Module 3 - Extra Activites

Will be leaving this space to come to these activities when i can better concentrate - headaches and assignment stress have got the better of me at the moment.


WWW Standards

Make a summary of what you believe are the 5 most important ‘rules’ for writing online. Think about any differences between the articles: for example, is the advice in Nielsen’s paper -- written in 1997 – still current?

• Record your summaries and comments in your learning log

1. Firstly is to be aware of any copyright laws, and to always reference any quotes.

2. Website documents should be written non-linear. Not many readers of internet sites start at the top and work their way down. Firstly they will skim the first paragraph to see if the site is going to be relevant to their needs (so you should include a good summary of your website in this location) and then they will jump around the website to what is relevant to them using any links etc to navigate around.

3. I believe good language is important. Just because a piece of writing is for the web does not mean that the writing should suffer. Good english is always important.

4. writing numbers as the numerals instead of as the word. Particularly when readers are skimming this is important. numbers are much easier to read the reading the word.

5. Using good fonts and colours. There is a large range of fonts, colours, backgrounds etc available when writing on the web. This does not mean they should be used! Pink writing on black background may look appealing to the author, but will tend to give most readers a headache. A good general rule of thumb is to go with a light background a dark font. You shoudl also think about who your audience is going to be when applying this rule. Are you writing your website for adults? professionals? teenagers? This will also determine what font, colour backgrounds etc that you use.