple, successful private academy, with the ability to be spontaneous and stand out from the crowd. As a very small school, it's hard to get word out about how wonderful the program may be. We hope to make their site more fun and pleasing to the eye since this is probably the first thing a prospective student/parent will see.

Look & Feel

The colors of Roadside’s website are crucial for the feel of this page. We want to make sure that the website looks like it is for a school.

Plans for Design/Layout

We want a simple page yet unique page for Roadside Academy. We feel that a drop down menu will be easiest for the viewers to navigate the page. The logo will be kept in the top left corner. For the site, we want to incorporate more pictures as well.

Type Choices & Type Setting

We both used Century Gothic in our individual projects so we are going to use that font choice in the combined website. The top header will be bold so it stands out, but not cluttered.

Visual Hierarchy

The header will lead the viewer into the page so we feel that this is most important. On the homepage, the pictures will be above the fold as well as the tops of the boxes that will be located under the pictures. Each secondary page will incorporate the banner and logo.

Use of White Space

Roadside Academy does not need to have an overload of pictures on its page. Because we want the page to show simplicity as well, we will have a white background. There will be a sufficient amount of white space so it is clean and easy to read the text.

Description of Color Choices

We want to use light navy, black and white with an accent of gold. The drop down menu will be in white.

Navigation, Ease of Use, Usability, Accessibility

As stated by the clients, they want a simple and easy to navigate website. This is very important for building the website. The website will be easy to navigate. The typefaces will be easy to read, and the dropdown menu will be easy to navigate the page.

Target Audience & Demographic

The targeted audience consists of the current students, perspective students, parents, faculty, and alumni.