GDES2000: Final Student Working Prototype Websites 2012

Below are the links to the various final 'working prototype' websites created by students on the module.


Museums Website

Elisa Alexeiva

Paulo Bernardo

Vitor Bernardo (disk didn't boot up on test machine, could not load on server)

Rob Fletcher

Nik Filipov

“Moreover the whole idea of the major project for the module was motivating and appealing and although the teaks were not easy to perform, it was engaging and it was a great challenge to overcome… the module helps developing a combination of skills, which not only build abilities to work in industry, but also improves personal efficiency.”

Naomi Guest

Stephen Hall

Tibi Ion

Jesse Malisa

Valda Mikalauskaite

Sophie Perry

 “I also feel that I’ve learned quite a bit in terms of what is possible when it comes to website design”

Louise Thomas

Chris Weston

• Richard Wilson (all uploaded on server but files seem corrupted)

Beeline Fest Website

Tom Blake

Francesca Dixon

Kirsty Fowler

“The module as a whole was a deep learning curve and one I greatly enjoyed, I loved the freedom to create what we wanted with the majority of the website..”

Tom Game

Claire Gee

Sam Hall

“I have also learned a lot about website design and the processes involved including mapping, which I would never have realised beforehand and page layout. I have gained a lot of understanding too about how people use websites… and will take this into my future design work.”

Alan Headspeath

Alex Hill

• Peter Lee
  “Multimedia and Graphic Design on the web was the perfect module in terms of educational value, as well as in terms of challenging concepts. There was a lot of researching on this module, as well as an awful lot of inspiration.”
  

Irina Manoila

Matt Maynard
“Overall I feel that the module has extensively challenged my design and coding capability and has taught me how intensively Web Design can actually be along with both personal (what is possible) and client (what needs to be done) expectations when creating a website."

Heather McGinty

Rossouw Oosthuizen

“I have learned a lot over the course of this module. Considering I had no idea how to make a website before starting this module, I now feel confident in designing, developing and building my own website from gound-up, which I consider to be a huge leap in my knowledge… The internet is a very important tool and I will use the skills I have learned through this module throughout the rest of my career.”

Harriet Radcliffe

“Throughout the module Graphic Design and the Internet I have learned how to design and produce my own website to a specification and how to design for a ‘live’ client.”

Billy Sawyer

Adam Southall

Simba Svbogo

Velikov Nikolay

Beeline Fest Pics

The links below will allow you to download both a set of low res images from 2010's fest as well as a reminder of the link we put up on the blog ages back for the logos and artwork from Piet..


Images .zip (8Mb)

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzWcB9cnSqS7WmY1RklIUWtLYXM

(This should bring you to a white Google Doc page, then select: File > download from the menu underneath the page's title. It should then start to download the .zip file to your machine's 'normal' download location which you'll have pre-arranged).

Post with Piet's Illustrations
http://gdes2000.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/beeline-brief-ref-pictures.html

Gdes2000: Student Multimedia Mock Ideas

A selection of ongoing mockup ideas for multimedia elements in students' websites:

Harriet 01

Harriet 02

Harriet 03

Matt 01

Matt 02

Rossouw 01

Rossouw 02

Rossouw 03

Rossouw 04

Spencer 01

Spencer 02

Spencer 03

GDES2000: Task 02: Multimedia Interface Research

Task set: Tues 21st Feb session [Andystevo].

S2, Task 02 Multimedia interface research

Think about the examples of multimedia you found for this week’s LT discussion with ref to your own brief and webpages.

Now you’ve explored a few different types of multimedia interface and thought about structures this week… We want to evolve your rough multimedia ideas so that you’re clearer what multimedia you  may use in your site.

Requirements:

• Draw coloured sketches (please use rulers) in your layout pads of 2 possible interface methods for each multimedia page in your site – there’s at least 3x elements per brief/site.

• Add written comments to these [enough to help explain to your learning team] they’ll need to know:

a. How each one will work

b. What interface elements you’ve decided to use
[buttons, control elements, sliders etc].

c. What imagery and sounds you’d like to use..
[i.e sound fx or vocal accompaniment or maybe musical etc].

Considerations:

• Think about how these ideas you’ve brought might be controlled, how the user and audience[s] will interact with them potentially.

• Think about the placement of buttons and controls, display elements, control of sound and vision etc).

Andy Stevenson, 2012

Session blog task: Display your outputs

1. Phone pics or pics to the spec below added to the DAC folder: Public > GDES2000 folder > GDES2000 S2 Task 02

2. Please make sure you name/number them "[your first name]pic01.jpg, [your name]pic02.jpg..." etc, etc.

3.  Please make sure the image's spec is as follows [take into pshop and change them please]:

•       Size: 640x480px
•       Image format: RGB
•       Resolution: [screen] 72dpi [larger than this and we won't put them up].
  
  Tip: Ideally you should be file > save for web in pshop once you've reduced the individual images to 72 dpi.

4. MS Word file with your 'a', 'b' and 'c' comments for each image named [your first name]comments.doc This is also to be stored in the 'Task 02' folder on the public server.

5. I'll do the rest! :-)

GDES2000: After Flash Self-Driven Workshop Thoughts

Hi all [Andystevo group], if you're reading this then you'll have seen my mail linking you to the various tutorials and resources regards the flash reminder workshop.. Most [if not all] of the elements involved in the workshop will have been covered in year 1 in your multimedia intro module - as there's been a gap though you may be a bit rusty - hence the reminder tut/workshop! Once completed, I'd like you each to answer the following as a 'comment' by 6pm Weds 29th Feb:

Firstly [your name]

1. Did you manage to complete the step by step Image Gallery tutorial in Flash CS5.5?

• 1a. If "yes" then did you do it all in one go or in little chunks?
• 1b. If "no" then please explain as best possible what the issues were that stopped your progress.

2. Once you'd set up one scene in Flash then there was much duplication after that to create the other scenes/pages. Using this same logic of duplicating scenes [albeit with different content in each..] do you think that you might be able to create your own slideshow or step by step story or similar for your brief?

3. Last year's cohort used a mix of Flash and Javascript interactivity to achieve the wants of their briefs - what methods do you think you may use at this moment with the multimedia elements of your briefs this year?

GDES2000: S2 Additional Client Questions Area

Please add your questions as comments to this post and we'll alert the clients once there are a couple of questions here. Please make sure that the tutors know too that you've posted a Q or we may not realise straight away..

GDES2000: Student Working Websites: Jan 2012

Please click on one of the blue links below each picture to open up the individual test sites. 

Andy Stevenson Group
 

Kirsty Fowler

Spencer Yates

Sophie: Museum

Sam: Beeline

Rossouw: Beeline

Nik: Museum

Matt: Beeline

Alan H revised site

Jesse: Museum

Irina revised site

Heather: Beeline

Harriet: Beeline

Adam: Beeline

Peter: Beeline

Stephen: Museum

Simba: Beeline

Claire: Beeline

Andy Screen Group

[These sites should be 'live' in week 1 or 2 of semester 2]


Student Feedback
Comments made by students about this module in semester 01 on the feedback [pink] forms:

[We like]

"[I like] the great resources and communication between student & lecturer with e-mails and blogs."

"[I like] That there’s feedback available when needed."

"[I like] learning about the software and the lecturer’s teaching method."

"[I like] the simple step by step mini deadlines."

"[I like] the way we were introduced to Dreamweaver and how other software was used with it."

"[I liked] the website [critique] presentations."

"Really liked the talk from Getme.co.uk – very informative."

"The lecturer was very good at answering questions via e-mail and was flexible with tutorials to suit the student rather than the lecturer."

"I have really enjoyed the module and cannot think of any improvements."

"The lecturer’s enthusiasm really helped me to enjoy the topic."

"Numerous module tasks helped to keep me on track throughout the semester."

"[I liked] the real career experiences with [practitioners] coming in."

"[I liked] the vast amount you can learn from one lesson."

"The combination of tutorials and tasks were useful and appropriate."

[We would like to see improved] Further student comments:

"More group work suggested and maybe more research."

"More practise suggested rather than theory."

"More advice requested about how to receive a higher grade."