Design 693:Sitemapping Thesis Project Research
Co-advisor:
Wayne Carlson,
Summer Quarter 2001

Jonathan Gladden's

SU 01 Sitemapping Surveys + Research page

*Sitemapping Thesis Project Research Related Links:

Try out the
Isometric Sitemapping Application, Version 2.0 - requires Flash 5 plugin

Please take a few moments to fill out the following surveys to help me in my sitemapping and website cartography research:

1) Web Design Planning and Process Survey:

A survey about the web design process for design professionals

2) Site Prototypes and Usability Testing Survey:

A survey about using prototypes and usability testing during the web design process for design professionals

3) Sitemapping, Diagram-Making, and Flowcharting Software Survey:

A survey about the sitemapping software during the web design process for design professionals

4) Sitemap Presentation Style Impressions and Semantics Survey

User feelings / impressions of specific sitemaps, 2D plan view vs. 3D isometric view.
A survey to record your impressions about the presentation style of sitemaps and website planning diagrams.

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5) Isometric Sitemapping Application Usability Testing Sessions

Try out the
Isometric Sitemapping Application, Version 2.0 - requires Flash 5 plugin

Choose a website to diagram. See if you can chart the structure of an existing website using this tool. You could choose a website of one of the departments in the College of the Arts such as the Design Department Website or the Department of Art Website. Click and drag page icons as needed. On icons representing the main pages you can click on the "+" symbol to change colors or the "-" symbol to delete that page icon. Secondary page icons are already pre-color-coded. Use the text field on each page icon to give the page a custom name. Unfortunately you can't save the sitemap you create in this prototype of the Sitemapping Application. To create an image of your work take a screenshot of the sitemap you created and edit it in Photoshop. To take a screenshot you can press the "Print Screen" button on a Windows keyboard or "Command + Shift + #3" on a Macintosh. Let me know what you think of this Sitemapping Application prototype. Send questions, comments, and suggestions to gladden.9@osu.edu. Include a screenshot of your sitemap test in jpeg or gif format.

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