I have completed my presentation and set up a clear navigation between the pages of my web essay. My presentation is linked under the ‘Interrogate an Interface’ drop down menu. I have not completed the analysis for my web essay yet, but I have those pages up and have thought about what I will put under each.

What I Did

I finished my presentation and began practicing for it. I also added the web essay analysis pages.

Why I Did It

I am presenting on Monday and wanted to have plenty of time to practice. I added the pages so my blog would be easy to navigate and you won’t have to search to find my analysis.

Krista liked how I set up my introduction to the project which was good. I found out I need to include my PowerPoint somewhere on the site so I need to determine that.

What I Need To Do

• Finish web essay
• Work on PowerPoint presentation & write notecards
• Fix the navigation between the Interrogate and Interface & Overview
• Incorporate PowerPoint
• Edit for grammar/punctuation

Today, I added navigation tools to each of my pages. I also started working on my web essay by starting my text for the main project 3 page.

Why I Did It

I incorporated navigation tools because my theme doesn’t support three levels of sub-menus. Thus, you will not find my sub-headings for the project in the main drop down menu for the projects. Instead, I hyperlinked each page so that the reader can navigate through the interrogation easily. I also started working on my essay so that I can have something ready to go on Friday and it’s an important aspect to include as an introduction to the interrogation.

Today I added a drop down menu beneath my ‘Interrogate an Interface’ tab. I began to analyze each of the categories I chose.

Why I Did It:

I did this because I believe it is an effective way for readers to learn about the interface. If they have specific questions, they can chose which subcategory they would be in.

What I Did:

I furthered my research on my interface. I looked into how to add links to my web essay so that way my readers could navigate my project without it looking messy or overwhelming.  I also looked at the example projects to get ideas of what I did and didn’t like. It was interesting to see the other designs and commentary they had on their interfaces.

Why I Did It:

Because I want my project to look clean and professional and easy to read. I want my readers to get a full understanding of the interface and how using it can be beneficial to them. I want them to be interested in my work, but if they only have a few questions they are able to immediately find where to look.

 Today I worked on the research portion of my project. I had to  sign up for an account, which was free to do with Meograph. I  then proceeded to initially browse the website and get ideas of  what other people post on the site. I then went into my own  account and tried to see what I could come up with very quick  and dirty like.

Why I Did it

I wanted to get an idea of what the website had to offer. I figured by browsing through and watching the videos of many other people I could get an okay idea of what kinds of things you could do. I watched videos from a lot of different people, as well as multiple videos by the same people just to get another angle of how the site lets you go about using their features.

I also wanted to try and create something, even some that that made absolutely no sense, just so I could see first hand what kind of features were offered through the site. 

For Friday 3/6’s class, I worked on my following goals:

• Create a login tool
• Research what the tool does and how it works
• Fill in the Writer/Designer Analysis document and,
• Take screenshots to support analysis

You can see my completed Writer/Designer Analysis document by clicking on the hyperlink above in the bulleted list. I created my login tool, took screenshots, filled in the analysis questions and discovered how the site worked.

Why I Did It

I created a login because it required me to and I wanted to have an account since I’ll be working on the tool a lot in the upcoming weeks. I took screenshots along the way because I knew I’d have to do it all over again if I didn’t seize the opportunity. It was a lot easier to just take the screenshots as I worked because it shows exactly what I did step-by-step so it will now be easier to complete my analysis. I filled in the analysis questions along the way as well because it was more helpful to do so as I was witnessing it for the first time and it was fresh in my mind as I tried to navigate the new site.

Below, you can see my proof that I worked on this project for 50+ minutes:

Before: https://docs.google.com/a/vt.edu/document/d/1_QE9nCyrK7ZHvOOIKe-XgoXLoL2j3xxd1iVqGMN6NO0/edit?usp=sharing

After: https://docs.google.com/a/vt.edu/document/d/1ojuxSCPqyRPEk8Zvx1V7tQNuYPSYOuUCnj4OMxyWc00/edit?usp=sharing

**I took a Jing video screenshot of these initially but WordPress doesn’t allow for them to be embedded.**

March 6 – Create login for Meograph and search through all tabs, pages, and examples to understand exactly how it works

March 7-15 – Spring break …. not doing anything but bumming it in sunny Florida

March 16 – Continue research, begin filling out writer/designer questions prompted by the prof

March 18 – Have outline of essay and presentation completed, take screenshots of site to support, begin writing essay

March 20 – Completed drafts of essay and presentation

March 23 – Be ready to present

In the words of the late, great Stuart Scott — “BooYa!”