Ermeena+Fayyaz+Unit+1

Unit 1

Unit Question:

 * How does my classmates culture effect the environment?**


 * Investigation **

In this project we are supposed to chose one of our classmates and write about his/her culture. Once we have selected the person we would do research and investigation about his/her culture. In this investigation we would ask questions about his/her people, their customs, habits and various indigenous activities that have a bearing on the natural environment and wildlife? The investigation could be done by asking various open ended and closed ended questions so that we get ideas and details about the impact of local culture on our natural environment.
 * The Problem: **

=**Research**= The things on which i researched, to make my webpage helpful and good are **CSS** and **Design templates. CSS** stands for **Cascading** ** Style Sheets **. It is a style sheet used for describing the document which you have written - basically the look, feel and formatting of the document. CSS enables the separation of document content from document presentation including elements such as the layouts, colors and fonts. This separation can improve the presentation of contents, make them easy to read and can give better results.Templates are fixed layouts or basic outline that help you quickly organize and present documents. For example in Microsoft Powerpoint there are different outlines and layout which offer various combinations of headings, text, tables, pictures and art work.

Following are the key things that my webpage should have: 1) It should be colorful; 2) It should have enough information about the culture I am investigating; 3)It should have high quality and relevant pictures especially of various cultural activities; 4) The contents should easily enable the reader to fully understand salient feature of the culture I am writing about ; 5)It should tell the reader how does that culture affect the environment.
 * Design Brief: **

My design should comprise various motifs from the culture that I am writing about. Ideally it should use the predominant cultural themes, color and various indigenous designs common to the land of focus. The webpage should therefore give a true feel of the culture I am writing about. Using the full multimedia advantage, the website can also open with traditional music representing the culture. The page should have relevant pictures changing with regular intervals to give visual images of every day life. Pictures also help explain information better in case the contents do not give a clear idea. Pictures in any design are also important as they make the page attractive.
 * Design Specification: **

** Tests: **

 * To check that if my webpage contains the things that it is suppose have, I can survey people and ask them the following questions ||
 * **1) How do you like it?** ||
 * **2) Is it attractive?** ||
 * **3) Is it creative?** ||
 * **4)Does it have enough information?** ||
 * **5) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** ||
 * **6)Have I used templates?** ||
 * **7)Have I used CSS?** ||
 * **8)Have I used multimedia?** ||
 * **9)Does it have relevant pictures?** ||
 * **10)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** ||
 * **11)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||
 * **12) would you like to recommend my page to other friends?** ||
 * **13)Given a choice, how would you like to change any of the components of my webpage.** ||
 * 8 out of 10 respondents say yes to any given question, I will mark it as "very good" and keep that aspect of the design. For those questions that score, less than 7, I will work out more on them to improve further. Those who give negative response to the above questions, I will ask them to advice on how to improve them. ||

**Questions /survey**

I was born in Congo, Brazzavile
 * 1.Where were you born ?**

My culture is Mbuti.
 * 2.What is your culture(tribe) ?**

I am from Brazzaville
 * 3.From which city are you from?**

My local language is Congoleis
 * 4.What is your local language?**

My national dress is Le pagne
 * 5.What is your national dress?**

Yes, but most of them are usually house workers
 * 6.In your culture are women allowed to work in offices ?**

We can eat almost everything, mostly we eat Fried Banana and le sakasaka
 * 7.What are the foods that you can eat ?**

Yes ,I care about the world a lot.
 * 8.Do you care about the world?**

The wildlife and the environment play a very important role in our culture as mostly people make their Medicine, and get their food form the wildlife by hunting.
 * 9.What is the importance of wildlife and environment in your culture?**

Making the country look neat and nice.
 * 10.What are the things that your culture is doing to help the environment ?**

The type of music is native to your people is Le sou
 * 11. What type of music is native to your people?**

Impresionism
 * 12.What type of art is native to your peoples?**

13.What are the most significant parts of your culture? Helping others especially poor people. Diesel
 * 14.On which industry is your country /city running on?**

No
 * 15. Do you think you were raised accordingly to your culture?**

Yes
 * 16. Do you enjoy being part of your culture or do some things throw you off?**

Well in funeral people wear black clothes, where as the people who lost the person are supposed to where white. And for weddings its white dress and heels.
 * 17.How do you celebrate funerals ,weddings in your culture?**

Yes
 * 18.In your culture do the people believe in the segregation of men and women ?**

Nothing
 * 19.What do you think is harmful to the environment due to cultural practices?**


 * 20.In what age are women married?**

25/26 not older than this.

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 * Design **

**__Design 1__**
According to this design my webpage would have enough information and relevant pictures of the culture I am writing about. It would have a motif on the left corner, which would be representing the culture. The color of the black ground would be red and the color of the text should be black. For this design I would be using templates. To check if my design is good so I can ask the following questions:
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * **1) Is it attractive?** ||  ||   ||   || **2** ||   ||   ||
 * **2) Is it creative?** ||  ||   ||   || **2** ||   ||   ||
 * **3)Does it have enough information?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)Does it have relevant pictures?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||


 * Total Marks 27/50 **

In this design my webpage would be attractive and creative. The information would be presented in a mind map form. It would have a cultural theme and would open with a traditional song. It is going to have a lot of pictures and I would use multimedia for this design. Different color of text would be used. I would also use CSS for this design. Then I would ask the following questions:
 * __Design 2__**
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * **1) Is it attractive?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2) Is it creative?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)Does it have enough information?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)Does it have relevant pictures?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  ||   ||   || **2** ||   ||   ||

Total marks 30/50

In this design I would used a lot of multimedia. This design would have a video, music and pictures about the culture I have decided to write about. There is going to be enough information and I would use CSS for this design. The color of the background would be blue and the color of the text should be black.
 * __Design 3__**
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * **1) Is it attractive?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2) Is it creative?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)Does it have enough information?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)Does it have relevant pictures?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

Total Marks 34/50

According to this design my website would have a big picture of a motif or a flag at the top of the page.It is going to open with a traditional music,if i find one. The theme would be of the culture I am going to write about. The color of the text would be black. It would have a lot of information presented in a friendly way. I would use a lot multimedia and I would use both CSS and templates .It is going to have relevant pictures changing with regular intervals to give a visual image of everyday life. After this I would answer the following questions.
 * __Design 4__**
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * **1) Is it attractive?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2) Is it creative?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)Does it have enough information?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)Does it have relevant pictures?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** ||  || **4** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  || 4 ||   ||   ||   ||

Total Marks40/50

__**Evaluate**__ If we look closely at thses designs so we would notice that all of these designs have some weaknesses.Although **Design 1** has a lot of information and it has been presented in a friendly way, however that is not enough for a good webpage. It is not creative nor attractive. If it is not going to be attractive so then the viewers would get bored. The information should be presented in different and in a fun way. I don't think that having the color of the background red and the having information about the culture is enough. It should have a lot of relevant pictures and we should encourage the use of multimedia. I personally think that people understand things better if they see if live or visually rather than just pieces of text.So i think this idea is not good. Now if we look at **Design 2** so would notice that it is very creative and attractive.It has satisfactory information which has been represented in a mind map form .Now this is kind of different and we don't se this method being used often. Therefor this is something new.It is very colorful and for every line of text a different kind of color is used, which makes is more attractive.It has a lot f relevant pictures and this webpage opens with a traditional music.Although it is very attractive and creative but this design also has some weaknesses. One f the problem s that there is not enough information. If we compare if with the design 1 so is has vey less information.Whereas we we look at **Design 3** so we would see that it has used a lot of multimedia which is very good ,like i said before people intend to understand much better than seeing things rather than just reading. According to this design the webpage would have music,videos,and pictures of the culture i have decided to write about. It is going to have enough information.The use of the multimedia makes this design creative. However it is not attractive as it has lack of colors.Finally if we look at the last design ,**Design 4** so we would see that this design opens with the traditional music.It has a big motif or a flag of the culture. It has relevant pictures changing with regular intervals to give a visual image of the everyday life.It uses multimedia. It has enough information and has the theme of the culture.This design also uses CSS and design templates which makes it a bit more creative. I think that this design is the best as it a mixture of all the designs from above and covers all the weaknesses.

Looking at the results the design that has got the most marks is **Design 4**.Design 4 covers all the requirements and the needs of a good webpage. The webpage would open with a traditional music,if i find one as there is not enough information about this culture on the internet.It would have a big motif of the culture .The theme would me of the culture i have decided to write about.According to this design the webpage should have enough information represented in a friendly way.This webpage would have relevant pictures changing with regular intervals to give a visual image of the everyday life.I would be using multimedia to which would tell the viewers that how do the people of that culture celebrate their festivals. Most importantly for this design i would use both CSS and design templates.I think that Design 4 is the best as it has all the qualities that a good webpage should have. It is basically a mixture of all the designs from above. It is creative,attractive,informative,helpful,and the information has been presented in different kid of genres.Most importantly the information has been presented in a friendly way keeping in mind the feelings and the emotions of the people.
 * __Choosing the design__**


 * Plan **

For my webpage I would use Microsoft Expression Web 4. My webpage would have a least 4 to 5 pages. My first page would be my homepage, which would have a link of the traditional music or would open with it, however it depends that if I find one. In the second and the third page I would give information about the culture I have decided to write about. Then in my fourth page I would have all the relevant pictures and videos, which would help the readers in comprehending the culture easily and in a better way. Then finally my last page would explain the problem, in which I would state that how does that specific culture affect the environment. All of these pages would be connected together as all of the pages would have links at the bottom of the page which would help the readers to go back to the homepage without any difficulties.The theme of the webpage would be of the culture. My home page would have a big picture of the motif of the culture. The size of the heading would be a least **40** or more than this. I would use **Arial Bold** for the headings. Where as the font for the information would be **14 Arial**. The color of the text would be black.For this webpage I would use both CSS and Templates.In odder to do these steps the programs and the sources that I would use are: 1)Microsoft Expression Web 4 2)Google images 3)You Tube 4)Templates 5)CSS 6)Wikipidea 7)Survey 8)Microsoft word 9)Paint 10)Google

As I do not have Microsoft Expression Web 4 on my laptop so first I would download. In order to download this I would use this link:http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download .Then after this i would start to work on the web site. I would use all the information and the research which I did perviously about the culture(Investigation). To make this web site a successful one I have done a lot of research and surveys. As there was not enough information on the internet about this culture so I just asked that person to tell me about her culture. However there where some videos on You Tube that I have used.I have used the videos as links. This would therefor give the viewers a more clear version of the culture. As there is not that much information on the internet.I did some research on CSS and Templates.

First of all I would make the Homepage for my website. It would have a big motif of the culture. Then under the that picture there is going to be the name of the culture i am doing Mbuti. Then under this is going to be written Homepage. Finally under this title are going to be the links 1)Information about the culture and pictures 2)Pictures and Videos 3)How does this culture affect the Environment These all would be Hyperlinked and after clicking on them you would be automatically be loge o that specific page. The second page would have the heading of the name of the culture and the subtile would be Information of the culture . Then this would be further be divided according to the information. In this page there is going to be some pictures too, maybe 2 or 3 . The third page would only have pictures and links of videos. The final page would answer to the question how does this culture affect the environment.At the end of this page there are going to be a be some questions too for the viewers asking them that how can i improve this and how did they like it. These all page are going to have the cultural theme and the heading for all these pages is going to be MBUTI.Then they are going to be further divided into subtitles. I would use the same templates and at the end of the each page there are going to be links so that the viewers can easily go back to the homepage or the other pages.

For this project we were given a timeline of 8 weeks. 1)Before doing this project we did a pre-unit exercise. In which we had to make a webpage and put pictures,links etc. After doing this exercise it gave us a bit of more clear version of what were we doing. 2)After doing this exercise we started to work on our final project. The unit question for this project was that "How does my classmates culture affect the environment".We had to chose one of our classmate and then make a website of her/his culture in which we were telling the answer to this question.The first step for this project was to do Investigation about the culture we had chosen in which we had to state the problem.What did we had to do to solve the problem. What were the researches which we did. Then we had to state a Design Brief. It give a brief explanation about the project that what is it going to be about. After this we had to do some Design Specificaion.Basically the design specification tells that what are the thing important for this project. Then we have to do some Test. The tests are for the viewers that how do they like the website. Basically it is a form of their feedback. That what were the things they liked and who can i improve them. 3)When we are done with the investigation so then we would start to make our Designs for the project. We would make a number of designs . THey all used be different from each other. Then we would evaluate the weakness and the strengths for each of the design. This would help us in choosing the best design for the website.When we are done with the evaluations so then we can easily tell that which design it the best and then make our website according to that design. 4)Then we would start to do Planing .In planing we have to make a detailed, logical steps that describes the use of resources and time. We have to evaluate the plan and justify any modifications to the design. 5)When we are done with these steps so then by the help of these w can easily male our final product. 6)When we have created our final produced then we would Evaluate it. Evaluation is when we have tested, evaluated the product against the design specification and recommended changes. We would provided an evaluation of the performance at each stage of the desing cycle. 7)When we have done all of the following steps then we would have to assess another classmates works and he/she would assess our work.
 * Timeline**

The things that I have decided to change are that now my homepage will not open with a traditional music.The second thing I have changed is that my website will not have a traditional theme. The reasons to change these things are that i was not able to find these things. The culture that I have decided to write about does not have that much of information on the internet. Therefore I have decided to change these things.
 * Things that I have decided change**


 * Create **

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The problems that I faced during this project were that I did not have the software in order to make the website. To solve this problem i decided to download it however i was not successful.So therefore I did it on Microsoft word and then pasted it on Microsoft Expression Web 4 in school. The second problem was that there was not enough information about that specific culture I have decided to write about. Therefore my website was not made according to the design that I had planed in my mind.I had to change the way my Homepage opened and also the theme of the website just because there wasn't enough information on the internet.I did have a bit of problem in uploading the screenshots and the designs. This was the first time that I was making a website and was given such kind of project, so I did not have that much of experience nor knowledge. With time I was learning a lot of new stuff. Some of them were how to use CSS and Templates and most importantly how to make links in order to make a website. I did not know how to use the CSS and the Templates in the correct way.However I think that I did the best I could and I personally believe that I did a really good job.
 * The problems that I faced during this project**

My design should comprise various motifs from the culture that I am writing about. Ideally it should use the predominant cultural themes, color and various indigenous designs common to the land of focus. The webpage should therefore give a true feel of the culture I am writing about. Using the full multimedia advantage, the website can also open with traditional music representing the culture. The page should have relevant pictures changing with regular intervals to give visual images of every day life. Pictures also help explain information better in case the contents do not give a clear idea. Pictures in any design are also important as they make the page attractive.
 * Evaluate **
 * This is my design specification**

After looking at the final product I think that it: Does have motifs about the culture like I had planed. My website is colorful. It has enough information about the culture. It is creative It have relevant pictures The information has been presented in a friendly way It is answering the question "how does this culture affect the environment" I have used multimmedia I have also used templets and CSS. It does give a feeling of the culture.

After looking at my website against the design specifications and the test so i believe that i have done a good job in presenting the website according to the plan. However the only thing I am not satisfy are the CSS and the templates. I think that these are the only two things that I might have used that much.


 * These are my tests for the investigation**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">To check that if my webpage contains the things that it is suppose have, I can survey people and ask them the following questions ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**1) How do you like it?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**2) Is it attractive?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**3) Is it creative?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**4)Does it have enough information?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**5) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**6)Have I used templates?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**7)Have I used CSS?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**8)Have I used multimedia?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**9)Does it have relevant pictures?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**10)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**11)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**12) would you like to recommend my page to other friends?** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">**13)Given a choice, how would you like to change any of the components of my webpage.** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">8 out of 10 respondents say yes to any given question, I will mark it as "very good" and keep that aspect of the design. For those questions that score, less than 7, I will work out more on them to improve further. Those who give negative response to the above questions, I will ask them to advice on how to improve them. ||

Total marks:40/50 These are the questions that I would ask the viewers in order to get there feedback.This would help me how to improve my web site.
 * **Questions** || **5 (Excellent)** || **4**
 * (VeryGood)** || **3**
 * (Good)** || **2**
 * (Satisfactory)** || **1**
 * (Unsatisfactory)** || 0
 * (Have done nothing)** ||
 * **1) Is it attractive?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **2) Is it creative?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **3)Does it have enough information?** || **5** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **4) Has the information been presented in a friendly/easy to read manner?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **5)Does it have relevant pictures?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **6)Is the information helpful and does it help you to understand the culture I have chosen ?** || 5 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **7)Does it inform you how this culture affect the natural environment?** ||  ||   || **3** ||   ||   ||   ||
 * **8)Have I used CSS?** ||  ||   ||   || 2 ||   ||   ||
 * **9)Have I used templates?** ||  ||   ||   || 2 ||   ||   ||
 * **10)Have I used multimedia ?** ||  ||   || 3 ||   ||   ||

There are a lot of ways that I could have improved my website as there is always some room for improvement. Some of them are by doing more research. As I have stated before that there wan't enough information about the culture that I had decided to write about. Next time if I face the same problem so I would do more of surveys maybe even try to go and see the way the people life in that specific culture. However this time I was not able to do so as there was not enough time. I didn't have enough people to do my surveys as I only knew one person who belonged to that specific culture, and she did not know about it that well as it had been years that she had not visited her hometown.As a result I was not able to gather that much information that I needed. The next thing is that I should have all the softwares from before,as this time i did not have that specific software in my laptop. I did try to download it but was not able to. So I should be ready with everything from before.I have to collect more information about CSS and Templates in order to be able to use them more efficiently and correctly.Always reflect back to my designs specifications. Basically I have to do a lot practices and pre unit exercises.Most importantly I have to get Feedbacks from other people. This would give me an idea that what they want to see and what are the things that do not like about the website. Therefore I believe that these are some ways to improve my website.
 * Ways To Improve My Website**

Assessment