9 Sept 99

IST 250

Case Study #1

Web Site Assessment A

Scenario:

You have just been hired by an upstart Web Design company. Amongst you many new responsibilities your mentor would like for you to do some web site research to help you develop your current “web dev” skills. She has provided you with a list of web sites and has asked you to critique three (3) of the sites listed below.

www.Quokka.com
www.Adobe.com
www.breakupgirl.com
www.blairwitch.com
www.catalogcity.com
www.countingcrows.com
www.deja.com
www.discovery.com
www.filmvault.com / www.garden.com
www.courant.com
www.hotel-tritonsf.com
www.itvs.com
www.imdb.com
www.marthastewart.com
www.mecompany.com
www.mrbiggs.com
www.point.com

These are all professionally designed websites with various themes. Take a look at them and do the following:

1)  Select any 3 websites from the above list that interest you.

2)  Visit the website and take note of :

A) What did you like about the website?

B)  What didn’t you like about the website?

3)  Type a response in an email. No attachments. Just type it right into the body of the email with the SUBJECT LINE stating: IST 250 CASE Study 1 (your name)

Example Email:

From:

To:

Subj: IST 250 Case Study 1 (Fred Aebli)

Website #1

www.sony.com

I like the way the site loaded quickly and provided a lot of information. It didn’t allow me to move about the site too easily and I often felt like I was lost.

Website #2

www.rion.com

etc.

Due: Tuesday (section 1) at the beginning of class

Tip: Use your initial feelings and gut response.