I have browsed through all of my classmates web pages and selected three of my favorite ones:
1. Monica Graham's web page: https://files.nyu.edu/adn236/public/
I liked Monica's page right away because it had a nice background color and nice welcoming "homy" picture on the main page. The text was simple but interesting. I did not have to get prescription glasses to read what it says there. The only minus on the first page is that i could not find Monica's last name. Monica's appealing use of tables in her consequent pages make the website coherent and easy to navigate. Her consistency, use of gray color, and use of tables really appealed to me as I was browsing her website.
2. Norah Turnham's web page: https://files.nyu.edu/nt599/public/
I enjoyed looking through Norah's web page because it kind of had a relaxing effect on me. The use of colors and organization made the web page very clean. Norah was as well consistent with her background color and this added a nice quality to the website. I knew that it was one website and not many websites.
3. Allison Notter's web page: https://files.nyu.edu/adn236/public/
I really really liked Allison's first page. It is like a Haiku poem. Nice, short, and sweet. I also liked her background color which was soothing and also consistent throughout the whole website.
So i guess the biggest features that spoke to me on websites were:
1. consistency of background
2. simplicity
3. nice soothing colors
Sunday, December 20, 2009
NYU Blackboard
What follows is the critique of NYU Blackboard.
To tell you the real naked truth - i like blackboard, I think that it is a great tool for students and teachers. First of all it is very convenient for students because they can just download course documents onto their computer and keep them there forever until the end of the course. While in the course window,teacher-student communication is enhanced through various options: Announcements, Course Information, Course Documents, Assignments, External Links, Discussion Board, Library Research.
The most precious pages are the course documents page and the discussion board page. All the important documents are uploaded to course documents page and students can access them free of charge. The discussion board is another great page. Discussion board allows students to engage in constructive dialogue through posting their views, reviews, responses, thoughts, etc.
Although i really like the blackboard, i think it can be a little bit more interactive. Considering the fact that NYU is extremely expensive and is a quiet wealthy university, the blackboard is a little bit poor. I mean why does it not how live chatting or live group discussions with video and other fancy things? I mean NYU has the resources for it. So why not make it the best blackboard site out there?
So although i really like the blackboard and i use it very often, i think it can be much more than it is right now in every way: design, style, amount of information, and its interactivity. Blackboard should be the place to be and the place to have discussions and should be very easily navigated.
To tell you the real naked truth - i like blackboard, I think that it is a great tool for students and teachers. First of all it is very convenient for students because they can just download course documents onto their computer and keep them there forever until the end of the course. While in the course window,teacher-student communication is enhanced through various options: Announcements, Course Information, Course Documents, Assignments, External Links, Discussion Board, Library Research.
The most precious pages are the course documents page and the discussion board page. All the important documents are uploaded to course documents page and students can access them free of charge. The discussion board is another great page. Discussion board allows students to engage in constructive dialogue through posting their views, reviews, responses, thoughts, etc.
Although i really like the blackboard, i think it can be a little bit more interactive. Considering the fact that NYU is extremely expensive and is a quiet wealthy university, the blackboard is a little bit poor. I mean why does it not how live chatting or live group discussions with video and other fancy things? I mean NYU has the resources for it. So why not make it the best blackboard site out there?
So although i really like the blackboard and i use it very often, i think it can be much more than it is right now in every way: design, style, amount of information, and its interactivity. Blackboard should be the place to be and the place to have discussions and should be very easily navigated.
WHICH BROWSER TO USE?
There are so many browsers out there that it is difficult to know which one to use and why. Some of the most popular browsers are Firefox, Explorer, Netscape, Chrome, Flock, Opera, Safari, and Mozilla, to name a few.
Personally i like to use Firefox because it is fast and convenient. Firefox uses very little memory and thus wins over the other browsers.
Flock is a browser that is equally good. Reviews recommend Flock 2 for people who "live on the Web" because it has all the speed, security and options of Firefox 3 but builds in a blog editor, photo-uploader and big sidebar to keep current with social networking friends and RSS feeds. A horizontal photo bar shows thumbnails from photo-sharing sites. For those who love multitasking, this is a great browser choice, but for Windows users who just want fast, simple browsing, reviews recommend the minimalist Google Chrome.
The Google Chrome browser takes a minimalist approach, stripping down to basic browsing with an ultra-simple, intuitive interface. It very fast, with superb search features, private browsing and the best crash protection available. It also makes it possible to use Google desktop applications offline, and users can search the text of pages in the browser's history. The main drawbacks are fairly primitive bookmarking plus the lack of customization.
Another browser that i like stylistically is Opera. It is very simple and stylish. Despite its small size, Opera beats the other browsers in compliance with web standards, and it builds in loads of convenient features. Opera runs on more operating systems than most browsers, and it excels in synchronization.
Personally i do not like using Explorer because it is too busy with things. I found it also slower than other browsers. I do not know why exactly, but i feel a sense of repulsion towards this choice.
I would suggest sticking to Firefox or Chrome cause its just better. You know that feeling when someone is doing their job so well that you do not even know that they are there? Well, let me introduce - Firefox.
Personally i like to use Firefox because it is fast and convenient. Firefox uses very little memory and thus wins over the other browsers.
Flock is a browser that is equally good. Reviews recommend Flock 2 for people who "live on the Web" because it has all the speed, security and options of Firefox 3 but builds in a blog editor, photo-uploader and big sidebar to keep current with social networking friends and RSS feeds. A horizontal photo bar shows thumbnails from photo-sharing sites. For those who love multitasking, this is a great browser choice, but for Windows users who just want fast, simple browsing, reviews recommend the minimalist Google Chrome.
The Google Chrome browser takes a minimalist approach, stripping down to basic browsing with an ultra-simple, intuitive interface. It very fast, with superb search features, private browsing and the best crash protection available. It also makes it possible to use Google desktop applications offline, and users can search the text of pages in the browser's history. The main drawbacks are fairly primitive bookmarking plus the lack of customization.
Another browser that i like stylistically is Opera. It is very simple and stylish. Despite its small size, Opera beats the other browsers in compliance with web standards, and it builds in loads of convenient features. Opera runs on more operating systems than most browsers, and it excels in synchronization.
Personally i do not like using Explorer because it is too busy with things. I found it also slower than other browsers. I do not know why exactly, but i feel a sense of repulsion towards this choice.
I would suggest sticking to Firefox or Chrome cause its just better. You know that feeling when someone is doing their job so well that you do not even know that they are there? Well, let me introduce - Firefox.
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