DESIGNING A WEB SITE
Who's your audience?
- Access speed? Which browser? Which plug-ins?
- Sound? Monitor resolution and color?
What's your purpose?
- Lecture style delivery = > linear structure
- Student-centered = > hypertext structure
- Collaborative learning => Forums, Chat (Java)
- Drill & Practice => Web Forms (CGI, JavaScript)
How much time and effort?
- Hand-crafted? HTML Editor? Template system?
- Multimedia and interactivity => time-consuming
- Do it yourself, link, or 'borrow' - Copyright issues