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Enhancing the iSchool Website: A Student’s Design and Development Experience

This document outlines the design and development process of the University of Texas at Austin's iSchool website as part of a course project by Amit Sharma in Fall 2005. It details the tools used, including Macromedia Dreamweaver and Microsoft Visio, and highlights significant website features before and after changes. The project faced challenges such as browser compatibility and tool limitations. The document includes references for further reading on information architecture and website design principles, showcasing the iterative process of creating user-centered web experiences.

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Enhancing the iSchool Website: A Student’s Design and Development Experience

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  1. School of Information – (Current Student Section) By: Amit Sharma | inf 385e Fall 2005 - iSchool, UT- Austin http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/main.html

  2. Website available at: • http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/main.html Tools used: • Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Design & Coding) • Microsoft Visio 2003 (Wireframes) • Text Editor – Notepad (Javascript) • Browsers - Mozilla Firefox , Internet Explorer (Display) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/main.html

  3. Main Page (Before) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/main.html

  4. Main Page ( After ) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/main.html

  5. Site Statistics • Total No. of Pages : 17 • Validation Results(http://validator.w3.org) : Validated : 11 Not validated : 06 (due to URL on pages which were not recognized by w3.validator) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/main.html

  6. Graphics and Logos used University of Texas at Austin School of Information Logo Images taken from Personal Camera & iSchool Site http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/main.html

  7. Changed Features (1) Course Description (Before) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/main.html

  8. Changed Features (1) Course Description (After) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/coursedescription.htm

  9. Changed Features (2) Courses division (based on Academic Tracks) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/library.htm

  10. New Features (1) iSpace ( One stop for all information needs) http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/ispace.htm

  11. New Features (2) My Courses Page http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/yourcourses.htm

  12. Design Decisions • Dividing the main page according to specified users. • Labels ( e.g. iSpace, iZone, iPlace, my Courses). • No. of Levels for website. • Content to include in iSpace. • Number of images on a single web page. • Division of courses by Academic Tracks. http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/main.html

  13. Problems Faced (1) Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer 6.0 • Browsers http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/courses.html

  14. Problems Faced (2) • Tools don’t behave the way you expect (Dreamweaver producing extra code). • Logo of iSchool ( a small file which on expanding produces blurriness in text). • Trade off between Size Vs Mission of site. • How to make users enter and visit the site again http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/main.html

  15. References • Rosenfeld, L. & Morville, P. (2002). Information architecture for the world wide Web, 2nd edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. • Van Duyne, D., Landay, J. A., & Hong, J. I. (2003). Design of sites: patterns, principles, and processes for crafting a customer-centered Web experience. Boston, MA: Addison -Wesley, Inc. http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/main.html

  16. Thank You Website address: http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~amit/main.html - Amit Sharma

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