Step 1 - Research Websites

The question you have to ask yourself is "what makes a good website?". We see them everyday while for both work and entertainment. We know the websites which are terrible as well as the websites which are good. Your goal is to make your E-portfolio stand out so you need to find out what makes a website good or bad.

Recording this in your sources table is a sure way to get the higher marks for research!

So what should you be looking for? The main elements of a good design are -

• Clearly suitable for audience
• Has a clear purpose
• Navigation is clear and easy to use.
• Text and multimedia fit in with a theme
• Website is branded and consistent

Look at this bad example. It is fairly clear this is a bad website but what specifically is bad about it? As the saying goes "knowing there is a trap is the first step in evading it". The original website can be found. Here are some of the traps from the bad example -

• Inconsistency between pages - Makes it look like they could not make up their mind.
• Poor backgrounds - Tiled images looking out of place.
• Random animations - Distracting the user from the main content.

You then should note down what you found out in your sources table. The example sources table gives an example on how the good and bad example could be recorded.

If you do not record your research in your sources table then you will get no credit for it.

By the end of your research you should of found at least 2 good examples and 2 bad examples of websites. These should be logged in your sources table.

Resources

Good design example

Bad design example

Example sources table

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1 - Research Websites

The question you have to ask yourself is "what makes a good website?". We see them everyday while for both work and entertainment. We know the websites which are terrible as well as the websites which are good. Your goal is to make your E-portfolio stand out so you need to find out what makes a website good or bad.

Recording this in your sources table is a sure way to get the higher marks for research!

So what should you be looking for? The main elements of a good design are -

• Clearly suitable for audience
• Has a clear purpose
• Navigation is clear and easy to use.
• Text and multimedia fit in with a theme
• Website is branded and consistent

Look at this bad example. It is fairly clear this is a bad website but what specifically is bad about it? As the saying goes "knowing there is a trap is the first step in evading it". The original website can be found. Here are some of the traps from the bad example -

• Inconsistency between pages - Makes it look like they could not make up their mind.
• Poor backgrounds - Tiled images looking out of place.
• Random animations - Distracting the user from the main content.

You then should note down what you found out in your sources table. The example sources table gives an example on how the good and bad example could be recorded.

If you do not record your research in your sources table then you will get no credit for it.

By the end of your research you should of found at least 2 good examples and 2 bad examples of websites. These should be logged in your sources table.

Resources

Good design example

Bad design example

Example sources table