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Balance

Balance

Describes the placement of equal weight on the page

Movement

Describes the flow of elements on the page

Unity

Sense of oneness of the elements that creates balance and harmony

Repetition

Describes the consistent and balanced repetition of a design or element

Proximity

Describes the organization and relationship of elements included in the design

Contrast

It is the combination of opposing characteristics of an element like color, size, thickness, among others. It allows ephasis on key elements

Whitespace

Negative space or large margins that allow your desig

Infographics

Also known as data visualization, defined ny oxford dictionary as a visual image such as a chart or diagram that is used to explain information or data

Thesis/story

The subject and the main idea of your infographic must be clear

Data

Must be well organized and supports the main idea

Simplicity

Your style must be able to attracts readers so as not to make your infographic full of text

Sources

You must cite your sources so as to give credibility to your data.

Branding/shareability

Your infographic must be creative and innovative

Jpeg (joint photographic experts group)

is the most popular image format used on the web

Gif (graphics interchange format)

Is limited to the 8 bit palette with only 256 colors

Bmp (bitmap image file) or dIB ( device independence bitmap)

is the image file used in Microsoft Windows operating system

TIFF (Tagged image file format)

is a file format created originally by ladus corporation for desktop publishing

PNG (portable network graphic)

Is an image format developed by a group of graphic software developers as a nonproprietary alternative to GIF

Cropping

It is a process if removing unwanted parts of the image focusing only on the subject. One must follow the rule of thirds

Color balance

In any image manipulating program, this command will allow you to make changes in the mixture of colors in an image

Adjusting the brightness and contrast

This command is the most basic technique when adjusting the image tone

Compression and resizing

an image is an important aspect in image manipulation

Color blending

Use different special effects buttons available in the different inage editing software

Combining multiple images

Compositions must be planned and conceptualized first so that you will ve able to render the best image and message possible

Picasa

googles free desktop imaging editing program

Fotor

Is a miltiplatform photo editing website.

It offers a wide range of effects and tools for editing images

Pixir

You can chose between the editor for editing images or creating an original image through the browser

Image hosting websites

Images also can be shared online through different web hosting sites

Imgur

It is a free image hosting site wherein you can upload imges from your computer

Flickr

It is an image social networking site

Photobucket

It has almost similar features with Flickr ae you can upload and share your images through your account

SlickPic

It is an online image hosting service

Wireless fidelity (WIFI)

wireless local area network

Bluetooth

Uses packet based transmission

Data Services

network services for mobile phone

dial-up services

data networking services using modems and telephone lines

Virtual private network (vpn)

secure access to a network

Artificial intelligence (AI)

The branch of computer science focused with making computers work and act like humans.

Robotics

concerned with creating devices that can move and react to sensory input.

Biometrics

Technology used to measure and analize human body characteristics

Quantum cryptography

science of encoding and decoding information

Computer-assisted translation (CAT)

use of computers to assist in the translation of one or more natural language

3D imaging and holography

is a photographic technique that uses light to project objects in a way that appears threedimentional

virtual reality

a three-dimensional, computer generated environment

Marc Andreessen

according to him a platform is a system that can be programmed and therefore customized by outside developers who are the users.

social media platform

web-based technology that allows the development, deployment, and management of social media solutions and services

E-commerce platform

collection of software technologies that allows merchants to create a storefront on the internet.

Online learning platform

set of interactive online services that provides the teachers, learners, parents, and others involved in the education.

Online video platform

Service providing end-to-end tools used to create, customize, publish, and manage videos

Platform

a group of technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications.

techopedia

defines platform in computing as the operating system and computer hardware

marc Andreessen

according to him in his blog a platform is a system that can be programmed and therefore customized by outside developers users

Level 1 access API

is the most common type of internet platform

Application programming interfaces

API means

Level 2 Plugin API

kind of platform approach has been used in end user application to let developers build new function.

Level 3 Runtime Environment

uses the third party application code

visual hierarchy

explains the order in which the human eye perceives what it see.

It can be shown through the use of varying sizes, and amount of content

Proportion

uses the golden ratio a magical number equal to 1.618 that makes all things proportioned.

Hick’s law

considered as a guideline for decision making in a viewers perspective.

states that ”with every additional choice, the time required to make a decision increases”

Fitt’s law

the time needed to move to a target is dependent upon its size of the target as well as the distance to the target.

Accessibility

when a visitor enters the website, he or she must be able to access each bit of information in the easiest manner.

Visible language

a web page design should communicate with the users clearly and in an engaging manner.

whitespace and simple design

white space helps divide the web page into several distinct parts or areas that make it simpler for the users to process information.

regular testing

web design principle that all designers and website owners should consider

normal link

default stage of link

visited link

this is a link that is not being hovered over or clicked

active link

is one currently being clicked by the user

hover

what the link looks like when the user moves the mouse over

form labels

typically collect personal data that users are reluctant to give out

input fields and labels

plan on how the input fields of the form will be laid out on the page and how the labels for those fields will be styled and oriented relative to the fields

form validation

this is the critical point where the website communicates the user requirements and errors in a form.

required fields

all required fields should be indicated

real time validation

informs the user as quickly as possible of any problems

post back validation

validation happens after the user has submitted the form.

status messages errors warnings confirmation

users will usually need some sort of feedback after performing an action on your website

animations popups tooltips transitions

on a standard HTML and CSS animations and transitions are easy to overlook

web template

is a ready made design for your website

WYSIWYG

means what you see is what you get

it allows the developer to build and preview the site.

online technologies

also include presentation programs, forms, and file management that are available over the internet.

cloud computing

it promises several benefits for business and end users

is to apply traditional supercomputing or high performance computing power

self-service provisioning

end users can spin up computing resources for almost any type of workload on demand

Elasticity

companies can scale up as computing needs and increase and then scale down again as demands decrease.

pay per use

computing resources are measured at a granular level allowing users to pay only for the resources and workloads they use

Prezi

was founded in2009 by peter Arvai, peter Halacy and Adam Somlai Fischer.

it is a presentation resource that features a zoomable canvas

emaze

works similarly with prezi

state of the art HTML5 presentation maker

mind map

a concept of using diagrams for representing tasks, words , concepts , or items linked to and arranged around a central concept or subject

file management system

a type of software that manages data files in a computer system

mind meister

is an online mind mapping tool that allows users to create develop, and share ideas visually

Sibelius

is an online platform used for writing music

tools good for music compositions

Google forms

is a part of google drive, a tool used for creating surveys, tests, or web input forms.