A video on how to write instructions which will be helpful in project 1. If you are a visual learner this video will help you better understand the purpose of instruction writing and how to successfully write instructions.
This is a great tutorial on all the four basic design principals. The creator has made remember the principals of design easy by calling it the C.R.A.P design principals. C.R.A.P standis for contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity.
Chapter 3: Tying into contrast with color -- a series of links to check the accessibility of your website and make sure the contrast is appropriate/functional.
Ch 7-BoD Flow
This site illustrates the concept of visual movement of flow in web design. The picture shown on the page provides hands-on examples of visual elements through text blocks which create "flow."
CREATIVE COMMONS. This PDF tells, for those who are better absorbing information by reading it rather than seeing a cute video, more about what the creative commons is, who it's being done by, and how it can be applied to our lives.