ENGL307: Digital Writing

Not only can you add emphasis by doing something to the actual words but you can also work with the image. Change the size or color of the image are a couple things.

Adding subheadings, bullets, italics, font changes and color changes will add emphasis and make it easier for the reader to see easily what you are trying to bring across.

this website talks about the many emphasis techniques especially for online text

Some interesting ideas considering different approaches to emphasis as it concerns design and expands on different concepts than chapter 2 in greater detail. Also provides great visual aides.

Interesting historical and abstract uses of design in art. Accompanied by great commentary and discussion of what the particular emphasis of the piece signifies.

Another great Design Layout and emphasis page. specifically for it's use of original examples although the commentary is a bit lacking

If what you create does not get a clear message to the  user you have just done decorations not a design.

Research plays a big role in te design process. Research who your audience is, research the market, research the company's goal and the purpose of the design.

Visual Hierarchy is presenting the information in the order of its importance.

Must understand that the goal is for it to be read. The headline of a copywriting design is important.

Ways and methods to create a focal point

There are few Ways to Create a Focal Point: by Contrast, Isolation , Placement. this article gives example of each

"method used to attract attention in the design of a page or work of art is the use of a focal point"

Balance is one of the important points the success of a design. Everyone loves the convenience to what they see. Balance in graphic design can be achieved by adjusting the visual weight of each element, both in terms of scale, color, contrast, etc.

Information on how to align text and graphic, plus additional website links to assist you.

NETIQUETTE This was a very informative site that talked about netiquette for many different online situations including emails:personal and professional

Covers all types of soical media, net education, cybersafety, ecommerce, email, digital video, and gaming. Each area has a list of rules and there are subsets to some areas such as cybersaftey. Easy to read which is good because there is a lot of information

Talks about the principles of gestalt and how it ties into psychology as well. 

Goes into a more depth idea of flow and how it takes more then "designing for delight".

Talks more about visual flow and verbal flow.

Explain what flow is and some basic principles to follow. Discusses the difference in visual and verbal flow and how to improve both

Homework, WordPress: A more organizational approach to improving your WordPress, including a focus on the calendar feature, pre-publishing, custom statuses, editing and notifications. All of the changes directly relate to making the WordPress more easily accessible and easier to navigate. The focus is more-so on the functionality of the aesthetic than just the aesthetic itself, which makes the WordPress both easy to follow the flow of and interesting to look at.

Homework, WordPress: A list of websites with numerous codes to help improve your WordPress. They range from codes to improve your theme, make thumbnails, show multimedia on the blog, etc. It also has numerous tips on website design as well.

Homework, Netiquette: An entire website dedicated entirely to understanding cyber safety and proper netiquette. The website includes the understanding of net lingo, neutrality, gaming and videos online.