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ECS – Storyboarding and
Introduction to Web Design
Last Class:
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Last class we learned data compression which a very important concept when
trying to store digital data.
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Wherever we can find patterns in our data then we exploit that fact and
replace patterns we find with other symbols
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This is the method we used when compressing songs
All types of data has patterns, so we can compress really large files into smaller
files
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A 30 MB song can be compressed to 3 MB
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An 800 GB hour long video can be compressed down to 1 GB
Introduction:
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Today we are moving away from Algorithms and Compression and
moving onto web design
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The first part of web design or creating any high level program is to design
or create a layout/structure for your code.
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There is a planning process that needs to occur first
Journal Entry:
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If you were to create a website of your choosing what would you create?
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Make a list of ideas for a website that might interest you
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Share your ideas with the people around you and choose one of your ideas
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This idea is what you will use to design your first web page using HTML
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Save your lists for use on later projects
Create a Storyboard:
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Now that you have developed a list of ideas for your website, you are going to choose one
and create a storyboard based on the idea you chose.
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A Storyboard is a visual plan for a website(how it is going to look)
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Storyboards usually consist of pages that include a rough sketch outlining the content,
navigation, and design elements of the website
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Navigation refers to elements in your web page that describe how to get to other areas.
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Design Elements refer to logo placement, pictures, how text is displayed,
You can pair up and work on this assignment together. Create a storyboard for the
homepage of the website chosen.
Gallery Walk:
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Post story boards around the room and have students visit about 5
different story boards
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Describe something you like about each one or give a recommendation about
maybe something they should consider doing differently
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Add comments or suggestions via post-it notes
Introduction to HTML:
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Now that we’ve created our story boards for our website now we can go and move to
creation of the site but first we must learn some basics.
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HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the language used to design webpages.
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HTML works by using different HTML tags to define different types of text, image
placement, headings, formatting options, everything
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<HTML> Defines an HTML document </HTML>
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<head> Describes information about the document </head>
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<title> Defines the title part of the document </title>
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<body> Defines the main part of the document </body>
Web Page Creation:
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Now I am going to design a very simple web page to show you the structure of an HTML file so
you can create your idea.
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Now that I’ve shown you the basics create an HTML page. What you need to do:
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Have an appropriate title and have a sort paragraph of text
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When you are done designing the HTML save the file as a .html file and open up the file in your browser
If you would like, you can engage in a process called Pair Programming
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One person programs while the other person describes what they need to do. Switch every 5-10
minutes.
HTML Example Format:
Webpage Add-ons:
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Mini Goal: Try to add one paragraph and add two lists to your web page.
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Notice no matter how you format the text in the <body> tag that all the
text inside runs together
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For more formatting options you need more HTML tags
More HTML Tags:
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<p> Defines a paragraph </p>
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<h1> to <h6> defines a header </h1> to h</6>
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Try and insert these tags into your file and see the changes
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You need the end tag so the computer knows when to stop using a certain
format
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The computer needs the correct instructions in order to produce the desired
outcome
HTML Tags without End Tags:
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Some HTML tags don’t have ending tags because sometimes it doesn’t make sense to.
You only want to do one task
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<br/> Defines a line break
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<hr/> Defines a horizontal line
Experiment with these different HTML tags and see how you can format your site
properly
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Try different tags and save your file to see if they produce the correct result
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If the output isn’t what is intended then debug your code
A great reference site is http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
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Go there for more HTML tags you can use and other info about HTML