INF 186 Computer Assignment 1

INF 186 In-Chapter Web Design 6

Your Turn! (page 161) Exploring Animated GIFs (Class 1)
(Create a Word document named WebDesignYourTurnPage161LastName)
  1. Using the search tool of your choice and the keywords animated GIFs or similar keywords, locate resource sites for animated GIFs. Identify the URLs of three resource sites that offer royalty-free or low-cost animated GIFs.
  1. Identify one royalty-free animated GIF that would be suitable for C2C auction Web site. With permission from your instructor, download the animated GIF and save the file to your computer's hard drive.
  2. Write a report for your instructor discussing your research. Name the source of the animated GIF you choose to describe it. Explain how including the animated GIF on a Web page at a C2C auction site supports the site's message and meets target audience expectations for a C2C auction site.

Note: You can find a GIF that is suitable for your web site instead of the C2C auction Web site listed in this Your Turn exercise.

Note: Classroom Students: Attach this Word file (WebDesignYourTurnPage161LastName) and send it to my email account. ManningD@nku
Use the header feature of Word to enter the following course information (INF 186-00s, Elementary Web Design, Your Name Here.

Your Turn! (page 173) Exploring Business Blogs (Class 2)
 (Create a Word document named WebDesignYourTurnPage173LastName)

  1. Visit the Web Design Chapter 6 Online Companion Web page (scsite.com/web3e/ch6/ ) and click links in the Your Turn section to review three business blogs:
    1. Microsoft SMB Community Blog
    2. The Trump Blog
    3. KILLERSITES.COM
       
  2. Write a report for your instructor that describes the topics discussed on the blogs. In what way do the blogs and blog comment postings promote interactivity between the blog publishers and the visitors who read and post comments to the blog? Based on your review, what recommendations would you make to a client interested in hosting a blog at his or her B2C Web site.

Note: Classroom Students: Attach this Word file (WebDesignYourTurnPage173LastName) and send it to my email account. ManningD@nku
         Use the header feature of Word to enter the following course information (INF 186-00s, Elementary Web Design, Your Name Here.

(Online Course Students should submit the electronic version of both using the drop box in Blackboard by creating a Word document (WebDesignChapterFiles6LastName) when you submit the assignment at the end of the chapter.

Number of pages required: 1 page for each Your Turn assignments

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