Ed Tech Short Course

Some rules of thumb

• design before you code
• in the design, give attention to (among other things)
  • content (what are you trying to say?)
  • visual appearance
  • breakdown of site into pages, and main relationship between them
  • user navigation between pages
• get input from other people during the design!
• after you get a basic idea of the look of the site, lay out a directory structure to accomodate it
• behind the scenes:
  • design for maintainability
  • design for future expansion, esp. additions of new pages
  • design for reuse of pieces

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