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HCI
201: Multimedia and the World wide Web
Assignment 4
Due
10/15
Grading
Criteria HW 4
Worth 200 points
Objective:
By the end of this assignment you will be able to code tables and links.
You will also be able to perform a usability heuristic evaluation.
Pt.1 Heuristic
Evaluation (100 pt.)
Choose a Website (not the one you did your first paper on) and perform
an Heuristic Evaluation as outlined in:
http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/
and http://webmasterbase.com/article/520
- Describe
the purpose of the page.
- Describe
the sample tasks you went through in order to perform the evaluation;
summarize your procedure.
- For each
of the 10 heuristics, describe how the page does or does not adhere
to them in your own language. Use screen shots to demonstrate your findings.
- Create a
list of recommendations on what needs to be improved and why.
- Conclude
with a brief discussion on what you learned about evaluation from this
exercise- such as how it will affect future work, as well as your impression
of usability and HCI.
- Print out
a hard copy, and proof read it. Have someone else read it over to be
sure it makes sense. Turn in a proofread copy at class.
Part 2 Tables
and Links 100 points-
All code must include the correct tags in the correct order in order for
you to receive credit.
- Put up "skeleton
pages" or pages that only have the basic tags, the navigation elements
and the name of the page for all of your pages.
- Create the
navigational system that will link all of the pages of your Website.
This will require locally linking your pages.
- Put your
navigation into a table with a cell for each link. So if you are linking
5 pages (and all of you should have at least that many) you will need
a table that has one row and 5 cells. You can configure the table as
you see fit in terms of rows and cells.
- Learn how to align the contents
of tables- put your images and text into tables and use the align tag
to determine how to best position your elements.
- Put at least
one anchored link on one of your pages-
- Put an automatic
email link on at least one of your pages.
- Link to
at least one other site outside of your own.
- Use a single
celled table to house all of the content on each of your pages.
- When finished
you need to have at least 3 tables on your page; one for the navigation,
one for the content, and one that contains everything- nested tables.
- Check
your page "live" before sending me the link to ensure its
ready.
- Email me
a link to your Homepage. Indicate which page has the automatic email
link, and which page has the anchored link.
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