My first ever uni project is now completed. I thought I would find it hard coping with the HTML coding, but in the end, it was pretty straight forward!
At first, I struggled for ideas for the photos I would use. But in the end, I based my idea upon uni life. The idea that someone wakes up in a random place after a night out drinking probably ties in with most students’ university lives. I wanted to make my ‘story’ fit in with the student life so it would appeal to them, and maybe even bring back some memories of previous years in education. When it came to linking the photos together, I struggled at first because it was kind of new to me, and I couldn’t get the hang of it at first. However after a seminar of playing around with it, I finally got the hang of it and was able to finish my project in plenty of time and have a play with the images. I found that using Adobe Dreamweaver was a lot better than using notepad, as I could get a preview of what the pages would look like so I have an instant view of any mistakes that needed adjusting.
My blog from 22/10/10 shows what feedback I got from the seminar and what changes I should make. I made these changes in order to improve my project and I must admit, I’m glad I did get feedback. I made the pages easier to navigate around by adding arrows and question marks for places people can look/go. I used these symbols consistently through my project in order to prevent confusion and make it less frustrating for the user.
Overall, I am really happy with my final project. I must admit, it was an interesting piece of work and I have already learnt so much in just 3 weeks. It instantly pulled me into the heart of the course and has kept me there as I am working with software I am not used to, and I haven’t done a lot of the same sort of work in previous educational years. I am hoping my next topic (animation) is just as enjoyable!
