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Watershed:Developing an Online Journal
Emily Arcuri, Nino Cosoleto-Miller,
Hannah Jones, Alyssa Wernham
Overview An interdisciplinary, literary journal
Comprised of local author submissions Characterized by the Susquehanna River region
Professor Jerry Wemple- Editor
A supplemental online version for preview purposes Raise awareness and increase readership and
submission Promote a new medium, called “techno-rhetoric”
Project Manager (Hannah)
User Experience (Emily)
Content Writer (Nino)
Production Leader (Alyssa)
Editing Editing was a collaborative effort
Design editing Links and navigation
Textual editing Syntax, spelling, typos Formatting (poetry)
Group Communication Used a class wiki
Uploaded files, posted updates
A streamlined, organized manner of patchworking our group roles together functionally
Required frequent usage outside of classroom
Usability Testing Our group learning moment
Offered revisions, spotted problems we were oblivious to
Provided various, external perspectives A potential reader A potential contributor and consumer
Without usability testing, the quality of the final product would have been negatively impacted
Usability Recommendations Poetry needs to be left justified, but centered in the page.
Prose needs to be resized to create larger margins and to avoid the need to scroll from left to right.
Somehow, we need to make the links on the homepage more legible for those with poorer eyesight
Similarly, the textual links in the “Cousin, Will You Take My Hand?” poem need to become more readable.
The photograph on the About page needs to be resized to eliminate the need to scroll left to right.
The Jason Godeke author biography blurb needs to be added.
Dreamweaver (Hannah)
Collaboration (Emily) All roles helping eachother
Nino’s Learning Moment
Future Aspirations (Alyssa)
Professional Writing Software skills
Practical skills
Experience with group work
More marketable for a wider range of career possibilities
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