We would like you to use the features of Pagemaker to produce at least two, printed mock web pages, and a storyboard that describes the content, and linkage that you anticipate will make up your web site.

Pagemaker makes it very easy to do things such as drag "placed" elements around, create graphic objects, and experiment with type, and it will allow you to quickly explore various design options for your web pages.

The first mock page should be representative of how you imagine your own personal web page might look. It might consist of a main image that has significance to you, as well as, links to your 440 website, portfolio, resume…etc. For ideas you can look at the web pages for the students who took the course last year, or the huge number of UW student web pages.

The second mock page should be representative of how you imagine your 440 pages. We are looking for an image that shows how you imagine your consistent web elements, and "staging area". Consistency in web design is crucial. A person should not feel as though they have "strayed off course" as they navigate through your sight. In other words, a visitor should not feel like they are moving to a completely different website as they travel from one of your web pages to another. The staging area can be thought of as the area of the page that is dynamic. It is where the actors, (your images), communicate their message.

Don't feel like you are being asked to decide right from the get go what your web pages are ultimately going to look like. We simply expect to see that you have thought about the graphic make up of your site, and that your work demonstrates that you have gained an introductory understanding of the Pagemaker functions described in the tutorial.

For an example of what we expect out of the storyboard you can refer to the Approach section of the Virtual Client description. Your storyboard does not have to be a digital image, (if it is, all the better), and can instead be hand drawn. This too, is by no means set in stone, and you should use this exercise as an experiment in storytelling.

Your web mock-ups and storyboard are due by midnight on Friday the 18th of January. They should be printed, and turned in to Peter or Craig's mailbox.

Finally, keep in mind that the suggestions for consistency, staging, and the structure of your storyboard are just that. How your website looks, and how you choose to communicate your message is ultimately up to you. You should follow your own unique design sense. If you wish, consistently be inconsistent, burn down the stage, fire the actors…..


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