Degree Program in Computer Network and System Administration

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Main/Home: option to flash or html
 
FLASH
  • Digital Media
    • Web Sites (takes the user to another window (pop up with no flash))
      • Note the pop up has no menu options via browser. clicking web sites takes you to web sites they've created, providing links to navigate their web sites. the sites revolve at top without disturbing the text below. the text below includes their sales pitch but in a unique manner. they discuss design in terms of boxes, which has a metaphor involving thinking. see: http://www.crankinggraphics.com/ 
        • Static Sites
        • Dynamic Sites
        • Hybrid Sites
        • Links from the non-flash version
          • Home
          • Web Sites
          • Multimedia
          • Illustration
          • Identity
          • Promotion
          • Interpretation
          • The Integrated Media System
          • Contact Info
        • List of web sites done
          • Static Sites (creative simplicity)
            • Keweenaw Convention and Visitor Bureau
            • NMI-Edit's Roadmaps Project
            • Copper Country Homecoming
            • Resource Management Associates
          • Dynamic Sites (unlimited creativity)
            • Keweenaw Water Trail Association
            • Symbios Integrated Media Systems
            • Center for Global Design and Business
          • Hybrid Sites (the impact of flash, the simplicity of html)
            • An Interior Ellis Island
            • Finlandia University
            • Keweenaw Bay Community College
            • N.W. Michigan Health Services
            • Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society
            • Witting Contracting
            • Northern Area Health Educaiton Center
            • North Wind Shops (Finlandia)
    • Multimedia Presentations
      • Beyond Powerpoint, Animation, Sound, Video and interactivity Presented with Unlimited Creativity
      • Ex. Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program
        • Problem: the text is within a dark picture that fades from black to lighter green. the picture is of ferns. the text is unreadable unless you highlight
        • the link to the example shows the introduction of the cd provided for the customer
  • the Integrated System - Symbios Integrated Media System (cool animation with a strong point being made)
    • The Bigger Picture
      • by clicking on bigger picture the following evolve on the screen, the frog taps his sticky fingers as he/she anticipates your selection. the focal of the two options below emphasis the types of media approached to a user.
      • Noise (notoriety) - quantity over quality
        • bulk mail
        • short lived catelogs
        • telemarketing
        • span
      • Music (harmony)
        • a very smooth link that emphasizes the point, actions speak louder than words
      • Attract (promotion)  - flash shows a flower
      • Disperse (communication) - flash shows seed and then the kiwi
    • Examples: (goes to a pop up with no browser controls)
      • again, same as for web sites: Note the pop up has no menu options via browser. clicking web sites takes you to web sites they've created, providing links to navigate their web sites. the sites revolve at top without disturbing the text below. the text below includes their sales pitch, including the services they provide. see: http://www.crankinggraphics.com/ 
        • for recruitment
          • Northern AHEC Physician Recruitment(presentation folder, digital presentation on cd, website)
          • Finlandia University Student Recruitment (business card, digital presentation cd, website)
        • for information
          • An Interior Ellis Island/Michigan Tech Outreach Project (website, magazine ad, rack card)
        • for a service
          • Witting Contracting (table display, brochure, website)
        • for a product
          • Keweenaw Water Trail Map (website, map)
        • contact symbios
  • Printed Media (clicking the the options take the user to a pop up window wtih no browser tools)
    • Illustration
      • Technical Illustration (translating concepts into images)
        • several examples are given. mention of vector graphics has faster download time
      • Maps (optimizing the image for the user
        • just one example: Keweenaw Water Trail
    • Identity Tools
      • Logos (your logo is the base of your identity)
      • Letterhead/Business Cards (your letterhead/business card is the intimate connection with your audience)
      • Signs (your signs are the ambassadors to your physical audience)
    • Promotion Tools
      • advertisements (unique presence in a common environment)
        • Franklin Square Inn/AT&T Phone Book
        • Nara Foundation/Daily Mining Gazette
        • Houghton Co. Museum/Old Settlers Ball Book
        • City of Houghton/DMG Summer Rotogravure
      • brochures (more than a collection of words and images)
        • Isle Royale Natural History Association
        • City of Houghton
        • Houghton/Portage Township Schools
        • Society for Industrial Archeology
        • Portage Health Foundation
      • posters (well planned audaciousness)
        • Isle Royale Lighthouse Poster
        • Keweenaw Heritage Center
        • Copper Country Homecoming
    • Interpretation Tools
      • Site Displays/Kiosks (the art of passibely standing out)
        • Mil Town Tour
      • Books (visually capturing the author's intent)
        • Diaries of an Isle Royale Fisherman/IRNHA

Non-Flash version

  • Home
  • Web Sites
    • see flash version above
  • Multimedia
    • the only bad visual page (no link back too)
  • Illustration
  • Identity
  • Promotion
  • Interpretation
  • The Integrated Media System
  • Contact Info
    • goes to a form with no required fields