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=** P2 PROTOTYPE **= 3005 DESIGN & SYSTEMS BRITTANY, DASHA AND KITTY

UPDATED VERSION:
P2 Prototype Edited Final

**Digital Locker Location:**
P2 Prototype

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**Working Links:**
About >About >Directory

Students >Undergraduate >>Courses >>>Drawing

Faculty >Full-Time Faculty >>Michael Davey >Contract Faculty >Professors Emeriti >Adjunct Faculty

**Working Links in Quicklinks Toolbar:**
Home Courses Faculty Bios Directory

Overall Goals:
• Clean layout which reflects visual arts • Easy access to information • Images which showcase the visual arts facilities and overall artistic nature of the program

Main Nav:
• Separated main navigation into 6 main categories as originally developed in the information architecture. These areas were About > Admissions > Students > Alumni > Faculty > Explore. • Each section was carefully named to reflect its content while still being simple and inviting • We chose a horizontal drop down menu which would be viewable on hover and hidden when not needed • This helps to keep a clean layout and eliminate confusing multiple levels of navigation hierarchy

Quicklinks Toolbar:
• Quicklinks allows for easy/fast navigation through site to frequently used pages • Aimed at experienced users the toolbar allows them to quickly go to what they know they are looking for without digging through various levels of navigation • New Users may find it useful to easily access information they might otherwise be intimidated to find and also to give them an idea of the areas of information that are commonly accessed • It encourages both types of users to explore the site and gives them the ease to do so

Scrolling Imagery:
• Showcases the facilities, the students and the artwork • User can click on an image to be taken to the corresponding webpage (ex: facilities, news/events, student work gallery, etc.) • Gives a more dynamic element to the site and allows user to see what the visual arts department is really like at a glance, encouraging them to dig deeper

Background Images:
• The background imagery was chosen to reflect the artistic nature of visual arts program without overpowering the content or other visuals.

Areas of Focus:
• Focused mainly on faculty and undergraduate courses • important areas for current students which are currently underdeveloped on the visual arts website • Aimed to ensure clear easy access to information without a lot of navigation

__Faculty Bios:__ ⁃ Faculty bios is a one source, one spot way to find contact information, biography, credentials and current work of specific faculty members ⁃ Divided into four categories based on the type of professor and a fifth for faculty research information, allowing for easier navigation and searching ⁃ Also ability to link to faculty bios from course descriptions.

__Undergraduate Courses:__ ⁃ Located under Students, Undergraduate course descriptions gives important information to students looking into current or potential courses ⁃ It is divided up into two main categories, Practicum and Studies and within each are subcategories. Practicum has Drawing > Photography > Print Media > Sculpture > Time Based Art ⁃ Under each category is a general description of the drawing courses available within visual arts at York and then a detailed description for each individual course offered. ⁃ The course titles have the ability to link the the student works gallery ⁃ The course director names also can link to the corresponding faculty bio