Student Opportunity
Looking to find a beginning web designer job in the Everett area? Check out http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/web/888401543.html
–The Company is http://www.travel4real.com/
** Job Qualifications **
- 1 year of design and/or development experience in HTML and CSS
- At this time, we can only consider local applicants
Summary of duties include:
• Designing and creating new Web pages that are optimized for search engines
• Expert experience designing creating Web pages
• Intermediate experience using Flash 8
• Intermediate experience using graphic design skills – Photoshop Dreamweaver and illustrator
• Intermediate experience using page layout tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to work closely in an open team oriented environment
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Web Position at EvCC
Those interested in an entry level Web Tech position? The job announcement has been released and will close February 4. Check it out at http://www.everettcc.edu/administration/hr/jobs/index.cfm?id=3154
No commentsFive Usability Challenges
Came across this article on my listserv over Web and User Interfaces. Jared Spool covers Usability Challenges in Development
Jared covers some very useful insight on how to start your design and interface under five challenges to the developer. The five he includes are Scalability, Visual Design, Comprehension, Interactivity, and Change Management. He shows an example of a major web site that decides “the users will want this feature on our site” and it comes back to them that the users reject it. This seems this is an issue, especially with this Web 2.0 time in which may portable features can be integrated into any web site. It may be a interactive map or calendar app, however is it useful on your site for your intended audience? These are some of the questions he raises in his article.
Jared also came out with a podcast article about a 5-second test for your web pages, what are the initial impressions, what did the user gather, and much more.
No commentsBack in Action
After a long time away, I am back in action now.
This past summer I took on the new web site release, which you can now find at http://www.everettcc.edu and also teaching Computer Programming 120 - Beginning Web Design.
The new web site release went off well. It took a period of time to update bookmarks, correct links, update content on division pages, fix template configurations, but it is up and running. We have received many postive comments about the site. I hope to continue adding features that will enhance the site to be more user friendly. You can also stay up on the news and events through the RSS feeds I created at http://www.everettcc.edu/rss/
The summer quarter of CP 120 went well. It was a busy and accelerated class since it was 11 weeks of information pushed into 8. Many students felt it was too much work, but they did learn a lot. You can check out some of their Final Web Site Projects – The one positive/negative of the class was the “Hybrid” status in which it allowed us to meet virtually online to study and turn in assignments. It did save time from coming to class, but then being motivated to work on assignments without instruction may have hindered some students.
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