The Communicating Effectively with WebPages workshop focuses on the principles of design that go into creating a communicative and easy-to-use website, including choosing a layout, typography, and different media that work together to communicate a message.

Intro

• First, we'll talk a little about what the writing center is and how you can get help from us

Basic Design

• Now, we'll go through the process of designing a site together. 
• We'll compare different images of the same subject matter and talk about how they can communicate different messages and have different effects on an audience.
• Now, we'll look at a full page and discuss whether it communicates a particular message or not.
• Finally, we'll compare multiple pages, and talk about how they would or would not be effective in different contexts.

MAPS

• MAPS refers to the context in which writing is created and received.
  • Mode
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Situation

CRAP

• CRAP refers to the principles of design that go into making a successful website.
  • Contrast
  • Repitition
  • Alignment
  • Proximity

Analysis

• Now we'll compare a few different websites and discuss in what contexts they would be most effective.
• We'll also discuss whether these sites follow good principles of design.

Guided Work (Remainder)

• During the rest of the workshop, we'll ask you to design a mockup of your own page, and facilitators will be around to help you and answer questions.
• We'll aslo talk about how to make sure web pages remain consistent from one computer to another.