Before You Build: Planning a Web Site

This workshop is designed for UW instructors, TAs, staff, and researchers who want to plan a course or project Web site. Taking time to plan your Web site will save you time and result in an easier-to-use site for your audience.

The workshop is free, but registration is required.

Please check-in before you begin this workshop.

Workshop Objectives

During this workshop, participants will learn about

• the planning process,
• Web site design,
• Web-publishing options at the UW, and
• available Web-authoring software.
• Note: this workshop does not cover building and maintenance skills. Other Web Publishing workshops teach those skills. Also, visit the Help Center to learn more.

Workshop Materials

• Workshop presentation
• Site flow chart (PDF)
• Request a supplemental account
  
• Basic Terminology Useful for Web Design
• Example sites for discussion (links from presentation):
  

  	Good Examples	Bad Examples
  Scanning	View	View
  Alignment	View	View
  Contrast	View	View
  Proximity	View	View
  Repetition	View	View
  Simplicity	View	View
  Internet Conventions	View	View
  Navigation	View 1 View 2

Resources and Examples

• Gregory profile
  Professor James Gregory plans his Web site to involve undergraduate research.
• Sample Course Web site
  Staff members at the CTLT used the Catalyst Web site template to create this sample course Web site.
• UW Accessible Web sites and other accessibility resources
  Information on how to make your Web site accessible.
• Web Publishing at UW
  Information about UW Web servers.