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== Usability == | == Usability == | ||
When writing for Web Based Media, a major thing to remember is to keep the writing [[Scanability|scan-able]]. Readers should be able to process and understand your main points quickly. | When writing for Web Based Media, a major thing to remember is to keep the writing [[Scanability|scan-able]]. Readers should be able to process and understand your main points quickly. Scanners need clues, signposts and highlights, so content should be shaped for scanning. This means, among other things, using headings, deckheads, subheads, hyperlinks, lists and some changes in font or type. <ref>Carrol,31</ref> | ||
Writers for Web Based Media should use the inverted pyramid style writing. This means that the most important information comes first and then trickles down to the details to back up the important information. | Writers for Web Based Media should use the inverted pyramid style writing. This means that the most important information comes first and then trickles down to the details to back up the important information. | ||
Things that should also be considered when thinking about usability:<ref>Usability.gov | Things that should also be considered when thinking about usability:<ref>Usability.gov</ref> | ||
*'''Ease of learning''' - How fast can a user who has never seen the user interface before learn it sufficiently well to accomplish basic tasks? | *'''Ease of learning''' - How fast can a user who has never seen the user interface before learn it sufficiently well to accomplish basic tasks? | ||
*'''Efficiency of use''' - Once an experienced user has learned to use the system, how fast can he or she accomplish tasks? | *'''Efficiency of use''' - Once an experienced user has learned to use the system, how fast can he or she accomplish tasks? | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
The reason writers for web based media should provide links: | The reason writers for web based media should provide links:<ref>Carrol,39</ref> | ||
*'''Link to another article or site are to provide attribution''' - use as references in case your reader has no idea what you are talking about | *'''Link to another article or site are to provide attribution''' - use as references in case your reader has no idea what you are talking about | ||
*'''Provide context for your article''' - allows reader to expand knowledge and provides higher site following | *'''Provide context for your article''' - allows reader to expand knowledge and provides higher site following | ||
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== References == | |||
#Carrol, Brian. (2010). ''"[http://www.scribd.com/doc/64429015/Writing-for-Digital-Media Writing for Digital Media]"''. New York: Routledge. Retrieved 29 Oct 2012. | #Carrol, Brian. (2010). ''"[http://www.scribd.com/doc/64429015/Writing-for-Digital-Media Writing for Digital Media]"''. New York: Routledge. Retrieved 29 Oct 2012. | ||
#Usability.gov." Home | Usability.gov. United State Government, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2012. <http://usability.gov/>. | #Usability.gov." Home | Usability.gov. United State Government, n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2012. <http://usability.gov/>. | ||