Homework #2

Chapter 6

A. (12 points) Read chapter 6 and answer the following questions. Post the responses on your blog.

1. Why is it important to create a high level plan for your web site? 
   Because if we don’t then we might make it how we want it, or we might make it how the client wants it and not the costumers, or we might make it how the costumers want it and not the client. We need to have it balanced. Making a plan can help us to accomplish this.

2. What are the 7 steps of the web site planning process? 
   1. Define project requirements
   2. Conduct research and analysis
   3. Develop design
   4. Build
   5. Test
   6. Deploy
   7. Maintain

3. What is an information architect? 
   They are the foundation of good web design and development. They help contribute to the plan. They structure the design of shared information, help emerge the principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.

List the 10 major roles of an information architect.

1. Primary audience goals

2. Persons

3. Current content inventory

4. Competitive analysis

5. Content strategy

6. Content outline

7. Content gap analysis

8. Site diagram

9. Page description diagrams

10. Wireframes

A big portion of their roles are taken part in the planning stages.

B. (12 points) Develop a graduation plan and post it on your Blog

My Graduation plan A.A.S. Degree Program Web Development

 

Spring 11	Fall 11	Spring 12	Fall 12	Spring 13
Wdd (1) Comm 130 (3) Foundation (11)	Art 130 (3) Cit 203 (3) Cit 320 (3) Foundation(3)	Cit 210 (3) Art 230 (3) Cit 313 (3) Foundation (3)	Cit 230 (3) B250 (3) CS 371 (3) Foundation (3)	Eng 321 (3) Cit 336 (3) Cit 356 (3) Cit 436 (3)

 

I have the plan to get my A.A.S. Degree in web Development I need to take 28 Core Course credits and 15 WDD Emphasis credits And 19 Foundation credits But if I change my mind and plan to get a B.S. Degree I will need to take these additional classes.

Foundations (20)

Core Courses WDD 398 (3)

WDD Emphasis: 9 credits CIT 320 – Database Design & Devel (3) CIT 370 – Computer Security (3) CIT 410 – Systems Analysis (3) CS 308 – Technical Comm (2) CS 313 – Web Engineering II (3) CS 371 – Human Computer Interaction (3)