Assignment 6.1: Thesis Materials

This week I spent a great deal of time working on the website. I added the footer and a hamburger menu. I am not sure if it works better on the left side or the right. Although I am leaning towards the left. I am just not sure if it takes away from the OctoEd logo if they are on the same side. In addition, I added a virtual assistant chatbox, I edited the Get Started page to have 2 boxes instead of one, I created a sign-in page, and I created a video page. I also started thinking about the video and what it will consist of. It will have a walk-through of the LMS, so I don't think I can create it until the learning platform is completed.

• How have you chosen to comp your prototype? What resources do you need?
  • For the website, I will create a working prototype and comp the pages in Photoshop. For the Student Materials kit, I will be using Adobe Dimension to comp the items. For the print materials, I will be doing a combination of printing and digital comping.
• What did you learn during this process that was new or interesting?
  • I started using Adobe Dimension over the summer in Packaging 3. It is a great tool for creating life-like comps. However, it takes up a lot of memory and ram in the computer and requires a lot of time for rendering. I have to make sure to leave enough time to complete all of my comps.
  • I also realized that I need to create a video for my website. This will not be completed by mod 7, as it requires the LMS to be completed. I will have to add that to the beginning part of Thesis 3.