Tesla Website using wix (showing formal balance, emphasis, and proportion)

Names: ________________________ (circle the name of lead team member) STEM 110 – Sprg. 2018

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Selling Your Invention

Communications Website Activity

One of the steps in the Engineering Design Process is to produce and communicate your invention or innovation. Selling your invention will help validate your idea, your design and provide feedback for improvement. (meeting human needs)

You and two (2) other team members are to select a technology based product and design a website to meet the Graphic Design Principles you have selected below. As a team, you will present this to the class for customer acceptance of your selected criteria. You will construct your site through one of the many free on-line website design providers. You will be required, by the site provider, to provide an email address** and create a password. Be sure all teammates know the address and password!! Include a menu on the home page. Before starting, review the Videos for Activity 1 describing each of the 7 Design Principles (guidelines) and 7 Design Elements (tools) see video review sheet and below.

1) Product ________________________________________________________________________

2) Video Titles you reviewed _____________________________________________________________________________

3) Your Criteria: (circle items selected and bring copy of this sheet to class day of presentation)

a) Type of Website: Business to Business, Business to Consumer, Consumer to Consumer, Information

b) Select a set of Graphic Design Principles (GDP) from one of the 4 sets below:* (circle one set)

DP Set #1: Formal Balance, Contrast, Rhythm, & Variety DP Set #2: Formal Balance, Emphasis, & Proportion

DP Set #3: Informal Balance, Emphasis, Contrast, & Unity DP Set #4: Informal Balance, Varity, & Rhythm

*Before selecting, review the Videos for Activity 1 describing each of the 7 Design Principles and Elements.

The Understanding the elements of design video will help you understand the assignment.

http://www.lynda.com/Design-Design-Techniques-tutorials/Understanding-elements-design/114323/147038-4.html

c) What Graphic Design Elements did you use to meet the GDP set above? (list and explain the use of elements below)

Design Principles (set) Design Element and How was it used to meet the selected DP? (Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Space, Form)

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Check Due Date (schedule)

Website design service provider: ________________________________________________

Your Address login: ___________________________________ Password: ______________________

http://www.wix.com/ support: http://www.youtube.com/user/Wix/videos and Unit 2 Video sheet under Activity 1

http://imcreator.com/ support: http://www.imcreator.com/create-a-website and Unit 2 Video sheet under Activity 1

** Remember, When setting up a work site, Don’t use your ODU email address, you will receive many follow up emails from the provider.