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Evaluation Notes or comments SUBJECT Abr.: INT= Internet; HIS= History; HEA= Health, Athletics, Preventative Care, Exercise; DIS= Distance Education & Learning/Training; COM= Community Participation & Governance; DEV= Individual Development, Recreational, Spiritual UN = United Nations Agencies Prog & Funds UPL = USA Presidential Libraries |
AA INT UN LIB HIS HEA DIS COM DEV UPL or-H |
Ease navigate. Avoid Top 10 Mistake: 01_Frames -Over use; 02_Bleed edge tech; 03_Scroll text or loop animation; 04_Complex URLs; |
Material Unique collections/materials—potential value [list or refer] ----- --------<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<05_Orphan pages; 06_Long scroll navigate page; 07_Lac Navigation support, 08_Non-standard link colors; 09_Outdated info; 10_Slow |
Unique Links other sites?<<<<<<<<<download times; for further definition of 10 mistakes see http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990502.html |
Online reference sources accessible? [list most valuable ones] |
Rating Scale: 1= not return 2= likely no return 3= good may return 4= very good 5= great |
Used for Exercise: e.g. 2, |
Main Subject: Preservation, Access, etc. to be used |
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| Welcome to LISTSERV! |
http://listserv.vt.edu/cgi-bin/wa.cgi |
Overview of docs available from List serve and archives + list |
INT |
4 simple to use |
Online mailing list archives.•CataList, the official catalogue of public LISTSERV® lists. Online documentation in HTML format: •LISTSERV user’s guide. •LISTSERV list owner’s quick start. |
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http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/user/user.html |
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| LibertyBay.com, Inc. |
http://libertybay.online-deals.net/go/lb1/direct/01 |
See Ex 6 Sample of Service Provider |
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| Spire. The Internet Company |
http://www.spire.com/ |
See Ex 6 Sample of Service Provider |
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| Browser Watch |
http://www.ski.mskcc.org/browserwatch/browsers.html) |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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for comparisons, stats etc. |
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| A+Net |
http://www.aplus.net/ |
See Ex 6 |
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Lib Int Exer 6 |
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| ADSL Forum and dsl forum |
http://www.adsl.com |
First screen quite dark but opening to http://www.adsl.com/site.html directly seems to receive errors |
INT |
3 good after first screen |
See service deployments for list of where available in US |
Availability & trials links to vendors |
Good FAQs |
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749 – Ex 4 |
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| Local UK Company Free net” |
http://www.freeserve.net |
Wasn’t really free. Must belong to specific Local Long distance carrier and use minimum regular calls a month. But had local long distance number for dial in |
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Lib Int Exer 6 |
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| Access Earth. |
http://www.accessearth.net/Text/home.htm |
See Class Notes and Exercise Sample Service Provider |
INT |
See Ex 6 |
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| Network Wizards |
http://www.nw.com/ |
Useful survey see exercise 2: 749_ex02.doc notes on survey numbers comparisons |
INT |
3 but don’t like dark background in first screen |
Produces a domain survey of the Internet twice each year and has a FAQ related to it |
http://www.isc.org/dsview.cgi?domainsurvey/index.html http://www.isc.org/dsview.cgi?domainsurvey/faq.html |
NW Software archive |
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GSLIS 749 EX 02 |
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| The List the Internet Service Buyers Guide |
http://thelist.internet.com/ |
Great by telephone prefix search |
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3 =just type in area code and go |
List service providers, Services and Fees |
Web site for vendors selected to view |
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Lib Int Exer 5 |
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| Internet Society |
http://www.isoc.org/ |
Good introduction: See especially note on encouraging education EXERCISE 3 doc: 749_E03a.doc |
INT |
3 too Busy for first screen, Scrolling first screen |
assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world |
History: http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/ |
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749 – Ex 3 |
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| Internet Architecture Board (IAB) |
http://www.iab.org/ |
Good explanation of IAB was Internet Activities Board see doc 749_E03a.doc. Mostly for tech oriented people |
INT |
4 simple approach |
IAB/IETF working group called “Responsible Use of the Network,” which recently finalized RFC 1855, the Netiquette guide. IAB discussion about the future management of the Top Level Domains of the DNS. |
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749 – Ex 3 |
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| World Wide Web Consortium |
http://www.w3.org/ |
Good overview of WWW and governance related issues |
INT |
3 too busy for first screen, think T/C frame Should be on left |
repository of WWW information ; reference code implementations to embody and promote standards; and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology |
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749 – Ex 3 |
Lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by d |
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| Internic: |
http://www.internic.net |
Primary function seems to be informing of co-operative activity U.S. Gov. -. Dep. Commerce and Network Solutions, Inc. [NSI). provider of domain name registration services .com, .net and .org top-level domains Points to status of US Government plan for new registrars - hope competition will provide benefits/greater choice in services and prices. |
INT |
2 = too much text for first screen. No idea of site map. |
- 1998, Agreement reflect NSI develop a protocol and software supporting system permits multiple registrars within .com, .net and .org -- “Shared Registration System.” 19 additional registrars in the test bed 1999. |
NSI’s Shared Registration System www.nsiregistry.com. ICANN registrar accreditation process www.icann.org US Gov.’s efforts privatise www.ntia.doc.gov |
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749 – Ex 3 |
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| Ameritech (n.d.) ISDN for Home: Frequently Asked Questions |
http://www.ameritech.com:1080/products/homeisdn/faq.html |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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749 – Ex 4 |
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| Liszt, the mailing list directory |
http://www.liszt.com/ |
Great search but not found known Archive List serve |
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| CataList, the official catalogue of public LISTSERV® lists |
http://www.lsoft.com/catalist.html |
use also below “Liszt, the mailing list directory “ |
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Seems to be Public lists of the archive because I could not find some list archives I know exist |
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| L-Soft international, Inc. General User’s Guide to List serve |
http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/user/user.html |
Can view or download manual, very good review |
INT |
4 should start with one page of T/C |
Liked quick start |
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| Popular Questions].from Ask Jives |
http://www.ask.com/docs/funny/ |
This site also |
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maintains a listing (by month) of the most frequently asked questions. [Popular Questions]. |
http://www. |
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| Southern California On Line (1996-9). ISDN Makes the Internet What it Should Be. |
http://www.inetworld.net/fishon/mainindx.htm |
Explanation of ISDN |
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4 Liked simple but active first screen |
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Good pictures of equipment required |
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749 – Ex 4 |
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| Ask Jeves for Kids |
http://www.ajkids.com/ |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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http://www. |
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| Ask an Expert -Pitsco's |
http://www.askanexpert.com/ |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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3 |
twelve subject categories within which volunteers ( real people!) answer your questions. |
http://www. |
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recommend visit web site of your selected "expert" before you ask your question. "This site could easily be duplicated with groups of cooperating library and information professionals." Prof T.S |
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| Ask Jeeves, your Internet information butler, |
http://www.ask.com/ |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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3 |
more than seven million "answers" to common questions that you ask in plain English; a listing (by month) of the most frequently asked questions. [Popular Questions]. |
http://www. |
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useful for ready reference questions in your library. With a section called Ask Jeeves for Kids |
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| Direct Hit |
http://www.directhit.com/ |
(Popularity Engine) search engine tracks which search results links users click and how long they stay at each site. It is based on the assumption that length of time spent at a site is directly related to the quality of the site. And we get cuter every day! Prof S |
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| Goggle |
http://www.google.com/ |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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c laims to locate the "authorities" on the web - based on site counting (the most frequently linked to) and has a "I'm feeling lucky" button - skips the search results and goes directly to the "most important" site that matches search string |
http://www. |
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| Alexa |
http://www.alexa.com/download/index.html |
[primarily for Explorer but, if you scroll down a bit you will find that they also have a Netscape |
INT |
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useful information about the sites being viewed (basic site ownership information, number of pages, rating etc.) and suggests related sites. |
http://www. |
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Alexa is a free download |
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| Web search topic of Mining Co. |
http://websearch.miningco.com/mbody.htm?PID=2825&COB=home |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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http://www. |
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| Search Engine Watch |
http://searchenginewatch.com/ |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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http://www. |
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| SmartNet ADSL - RADSL FAQ |
http://www.compusmart.net/services/adsl/adsl_faq.asp |
Canadian Service provider of ASDL and other products |
INT |
3 |
Good example of what vendor s doing in area |
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2 product supplier limited to Edmonton? |
749 – Ex 4 |
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| Bell Atlantic Lite site: Info Speed DSL |
http://www.dsllife.com/service/frame_service_us.html |
List many service providers for ADSL service copied from Bell site USA list to ADSL_US.html |
INT |
3 |
Watch for Adsl service price drops |
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749 – Ex 4 |
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| Hobbs Internet Timeline |
http://www.isoc.org/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html |
Excellent History of Internet great reference site seems to be constantly updated |
INT |
4 |
Hosted by Internet society |
Good links to abbreviations and a number of org. involved in internet development |
Points to history files mostly via others links most similar to http://info.internet.isi.edu:80/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc2100.txt |
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GSLIS 749 EX 01 |
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| Omni Point |
http://www.omnipoint.com |
Can use same phone for USA and UK, connect to computer |
INT |
2 Had to stay with it. Seemed to be pushing to contact store in area |
Shows coverage for Various cites and rates. Invaluable if thinking of using for computer use while abroad. |
Links to some interesting NY sites. Map quest did not seem to work |
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749 – Ex 4 |
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| Curt’s High Speed Modem Page: PC Modem News, FAQs, Files, Tips & Tricks. |
http://elaine.teleport.com/~curt/modems.html/ |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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2 = Don’t like the banner and scrolling through first page |
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Good links to related info on Modems etc |
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749 – Ex 4 |
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| Snake Oil: Second thoughts on the Information Superhighway |
http://www.OCF.Berkeley.EDU/~stoll/silicon_snake_oil.html |
Stoll, Cliff (n.d.). Silicon. Book puff. |
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| P3P and Privacy on Web FAQ; Ver 2.0.1 |
http://www.w3.org/P3P/P3FAQ.html |
Reagle Jr., Joseph M(1999).. |
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| A Safety Net For The Internet: A Parent’s Guide. |
http://web.nypl.org/branch/safety.html |
New York Public Library Office of Children’s Services & Office of Young Adult Services (1998). |
INT- |
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| Internet 101: Safety on the Internet |
http://www2.famvid.com/i101/safe.html |
Cottingham, Scott(March 24, 1999. |
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| Hackers’ Hall of Fame. |
http://www.discovery.com/area/technology/hackers/crunch.html |
Discovery Communications Inc (1997). |
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| signup for EFF Action Alerts/ newsletters |
http://www.eff.org/signup.html |
Quick easy form |
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| Internet Safety Site: Links. |
http://www.willmar.com/iss/ |
Bennett Office Supply Inc.(1998). |
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| Remembering the Net Crash of 88: |
’http://www.msnbc.com/news/209745.asp |
Sullivan, Bob: MSNBC(1999). Cornell Student KO’d fledgling Internet with replicating ‘worm. |
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| The Educational Technology Journal. |
http://fromnowon.org/jun97/eval.html |
Great evaluating info |
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Comparing & Evaluating Web Information Sources. 6# 9(June, 1997). |
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| Protecting Yourself Online |
http://www.eff.org/promo/protectbook.html |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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The Definitive Resource on Safety, Freedom & Privacy in Cyberspace— An Electronic Frontier Foundation Guide |
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| The Cookie Controversy. |
http://www.cookiecentral.com/ccstory/index.html |
See Class notes and Exercise. |
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| Monitor Adjustment Target |
http://www.nara.gov/nara/target.html |
Interesting for testing and setting monitor if doing digital work or checking quality control |
INT-TEC |
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| Cookie Central. |
http://www.cookiecentral.com/ |
See Class notes and Exercise. |
INT-TEC |
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| Persistent Cookie FAQ. |
http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq.htm |
See Class notes and Exercise. |
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| Information and Content Exchange (ICE) Protocol |
http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/ice.html |
. Cover, Robin(1999). |
INT-TEC |
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| Directed Broadcast Denial-of-Service Attack (aka “Smurf”) FAQ |
http://www.iops.org/Documents/smurf-faq.html |
IOPS Network Security Incident Working Group(1998).. |
INT-TEC |
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| Open Profiling Standard (Ops) FAQ. |
http://developer.netscape.com/ops/opsfaq.html |
Netscape Communications Corporation(1999). |
INT-TEC |
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| Reviews of Blocking Software. |
http://www.TISPA.Org/filtering.htm |
Texas Internet Service Providers Association (1999). |
INT-TEC |
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| Home Page. |
1999http://www.verisign.com/ |
See Class notes and Exercise.Security Issues |
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VeriSign, Inc. (1999) |
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| Make Sure Your E-mail is Secure. |
http://www.verisign.com/ client/index.html |
See Class notes and Exercise. |
INT-TEC |
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VeriSign, Inc. (1999) |
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| RSA Labs’ Freq Ask QuesAbout Today’s Cryptography |
http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/faq/html/questions.html |
RSA Data Security, Inc.(1998).. |
INT-TEC |
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| The Dead media Project |
http://www.islandnet.com/~ianc/dm/dm.html |
3 – interesting concept may visit again |
INT-TEC |
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Interesting on Gettysburg Cycloramas a panorama |
Links to antiques obsolete hardware and other Dead Media resources. |
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| Software Download Site |
http://www.Tucows.com |
software downloading in the near future and this portal site will be utilized. |
INT-TEC |
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| “Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited |
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990502.html |
Web site Mistakes to avoid See also previous Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design |
INT-WWW |
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Three Years Later – Original article from May 1996, Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design |
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html = Previous |
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| Who Commits The “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design? |
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990516.html |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
INT-WWW |
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Large Corporations vs. Popular Websites -differences between |
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990502.html |
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| The On-Line Visual Literacy Project |
http://www.pomona.edu/visual-lit/intro/intro.html |
See Class Notes and Exercise |
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Excellent info on basic of visual elements,: dot,; the line; shape; direction; value; hue and saturation; texture; scale,; dimension and motion |
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| Pomona College |
http://www.pomona.edu / |
Interesting to see how this college used its talent and understanding of visual Literacy to design its own institution page |
INT-WWW |
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Source of the visual Literacy Project: Under Academic See Past Student Project – Media Studies |
http://www.pomona.edu/visual-lit/intro/intro.html |
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| WEB DESIGN +DEVELOPMENTYale University School of Medicine |
http://its.med.yale.edu/wdd/services/index.html |
Practice what they preach see their web page |
INT-WWW |
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Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media, multimedia teaching software and Web sites, and CD publications for medical continuing education. : Web site design, Consulting, design resources |
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Offer to “ build you a great Web site, or help you |
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| WEB Style guide on Line |
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/ |
Useful for evaluating what is done and how on sites visited |
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| Comparing & Evaluating Web Information Sources |
http://fromnowon.org/jun97/eval.html |
Now On The Educational Technology Journal. . 6# 9(June, 1997). |
INT-WWW |
4 Portal site which contains useful information relative to evaluating web information. |
simple “evaluation organizer.” |
You could easily plug this simple table into your comments section. |
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| The Development process |
http://its.med.yale.edu/wdd/services/process.html |
Good overview of Web Dev process |
INT-WWW |
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1—Def & plan; 2—Info archit; 3—design; 4—construct; 5— market; 6—Track, evaluate, & maintain |
Sample Course: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/hhmi/public/ sample course |
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Process: develop an effective site you need a rob |
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