Shark Art

My website idea has been updated!! I am creating a website that I have called "Shark Art". This website will illustrate most of the NSU artists that are apart of the PVA Department. I will include biographies and their artwork online, along with a department to showcase the Gallery and events that are currently happening, or that have happened in the past.

Detailed Website Idea:

Nova Southeastern University: Student Universe:
     The intended audience for my website is for current students at NSU, if you go to NSU then this website is designed and created for you. These students will use this web sight because it is a social network and informative site designed to help make every student aware and involved on campus. NSU has multiple websites from the homepage, to sharklink, to blackboard, to webstar, and to orgsync. Each one of these websites is used for a variety of reasons like finding classes, athletics, jobs, scholarships, and to keep in contact with your social group on campus. My purpose for this website is to create a universe were it all fits into one.
     You logon with your Nova ID number and you are welcomed into the world designed specifically for Nova students. This page will include upcoming events such as athletic games, art galleries, speakers, concerts etc. Students will be able to get information about the clubs on campus and will be able to join certain groups to get more involved. This page will incorporate discussion almost like a blog or chat, and will include different tabs for these specific areas. Photos of current students, events (etc) will be included on this site. Most of the websites designed for NSU aren't easy to use. You have to go to multiple places just to reach a certain area. This website will include it all, a link to go to the official NSU home page and other NSU resources. I want the website to be interactive with the students to post comments and opinions (positive) about the school. A place where freshman can go for help and become virtually active, and for juniors and seniors to go to prepare for graduate school and to reminisce on the year with photos and highlights. This website will include places outside of campus that is a "hotspot" for NSU students, to help find places to study, find or buy certain things, places to go to become involved within the community and experience a life in FL.
     The Website is going to be user friendly and incorporate different tabs for specific areas. Once the student logs  in they will be submersed into the student universe. There will be welcoming colors that reflect the school we attend. This website isn't created to copy what the school has, it is to focus on the social media impact where students can discuss and come together as a class. The deisgn will be simplistic, easy to read and comprehend.Students will encounter a welcoming homepage with current highlights from NSU students, from their they can navigate through the website to a specific area, information about upcoming events, photos, finding volunteer work etc.

Website Idea(s)

For our next project we have to create a website. I have many ideas for a website for example, I have a multitude of photographs I have taken so I was considering making a website to showcase my photography and art work. I'm not 100% set on what kind of website I want to create. Maybe I should take the initiate and fix the crappy school website we have now for NSU. I could make a website for current students and make it easier to use and relate it more to whats happening on campus and all the need to know things for students, or I could make a website selling the app that I created for the earlier project we had. Once again I have an immense amount of ideas flowing through my head and I haven't yet decided which one I would like to take charge and follow through with.

Style for Web Writing

The article "Style for Web Writing" was very redundant for me. It was difficult for me to keep my attention while reading this article. It was dry and explained information that I pretty much knew. Writing is general, and in order to write you need to have certain factors. This article really focuses on what is expected for writing for the web, however it seems to me writing is the same whether your writing for the web or not; although there may be some different factors you have to consider when writing for the web. This article could have been shorter and to describe what seems to me like common-sense.

https://mako.nova.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2424531-dt-content-rid-23015789_2/courses/201330_WRIT-4000-EV1_32138/Style%20for%20Web%20Writing.pdf

The Principles of Design

I found "The Principles of Design" article to be very fascinating. I used to be an art major and we discussed all of the principles of design and how to incorporate them within a piece of artwork. We learned the definitions, what they looked like, and how to use them properly. I never thought that these same principles could be applied to technology such as a website and Web design. The author of the article gets into detail about what his definition of Web design is and how the principles of design fit into this. I was completly shocked when I first read this article because I didn't see the connection, however after reading it I can now understand why it is important to use the concepts such as balance, proportion and unity within designing and creating a website. After reading this article I can use it as a guide to help incorporate these principles and related concepts into my website that I have to create for class.

https://mako.nova.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2424530-dt-content-rid-23015782_2/courses/201330_WRIT-4000-EV1_32138/_02_design_principles_page2.pdf

Multimedia Literacy

The article "Multimedia Literacy" written by Richard E. Mayor discusses literacy and how it should be incorporated within multimedia. I liked this article, and I agree with the author when he makes the argument that "the conception of literacy should be expand to include both words and pictures," also known as multimedia formats (359). Everybody is a reader and a learner; we all learn and read in a variety of different ways. I think it is crucial to incorporate literacy in the multimedia format because it can expand out to a different types of people. Some people may love to read words and long articles, while others may like to have pictures to enhance what they are reading or to help understand the topic. I found the article very interesting because he incorporates the ideas of literacy in a many forms and ties it in with the way people learn. In some ways multimedia format (pictures and words) may help people read and understand while it may not be helpful to others.

https://mako.nova.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-2574406-dt-content-rid-24459172_1/users/cl830/richard%20mayer%20multimedia%20literacy.pdf