Course Introduction
 Session Summary
 Sep 18
 Components of Usability
 Sep 25
 Appropriateness:
 Developing a
 User-Centric Approach
 Oct 2
 The Role of the
 Information Architect
 Oct 9
 Writing for the Web
 Oct 16
 Log Analysis
 Oct 23
 Web Design: Navigation
 Oct 30
 Web Design: Layout &
 Interactivity
 Nov 6
 Student Presentations
 Resources
 NYU Computer Center
 Web Hosting
 HTML Examples

Usability:
Information Architecture and the User Experience

Writing for the Web
  • Editing text for the Web
  • Linking (within body, navigation)
  • Highlighting (bold, italic, color, size)
  • i18n (Internationalization), localization, personalization
Reading
Class Notes
“Writing News Online”
10 Tips to Writing the Living Web
Writing for the Web: Enable Visual Thinking

Homework
Select one of the longer articles from http://www.newyorker.com/ and re-edit it for the Web.

A good one to use would be: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/?021014ta_talk_hertzberg.

Use HTML if you can, otherwise use MS Word or a similar program.

Keep in mind issues such as:
  • paragraph and sentence length
  • bolding, italics, and other ways of highlighting key points
  • 'mini-heads' interspersed in the text
  • think about adding a deck, considering that someone might stumble across this via Google, without knowing the topic.
 Presenter
Matt Slaybaugh: ms171@nyu.edu




The Center for Publishing
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
New York University

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