cybrdr :: usability on call

John C. Dailey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Multimedia
Department of Telecommunications
273 Letterman Building
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

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Blogging and Education

Seek to use 'organic interactive design' whenever possible...

Objects which most invite users to interact are those with which they already have a familiarity. Employing never seen before ‘widgets’ as key elements in an interface, while often quite satisfying for the designer, have a greater chance to confuse rather than empower the user.

"Let interactive design grow up from content, not out of your head." - JCDPHD

TCOM 350
DVD Design

A detailed exploration of DVD design via the evaluation of existing releases. Considers the design of DVD content, including the creation of menus, scripts and transitions. Requires the production of a DVD including still and motion graphics.

TCOM 350
DVD Design

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended sites dedicated to DVD design and production.
Anime DVD Menu Usability
Bad DVD Menu
DVDA :: The DVD Association	The DVDA is a global community dedicated to fostering the development and application of the DVD and related technologies.
DVD Frequently Asked Questions	The official Internet DVD FAQ for the rec.video.dvd Usenet newsgroup.
DVD Menu Design	Don Norman's - "The Failures of Web Design Recreated Yet Again"
DVD Easter Eggs
DVD Talk	DVD Movie News, Reviews, and More
Talking DVD Menus	Joe Clark's Comments
Recipe 4 DVD

TCOM 350
Adobe After Effects

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to Adobe After Effects software.
Adobe Design Center
AE FreeMart
Designer Today
Creative Cow: Tutorials
Creative Cow: Web Forum

TCOM 350
Apple DVD Studio Pro

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to Apple DVD Studio Pro software.
Creative Cow	DVD Studio Pro Tutorials
DMN Forum	DVDSP Forum
intelligent assistance	Your Guide at the Side
FCP_to_DVDSP.pdf	Preparing Video for DVDSP
MCA-I ProTrack '04 Wrap-Up	Comments about Dr. J's presentation (.wmv file)
Postforum - DVDSP	A Discussion Board for DVDSP
Trai Forrester	One Man's Big Ego and DVDSP

TCOM 350
Apple Motion

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to Apple Motion software.
DMN Forum	Apple Motion Discussion Forum
Creative Mac	Apple Motion 2 - 1st Look
Creative Cow	Apple Motion Review
Digital Juice	Looping Jumpbacks in Apple Motion
Mac Animation Pro	Creating Generators for Apple Motion
MovieEditor	Apple Motion Discussion Group
LAFCPUG	Getting Around in Apple Motion

TCOM 350
Adobe Photoshop

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to Adobe Photoshop software.
Adobe Design Center
Planet Photoshop
Designer Today
Digital Anarchy	Photoshop Plug-ins
Animate Warped Type.pdf	Tutorial
Photo Frames.pdf	Tutorial
Layer Styles.pdf	Tutorial
Masks and Animated GIFs.pdf	Tutorial
Web Banner Rollovers.pdf	Tutorial

TCOM 351
Web Site Development

Analysis of web design in terms of audience considerations, usability, screen layout, navigation, image use, interactivity, and animation. Includes the creation and publishing of a dynamic web site.

TCOM 351
Student Sites

Fall 2007	Spring 2008
These are links to the web sites that were designed during this course in 2007-08. NOTE: Student site links are subject to URL address and/or content change after the links are posted.
Evan Bell	Brandon Anderson
Chris Jackson	James Frye
Robert Freeman	Kristin Gibler
Justin Geisler	Kelly Haering
Cameron Kinzer	Zach Horner
Rob Kranc	Michael Kujawski
Gabe Khouli	Andrew Lewis
Sarah Elizabeth McHie	Scott Loy
Jordan Taylor	Michael McKay
Danilo Santos	Maureen McShane
Mitch Sanders	Heather Trojack
Lydia Sparling	Chris Richardson
Michael Straub	Kurt Sutton
Paul Symons	Jason Schober
	Aaron Vaughn
	Corey Walsh
	Seth Winn

TCOM 351
HTML / XHTML Guides

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to the Hyper Text Markup Language and Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language
A Compendium of HTML Elements	A complete listing of all HTML 4.0 tags with particular mention of every WWW browser in existence.
My Seven Favorite HTML Tags	Dr. Dailey's handout listing the seven most popular HTML tags, associated "subtags", & their attributes.
Welcome to The HTML Station	A commercial site from John December, a researcher in "CMC" - Computer Mediated Communication.
WWW Help Page	Info on all things HTML, another commercial site.
W3C - WWW Consortium	Home base for the Web; these folks write the standards.
XHTML	XHTML Tutorial

TCOM 351
Web Usability

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are sites which consider the concept of web usability.
Excuse-ability
Scott Berkun	Great essays on web and interaction design
Stop, or Dr Nielsen gets it!	Response: The Backlash against Jakob Nielsen
Troubles in Paradise	Problems Facing the Usability Community
Usability Must Die	Usability has grown into a monster.
Usability Professionals Association
Useit.com	Dr. Jakob Nielsen's Website

TCOM 351
Web Design Guides

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to designing individual web pages and entire sites.
Apple Web Design Guide	WWW design from the people who made desktop computers easy to use.
The HTML Writers Guild	A group of individuals dedicated to supporting the webmaster and their craft.
Web Page Design for Designers	A London graphic designer's web site for people who are already involved with print design.
Web Monkey	THE Web Developer's Resource... (so they say)
Webmaster Reference Library	A guide to all manner of web design issues.
Lynda Weinman	Founder of the HOT series & author of beautiful books about web graphic design.
YAHOO: Site Design & Layout	YAHOO's list of WWW site design sites.
Yale Web Style Guide	The classic "Writing for the Web" style guide.

TCOM 351
Adobe Dreamweaver

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	These are recommended guides to Adobe Dreamweaver software.
Site Definition	Dreamweaver Site Definition for BSU iWeb
CBT Cafe - DMX Tutorials
Adobe - Tutorial & Article Index
Site Owners.com - DMX Tutorial
Web Thang - DMX 2004 from Scratch

TCOM 351
Adobe Flash

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are recommended guides to Adobe Flash software.
ActionScript.org Tutorials
Adobe - Tutorial & Article Index
AS3 Video Player Tutorials	Flash Video Player in AS3
Drawing Sounds with AS3	Source Files
Flash Kit
Flash Tutorials
Go To And Learn
HotScripts.com :: Tips & Tutorials
Moock Flash Production Tips

TCOM 450
Interactive Video Design

Advanced investigation of interactive video based upon known interaction design principles. Interactive video is analyzed on many levels: audience awareness, content selection, interface layout and user control. Includes the creation of a video player incorporating interactive objects as design elements.

SYLLABUS

450 Blog

INTERACTION DESIGN

TCOM 450
Interaction Design

Web Site (suggest a site)	Comments (send a comment)
	These are sites which consider the world of interaction design.
ACM SIGCHI	Computer-Human Interaction Group
Boxes and Arrows	Information Architecture & Interaction Design
interactions	ACM SigCHI "interactions" Magazine
IXDA	Interaction Design Association
Interactivity: A Forgotten Art?
Interactivity and Stickiness...
Stanford HCI Group
Storytron	Interactive Storytelling Tool
Thoughts on Interaction Design	by Jon Kolko, Co-Editor in Chief of Interactions
UXnet	The User Experience Network
The Language of Interactivity
What is Interactitivity Anyway?

SYLLABUS

450 Blog

INTERACTION DESIGN

The links below are to projects that were designed during this course in Fall 2008. NOTE: Student project links are subject to URL address and/or content change after the links are posted.