Since starting the Investigation last week, I am nearing the end of my initial research and during the Holidays I will write up my investigation based on the knowledge I have found. Using a combination of various websites (found using the search term An Introduction To "insert web element here") as well as the books:
Sherry Willard Kinkoph, SWK, (2005), Teach Yourself Visually: HTML, Canada: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
David Karlins, DK, (2003), Build Your Own Website, United States of America: McGraw-Hill/Osbourne
as my main tools. "Teach Yourself Visually" in paticular is hepful as it gives concise, effectiver explantions as well as visual examples, meaning you can really understand the context and use of the paticular function or code.
It is interesting to go to random web pages that i use everyday, and using the "View Source" tool look for examples of the new things I have learnt. Go to any page and you will quickly see Meta Data and CSS links etc.
In the coming weeks, after Christmas i will be able to start using newly found knowledge.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Week 12 - Web Authoring
Our new project revolves around Web Authoring. I have had a little experince in writing HTML from a while back. I have only really dealt with simple HTML and CSS, but admiteddly I have forgtten pretty much everything I learnt.
To restablish old knowledge and learn new skills, we will be undertaking an investigation. We have been given a range of phrases to look into. However, a lot of the explanations and context of each key elemtn of web authoring requires a background knowledge into something else, for instance if you want to understand DHTML, you need to research HTML, Java Script, CSS and COM.
I am really interested in this subject, and finding out how elements tags and codes work to develop whatwe see on screen. While we will be using Adobe Dreamweaver to design our websites, this investigation will hopefully give me the confidence to work well with actual coding again.
Understanding this principle of how a computer actually works is fundamental to all Creative Media we undertake. Every programme we use has been written in a prgogramming langauge which itself is used to translate machine code. An appreciation for the way we can prgoramme our own websites will give us a better relationship with technology as a whole and simple principles can be carried over to other langauges and applications e.g. "Apps" and GUIs (Graphic User Interfaces) etc.
To restablish old knowledge and learn new skills, we will be undertaking an investigation. We have been given a range of phrases to look into. However, a lot of the explanations and context of each key elemtn of web authoring requires a background knowledge into something else, for instance if you want to understand DHTML, you need to research HTML, Java Script, CSS and COM.
I am really interested in this subject, and finding out how elements tags and codes work to develop whatwe see on screen. While we will be using Adobe Dreamweaver to design our websites, this investigation will hopefully give me the confidence to work well with actual coding again.
Understanding this principle of how a computer actually works is fundamental to all Creative Media we undertake. Every programme we use has been written in a prgogramming langauge which itself is used to translate machine code. An appreciation for the way we can prgoramme our own websites will give us a better relationship with technology as a whole and simple principles can be carried over to other langauges and applications e.g. "Apps" and GUIs (Graphic User Interfaces) etc.
Friday, 2 December 2011
Week 11 - Submission
I have now reached the end of the Animation Project, and am approaching the submission date with only a few elements left to complete and add.
At the time of writing, I still need to summarise my evaluation and complete a breakdown of my audience respopnses. The finished animation is now available to view on YouTube and viewers have the chocie to answer the short Questionnaire in the description. I have used WooFoo, an online Questionnaire/Form creator, where the creator can create questionnaire and then see the individual responses and analytics. Over the weekend I will hopefully be able to collect all this data and responses into a breakdown using Word and Excel. I will also be able to include extra detail in my evaluation based on the audience responses.
I also need to scan and PDF my mindmaps, astoryboards etc to post on TurnIt in, this shouldn't take long and can be completed over the weekend. Lastly I will need to combine PDF's on using the Acrobat software, making one large PDF to submit.
My Questionnaire can be viewed here: http://bigslim.wufoo.com/forms/the-history-of-animation-questionnaire/
And the report here: http://bigslim.wufoo.com/reports/audience-feedback/
At the time of writing, I still need to summarise my evaluation and complete a breakdown of my audience respopnses. The finished animation is now available to view on YouTube and viewers have the chocie to answer the short Questionnaire in the description. I have used WooFoo, an online Questionnaire/Form creator, where the creator can create questionnaire and then see the individual responses and analytics. Over the weekend I will hopefully be able to collect all this data and responses into a breakdown using Word and Excel. I will also be able to include extra detail in my evaluation based on the audience responses.
I also need to scan and PDF my mindmaps, astoryboards etc to post on TurnIt in, this shouldn't take long and can be completed over the weekend. Lastly I will need to combine PDF's on using the Acrobat software, making one large PDF to submit.
My Questionnaire can be viewed here: http://bigslim.wufoo.com/forms/the-history-of-animation-questionnaire/
And the report here: http://bigslim.wufoo.com/reports/audience-feedback/
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