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Wednesday, 26 May 2010
GOOGLE FONT DIRECTORY
The Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers.
PURE CSS TEXT GRADIENTS
With the latest advancements in CSS, we now have access to powerful styling techniques, including box shadows, rounded corners, background gradients, etc. However, we don’t currently have the ability to apply gradients to the text itself. Luckily, with a bit of trickery, we can force this effect — at least in webkit browsers! I’ll show you how in today’s video quick tip.
INSPIRATIONAL DESIGNERS
JARED MICKERSON
BEHANCE PROFILE
DIEGO MACHADO
BEHANCE PROFILE
TOM KITCHEN
BEHANCE PROFILE
BRAM VANHAEREN
BEHANCE PROFILE
BEHANCE PROFILE
DIEGO MACHADO
BEHANCE PROFILE
TOM KITCHEN
BEHANCE PROFILE
BRAM VANHAEREN
BEHANCE PROFILE
OLYMPIC MASCOTS
WENLOCK AND MANDEVILLE
video
Very clever concept, and great design work have been used for these mascots. they work much better than big teddy bears like all other olympic mascots
RODRIGO FRANCISCO
Rodrigo Francisco is a 20-year-old freelance graphic designer and illustrator from Brazil
http://www.runandshout.com
http://www.runandshout.com
ARTEFACT 6
for this artefact i looked at group participation and the furthered my research into the format of instruction
VIDEO TUTORIAL
FLASH TUTORIAL
EVALUATION
For artefact 6 I created a piece instructional design for a Dreamweaver tutorial. The aim of this test was to find how user participation, and the format of instruction affected learning.
I created a roll over button tutorial. I used 2 versions of the same tutorial, the first was a video tutorial form the Internet, and the second was a Flash tutorial I created.
I asked 12 people to complete this task. (6 people using the video tutorial, and 6 using the flash tutorial). Below is how the groups were spit up.
• Individual
• 1 to 1 (myself helping the participant if necessary)
• Group (consisting of 3 people)
I analysed the results from the tests. I looked at
• Time taken, from each group
• Accuracy of final product
• Whether any issues arose in the task
Looking at the time for the task I found that the video tutorial took longer to complete. This was a surprise as I assumed that the participants would find watching the process of the task being completed easiest to follow. However I found that being a short task, users found the flash tutorial quicker to follow.
All the final products worked correctly.
I found that only the participants that worked individually came up with issues, reasons being they had no one to discuss their problems with.
Finally I found that the most efficient group was the 1 to 1 group. They completed the task quickest, and if issues arose I was there to help as I have experience on this type of task.
Through this test I found that users learn better in a 1 to 1 situation, as they can ask questions. Also in terms of efficiency a flash tutorial is better than video tutorials for a simple, shorter task.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
FLASH TUTORIAL
EVALUATION
For artefact 6 I created a piece instructional design for a Dreamweaver tutorial. The aim of this test was to find how user participation, and the format of instruction affected learning.
I created a roll over button tutorial. I used 2 versions of the same tutorial, the first was a video tutorial form the Internet, and the second was a Flash tutorial I created.
I asked 12 people to complete this task. (6 people using the video tutorial, and 6 using the flash tutorial). Below is how the groups were spit up.
• Individual
• 1 to 1 (myself helping the participant if necessary)
• Group (consisting of 3 people)
I analysed the results from the tests. I looked at
• Time taken, from each group
• Accuracy of final product
• Whether any issues arose in the task
Looking at the time for the task I found that the video tutorial took longer to complete. This was a surprise as I assumed that the participants would find watching the process of the task being completed easiest to follow. However I found that being a short task, users found the flash tutorial quicker to follow.
All the final products worked correctly.
I found that only the participants that worked individually came up with issues, reasons being they had no one to discuss their problems with.
Finally I found that the most efficient group was the 1 to 1 group. They completed the task quickest, and if issues arose I was there to help as I have experience on this type of task.
Through this test I found that users learn better in a 1 to 1 situation, as they can ask questions. Also in terms of efficiency a flash tutorial is better than video tutorials for a simple, shorter task.
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