WEEK 3, in class notes

http://www.socialchangewebsites.com/

http://www.charitywater.org/

clean site.
they want to grab your attention to lack of drinking water,
more info into click option
video talking about their raising money progress, but they dont talk how they do that
inteligently designed site,
information architecture
projects> foto documentation
numbers of project and people benefitting of it
proof, technology stuff egz. google earth zooming itno
grasroots info site> serching engine/ enviromental issues, info level

GRASSROTS INFORMATION SITES

fundamental to determine its use or avalibility is:
accuracy
every single piece of data must be reliable

egz. wiki or blogs which is oposite, not trustful , content edited by anybody
egz, new york times is biased, due to bacground check

second thing is
serchability
volume ranking by google

egz. http://www.cleanwateraction.org/ is searchable first
they heve more features. set up account, donations, is more about info and getting into the action than charity water website is / wich is more into visulal than info site, pro photos, high end design/

information
-text description
-info design
-charts , graphs other visualizations of data, statistics / visual evidence

if these things are not provided visitors are not going to take site seriously, they are not going turn back

http://www.cleanwateratlanta.org/

http://www.socialchangewebsites.com/

were looking for:

user involvement

-donations (gift memberships)

-email subscriptions, registration, mamberships (usually free- bigger participation)

-store, sealable assests which is E-COMERCE component

-E-Commerce /THINKING ABOUT AUDIENCE, potential founders, /

http://www.charitywater.org/

target :

-sponsors

-fundors-institiounal

-donors-individual

-volounteers

-media, press, journalism (press coverage, speakers avaliblity)

-partners, other organizations

since web is large size> big monitor> people who are afford>

TASK ANALYZIS

INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE:

PAGE STRUCTURE: items we can get from home page with one click

1. home/donate/projects/get involved/photos+media/events about us/contact /member area (login)
2. sponsors
3. sign up
4. learn more
5. donate
6. water for schools
7. video feature
8. links
9. store

SCHEMATICS (STORY BOARD) COMP - COMPREHENSIVE GRAPHIC