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

Final Product Online Watershed Journal