APGR72 Week 4 Reading and Homework

On this page you'll find all the homework for a specific week. For an overview of homework for the entire course, please check the "calendar" page. Reading assignments are an important part of the week's study so please make sure you complete them. The weekly quiz may well contain questions based on the week's reading assignments.

Reading due this week:
1. Beaird: Chapter 4 (pages 117-150)
2. Short article on Legible Text in Web Design:
http://www.newark1.com/order/000142.html

Homework:
Assignment 5 -- readability: Critique the following unreadable web page (not the whole site) with reference to the readability and typography guidelines discussed in the Week 4 lecture and PDF notes. Be sure to identify the specific readability guidelines that are broken by organizing your comments under a subheading for each guideline. After each comment say what you would do to improve the readability. (Please refer to the sample assignment below to see an example of how to organize your comments.)
http://www.tibetanincense.com/
Please upload your assignment to your homework web site. Link the assignment page to the homework index page. Then send me an e-mail with the subject line: APGR72 Assignment 5 and provide the DIRECT URL to the assignment page.
Due: 9/18 by midnight
          See a sample assignment: Assignment 5

Project 2: Website: Re-read the information and requirements for Project 2. Develop the following planning materials for your site:
1. Design plan,
2. Flowchart/storyboard
3. Preliminary layout idea for your Project 2 site's home page.
You should use Photoshop to create your prelim layout idea. Upload these to your homework web site. Samples of design plans, flowcharts and layouts are supplied on the Project 2 page. Due: 9/18 by midnight (Project due: Sunday 10/16 by midnight)

Quiz: Complete Week 4 quiz (link on Week 4 page).
Due : 9/18 by midnight.

Forum -- post or reply to 2 messages on the class forum.
Due: 9/18 by midnight