The Main Criteria:

1. Create the navigation scheme - 4 points

yep! 

2. Create two different "color comps" (or prototypes) of the home page to illustrate the site navigation and the design issue decisions - 6 points each, for a total of 12 points

3. Create one internal page for one of the home page designs - this is
Extra Credit of 3 points

4. Prototypes should be delivered as flattened JPEGs

The 5 P's:

1. PREPARATION - Research, Identity requirements, logo, branding, company structure, etc. How well does your prototype reflect that you've analyzed and researched the elements given by The Starwood Beach Resort?

  * Location

  * Target Market(s)

      ~ Families

      ~ Travel agents

      ~ International audience

  * Branding usage (logo and color usage)

  * Appropriate ameneties, such as fax and 800 services and other 'competitive' business factors

  * Short- and long-term goals of the company

2. PROTOTYPING - Did you "Greek" or did you create copy? Does your prototype have a natural "flow," no matter which way you created the copy?

3. PERFORMANCE - Usability and User Engagement - will the technology support your content? Are the actions you propose and the results a user will get, realistic and in good design, interface-wise?

4. PRACTICE - Does your prototype show what you've learned through practice on earlier projects? This would include placement of items, visual techniques, use of color, etc. as they apply to sensible USABILITY. These are the criteria that show me "where you've been," and how it's come into play in the final project.

5. PRESENTATION - Is this pleasing and professional? Is your design an accumulation of your design background and the new skills we've learned in CWD920? How well is the TOTAL PACKAGE presented?

 hot!!

Assessment Results:

Justin -- Your pages for this final project are a delight! In spite of the posting problems, you handled it all very professionally -- and what a showing this is. Your calculator tool, I'm wagering, really has been one of the highlights of this Project ... very, very clever, and a totally insightful solution to the company's requirements that the site be useful and intuitive for tourism agents. I also think you've got a very unique interpretation of the company colors ... I had to chuckle, as this has more of a masculine design, with the more sensible and a bit more muted colors! Your nav scheme is also very intuitive, providing easy access to all links -- and I love your use of the beach ball for buttons! Visually, these pages really pop! I love your use of the suggesive pictorials underneath it all ... very subliminal and convincing. Finally, your page with not only the calculator, but the "Track My Trip" tool, and the historical spot for the geography ... excellent understanding of the interface and the tools needed by visitors. A really great job on this!!

 16 POINTS!