My First Assignment: The Ups and Down

My assignment has been submitted with a dash of anticipation and dollop of nerves. I thought I would write this to define the problems I had whilst doing it, as well as the break throughs. It started off well, though i think i might have broken off more than I could chew, choosing to create a web page. I started of using HTML but was limited by my knowledge of tags so I then enlisted the help of a HTML editor, which I think I have previously mentioned. The HTML editor helped me to create a more aesthetic page, though the page I ended up with was nothing compared to the one I had started (including many pictures). After showing what I thought was a really good layout to a few friends I was informed that I should probably choose a simpler layout, easier to follow, which is what I ended up doing. I discarded all the pictures and chose to use a more block like format with distinguishing colours instead. Not only did this turn out to be better to look at, but was also a lot easier for me to get my head around.

As for the content of the web page, I think I have some good links that will aid further education on being an advanced Internet user, but my writing of annotated bibliographies could be improved on, I found it quite difficult to find some of the sources of the web pages I chose, as well as the authors. This has been interesting, because I now realise the importance of making that information available when creating an online source. The reliability of certain web sites is very much in the air because of their lack of referencing and author information. I also learned a lot about what to look for when searching for information on the net, learning to look for their date last updated, their references, their reliability and any other information they could supply me with.

Over all, I tried to make my web site as easy to follow as possible, giving each subject a different page, and having the home page with all links available on it. I chose a certain colour for each subject and linked that colour to the referencing, so when the audience is searching for information on a certain link, it is easier to find.

I am hoping that my work on the web site will see me pass, and that it may even help someone doing this unit in the future. I have learnt so much creating this assignment, and am proud of what I have managed to achieve, even if it may not get me best results.