ONLINE PLATFORMS AS TOOL FOR ICT CONTENT

Online platforms / applications

These are digital services that are designed to enable users to create content and organize information using the internet.

• Communication among people became much easier.

• Sharing information became more fun and creative.

• Anyone with internet access can share ideas, opinions, and views about anything.

• Users around the world with the same interest can socialize and build a community

Benefits of Online Platforms / Apps

• Interactions became less personal.

• There is less privacy.

• Possible gathering of false information.

Challenges of Online Platforms

Cloud Computing

• it is the use of hardware and software to deliver a service over a network. It allows users to access files and use applications from any device that can access the internet

• Ex: Dropbox, One Drive, GDrive

Presentation Online Platforms Ex: Prezi,MindMeister, Zoho

• are programs that allow the user to deliver information in a clear and efficient manner by presenting a topic using a slideshow or lectures to educate or convince the audience.

Social Media Ex: Facebook, Instagram, TIktok, Yt

are interactive computer-meditated technologies that facilitate the process in which people, companies, and other organizations create and exchange information.

Web Page Creation Ex: Weebly, Wix.com

the use of web pages to accomplish different strategies to help users' identity, site, blog, and business.

Aesthetic

: a website must use design elements and white space in innovative way. Whitespace makes a website less distracting and more appealing.

Emphasis matters most

a website must communicate information in a clear manner to solve a specific problem, want, or need of the user.

1. Aesthetic

2. Emphasis matters most

3. Functional

4. Innovative

5. Understandable

6. Visual elements to focus user attention

Principles of Web Design

1. colors

2. communication

3. fonts

4. F pattern design

5. images

6. layout

7. loading time

8. navigation

9. purpose

Web Design Elements

Functional

a website must be clear and easy to use. Every link must be functional, and every button must respond correctly.

Innovative

a website’s design must meet a specific category of content for the targeted users to visit it.

Understandable

a website’s content must be presented clearly, neatly and accurately. Users must be able to easily understand the content of the website without any confusion.

Visual elements to focus user attention

design elements can be used to represent signs to the users to focus their attention to where they need to go.

Communication

information is wanted as quickly as possible by web users. A website must have organized information headlines and uses bullet points.

“F” Pattern Design

it is determined by studies that people scan computer screens in a pattern that resembles an “F”. Majority of peoples sees the top and left of the screen while the right side is rarely seen.

Images

can represent a thousand words for the users. Choosing the right images for a website will help connect with your target audience.

Loading Time

a webpage that takes too long to load becomes unpopular eventually.

Navigation

effective navigation buttons are essential to any website.

3 Click rule

a user must be able to easily gain access to the required information within three clicks.