Usability Test

Usability Test Questions 1. Is the purpose of the website clear? 2. Does the color scheme and background picture match? 3. Is the background picture distracting? 4. Is the content of the site easy to read? 5. Do you have any suggestions to make my portfolio Better? After having peers look over my portfolio, I found that the purpose of my portfolio is clear. They also like the color scheme of the page. Everything is easy to read and navigate. Some things that I need to do for the future is add links to my projects, twitter, and facebook, change the footer, and write more about myself and what I am majoring in.

Blog 9: Project 3 Story Board

Blog 8

My literacy narrative will be about how I learned how to read. In order to tell my story of how I learned to read I am going to talk about how my parents would read me stories and then I ended up memorizing the from hearing them so many times. Then I am going to talk about how I moved onto reading books like Junie B. Jones, and then talk about the kind of books that I like to read now. I think that I might do a slide show of pictures and maybe some audio and text. I really liked the last literacy narrative that I watched in class. So I think that I will try to follow a similar structure for my project.

Blog 7

After getting feed back on my web text from my peers, I plan on changing the text in the body paragraphs from gray to a dark gray or navy blue. I also plan on changing the picture on my home page to something a little more interesting and matches better with the color scheme of the page. I also need to delete the read more links under each picture of the candidates. My peers liked the overall layout of my page and my analyses of the ads.

Blog 6

PART ONE: These ads are credible assets for my project because I am doing my project on what Romney and Obama’s televisions ads focus on. The candidate that put the ad out has approved all of the videos I have chosen to use in my project. The ad Failing the American Workers lets the audience know that Romney is determined to bring jobs back to the United States. The purpose of this source is to get the audience to believe that China is to blame for the economic and unemployment situation that America is in and Obama could have stopped it, so clearly he must not be suitable to lead the US anymore since he will not stop China even though they are “cheating”. The video appears to be credible because at the end of the video is says “Paid For Romney For President, Inc. Approved by Mitt Romney, so clearly these are his ideas since he approves the video. I think that the information is believable since at the end it says approved by Mitt Romney and especially if a Republican is watching the video I think they would be quick to believe it since cheaters is used multiple times. This makes the audience feel like they need to support the US and also to stop China from cheating. The medium of this source is through the television or over the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58pq658byzI The ad Believe In Our Future, Mitt Romney is a credible source because its purpose to inform the audience of Romney’s accomplishments as a businessman, leading the Olympics, and as Governor of Massachusetts. It tells the audience why he is qualified to be the President of the United States of America. I think that the information is believable because there are quotes from people and articles that are used to support the claims made in the video. Also the ad appears to be credible because at the end of the video is says “Paid For Romney For President, Inc. Approved by Mitt Romney, so clearly these are his ideas since he approves the video. The medium of the source is television and the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hFEL1-bO2M The ad Ian’s Letter: Dear Mr. President focuses on a child and the hard times he has faced since his father went on two tours to Iraq. The letter that he wrote to Obama is a thank you letter telling him that he is so grateful that his dad was able to return safely to the US since, Obama was able to end the war. It definitely plays with the emotion of the viewer since the ad is through the point of view of a child. It also informs the audience that ending the Iraq War is one of Obama’s accomplishments as President of the US. This ad was found on Obama’s campaign page, so it seems to be a credible source since the President chose to put it on his website. The medium of this source is television and the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRkKL8_-R9M The ad Women’s Voices-Join Women for Obama there are many celebrities in this video. All of the celebrities are women and they discuss why they believe that Obama is a stronger advocate for women’s rights than Romney. I think that this information appears believable since Beyonce is in it and is on the BarakObamadotcom YouTube channel. The medium of this source is television and the Internet. Public Venue: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=Ae2lnhQQPD I do not think that my sources are diverse when they stand alone, but each source shows how each presidential candidate would like Americans to see them and also informs the audience about their accomplishments and their stances on political issues. PART 2: All of my sources are Original Assets and all fall under Fair Use since I am using this for educational purposes and I do not need permission to include the videos in my project. PART 3: I chose to cite my sources in MLA format. Obama, Barack. "Ian’s Letter: ‘Dear Mr. President’." 1 Oct. 2012. YouTube. 33 Oct 2012. Obama, Barack. "Women’s Voices – Join Women For Obama." 1 Oct. 2012. YouTube. 3 Oct 2012. Romney, Mitt. "Believe In Our Future." 31 Jul. 2012. YouTube. 3 Oct. 2012. Romney, Mitt. "Failing American Workers." 13 Sep. 2012. YouTube. 3 Oct. 2012.

Blog 5

What I like about the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Project is the color scheme. It is easy to look at and I also liked how the design of the background, the framing, and the text are all the same color. Even though it says to click on the images to look at the next ad. It is helpful, but I don’t like how I had to read click on the page in order to know how to navigate to the next ad. What I like about the Life Based Web Comics Project is that Ariel’s whole project was on the first page and that the arrows led you to the next slide. I did not like the color scheme the colors were sort of boring and since her project is on comics I think that the color scheme should have been more upbeat. For my project I would like to use a format that is similar to the Life Based Web Comics by Ariel’s, but I would also like to have a color scheme that is appealing to the eye and goes well with my topic. Since, I am doing the presidential election my choice of colors will most likely be red, white, and blue.

Blog Post 4

After doing research on the 2012 elections, I would like to do my project on Mitt Romney's campaign through the use of television ads. The videos I would like to look at are: Believe In Our Future Strong Leadership Stand Up to China The Romney Plan Failing American Workers