DTC|English 477
This page lists a variety of resources for you to use in this class. It includes links to blog sites, your and your classmates blogs, links to pages for citation help, writing definitions, ideas for writing your papers, and examples of some assignments.
| Student Work |
| Colette Kester Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 |
| Nick Eshleman Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 |
| Alex Whiting Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 |
| Brent Rust Assignment 1 Assignment 2 |
| Kris Moore Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 |
| Derek Nelson Assignment 1 Assignment 2 |
| Adam Bradshaw Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 |
| Ryan Glidewell Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 |
Cover Letter Guidelines
Class Notes
TheWebMetaphor
Web sites and signification
Readbility/Legibility
Usability
InformationArchitecture
Wayfinding
Visual argument definitions/terms
Ways of looking at visual argument
Verbal and Visual Analogies
Toy Stores and Texture
Logos and Editorial Style
Starbucks and Line Width (Moore and Nelson)
Baskin Robbins and Information Hierarchy (Whiting and Rust)
Starbucks and Page Length (Bradshaw and Glidewell)
Mazda and Using Ems (Kester and Eshleman)
Te(a)chnoPresentations
WatsonNelson & jQuery & CSS3 background gradients
(nuff said)
BradshawWhiting & Animated GIFS & CSS3 Font Linking
(nuff said)
KesterRust & Kuler & CSS3 Opacity
(Great for learning about and creating colors for your
web work)
MooreEshleman & Buttons & CSS3 Transformation
(Go here for less dorky navigation!)
Glidewell & HTML5 and a Flash Sketch Pad
(nuff said)
Inspiration
Free CSS Templates
CSS Zen Garden
CSS Heaven
DZine Blog Resources
Smashing Magazine Designs
Sitepoint
Web Portfolios
More Portfolios
HTML editors/writers
Notepad + +
TextWrangler
CSS and Imagery Tip
CSS reset
(helps you make sure your pages look similar across browsers. Example from Eric Meyer)
Animation in Photoshop
(shows you how to create simple animation)
Framing a Photo/Picture
(shows you how to make your picture look like it is in a frame)
Rounded Edges
(shows you how to round edges of a picture in photoshop)
Making Cool Text from an Image
(Sitepoint tutorial shows you how to make words out of a picture)
Best of Photoshop Tutorials
(Smashing Magazine Tips)
Tiny Eye
(see if your stock pics have been used a lot)
InterWebConnections
(see what internet connections are like in your area)
Xona.com
(helps you figure out some clever ways to make a domain name)
Adding Metadata to your images
(this is important for those of you putting up your own images)
Citation Help
CitationMachine (cites sources for you)
Copyright Kids (copyright rules)
EasyBib (cites sources for you)
WSU Libraries (citation help)
Purdue OWL (MLA specific help)
Paper Writing Tips/Help
WSU Tri-Cities Writing Center
Writing Compare and Contrast Essays
Writing Rhetorical Analyses
Software (free)
NeoOffice (like MS Office, opens docx)
OpenOffice (like MS Office, opens docx)
SeaMonkey (Free WYSIWYG web editing software)
GoogleSites (Free web hosting and web editing software)
Web Design/Software tutorials
WebPage Layout Help
Lynda.com
AML
WSU eTutoring
