·         Mohamed Shabana

·         Website User Interface Design

·         CIS 227-052

·         Mike Pedee

·         Due Sep 09/2003

·         Assignment #1

 

Who is my target audience?

Target audience is English speakers who are seeking to learn the Arabic language.

What does the site need to communicate?

It needs to communicate spoken skills, written methods, and comprehension of the Arabic language.

Does my client have any special goals or needs?

Clients usually want to learn the language for business or religious reasons, or are looking forward to move to an Arabic speaking country.

Have I asked my client what sites he or she likes and why?

My clients are more interested in web sites that specialize in teaching the Islamic religion from its authentic sources.

What is the scope of my site?

The scope is the education of Arabic language to American speakers.

Is there print material I can match or borrow from?

Yes, there are a lot of Arabic to Arabic teaching books, designed by institutions from overseas, aimed at teaching non-Arabs the Arabic language, and books designed by American writers aimed at teaching Arabic language to American speakers.

What other sites are similar to mine in scope and intent?

Not really, the closest sites are more into teaching children how to read and write English, or sites teaching foreign languages to Americans.

 

The storyboard is as follows:

Front page:

Beginners Page

	|Home|   |Next|   |Previous|   |Next Level|   |Contact info.|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The intermediate page

	|Home|   |Next|   |Previous|   |Next Level|   |Contact info.|

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The advanced page:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson Pages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The navigation approach is as follows:

·         All pages have a link to the main page and the contact info page.

·         Every page has a link to the next and the previous page.

·         Every lesson has a link to the next and the previous lesson.

 

 

Software applications that might be considered for this project are:

·         Macromedia Dream weaver.

·         Macromedia Fireworks.

·         Microsoft Front page.

·         HTML.

List any metaphors. Does your site need metaphors to get the point across? Explain either way.

Some of the metaphors are:

·         Animal sounds

·         Human speech

·         Animations

·         Human movement sounds and shapes

·         Animal pictures

·         Moving human mouth

·         Arabic spoken language.

·         Phonics