Web Content

Web Design

• 1990’s Web Design 
• Make any website look like 1990’s 
• 10 Principles of Effective Web Design  
• User Experience Design 
• Why Aesthetics Matter to Learning 

What are some differences between the two webpages below? What are some elements on each page that you particularly like or don't like?

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Website Topics

Some ideas for how to use websites for yourself or as a project with students

• Website with a page for each class you teach
• 5 great things to do in NYC (what, where, when, who, how)
• What you did last summer (a place you went, where you stayed, how your traveled)
• A book you would recommend (background info, the author, your review, movie trailer)
• All about a hobby 
• A class cookbook

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Planning Web Content

• Organizing website content (Information Architecture) https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/starting-out-organized-website-content-planning-the-right-way/
• Creating a Website Outline and Site Diagram (video)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqojkqaTc
• Map out the content (aim for 3-5 pages for today).  Think about what kind of theme would work best? Where should the tabs go?
• Make a folder for your website to save images and content
• Find and download images to go with your content and put them in a folder labeled Images
• Find websites and videos you’d like to link to and save links in a document labeled Links
• Write content in Notepad or Word and save it

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Finding Public Domain Images

• Take your own photos
• 5 Good Places for Students to Find Public Domain Images
• Flickr Creative Commons 
• Advanced Google Image Search
• Pixabay
• Image Source (Royalty Free)
• Getty Images (Royalty Free)
• Creative Commons

Why Use Creative Commons

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This website was developed by Nell Eckersley at the Literacy Assistance Center for use in workshops on creating classroom websites for Adult Education programs.