Critical Role

Graphic Designer
1) Create Balanced Color Schemes
2) Create Backgrounds With Focal Point
3) Create Images That Correspond With the Text

Information Architect
1) site map
2) design easy way to navigate
3) organize information

Content Manager
1) Analyze the audience
2) Write the text
3) Formatting

Graphic Designer

Key parts of a website for the graphic designer

Color- backgrounds, tables, schemes, etc…
Design- graphics/pictures/colors aren’t distracting to the user
Anticipation- should predict the users want or need
Autonomy- keep it structured but not overly but not under also
Consistency- Interpretation of user behavior, invisible structures, small visible structure, splash screens/ design elements, a suite of products, in-house consistency, platform consistency
Balanced- dymanic, informal layouts to attract attention with a focal point.

Sites of reference.
http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19954

http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html

http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/interface/screens.html

Color Schemes

A football team whose colors are complimentary is the Denver Broncos. Their colors are blue and orange. Color combinations such as: red and yellow make orange,yellow and blue make green, and blue + red make purple. Tint is white + color, while shade is color + black. Black, white, gray, and sometimes brown are considered neutral colors.
Three types of color scheme are analogous [example http://arcionwebdesign.com/webdesign/color-analogous.html ],
monochromatic [example http://www.monochromatic.org],
and complementary [example http://www.DenverBroncos.com].

The Perfect Website

The Perfect Website
1. Organized
2. Themed
3. Easy to Navigate
4. Images/Videos are entered correctly and load quickly
5. Works with all web browsers
6. Fonts and colors are done with thought so they are easy to read and stand out
7. Background is simple and not distracting from the important features in the site
8. Music or sounds if entered have a stop playing option that the user can access
9. Links open in a full page not in a table or frame
10. No orphan pages(pages that leave the user stuck on, cannot navigate back to the origin)

On The Cutting Edge

Who is requesting this RFP?
The CEO is requesting this RFP.

Why has Chris called a meeting in the Zone?
Chris has called this meeting because he needs the teams to create a list that describes the perfect website.

How will your team prove that you are the best qualified team to take on this project?
My team will prove that we are the best qualified team to take on this project by creating a well thought list of what is the perfect website.

Summarize in a couple of sentences what your 1st step is to accomplish this task.
Our first step to accomplish this task is to have each team member create his/her own list then the team will meet and discuss each list and point out similarities.

When describing a good website, Why are descriptive words like; cool, easy, fun, and awesome not good enough to satisfy the CEO of this company?
Words like cool, easy, fun, and awesome don't really describe a website. Those are more opinions. In order to satisfy the CEO of the company, you need to use words more like organized or clean-looking, and easy to navigate.

What does the CEO want and how will you achieve this?
The CEO wants a description of the perfect website and a design grid.

Lastly, Name the individual roles and tell me who on your team is assign to them.
Will Simon will be the information architect.
Andrew Hays will be the graphic designer.
Kai Backhaus will be the content manager.