Senior Thesis Proposal
Jana Uhrich

Interactive Tour of the Steel Plant
The web site will take the user through the various areas of the Steel Plant (Digital Media Lab, Gallery, Printmaking Studio, Design Studio, 3D Workshop, Painting and Drawing Studio, Offices). The web site will be html based with lightly interactive flash slideshows as headers.
Students from this class and any other art classes will be able to submit digital forms of work in any medium, however, the site will focus on digital media.

When the user enters the area of choice they will be able to:

View student work from various classes that are taught in that area
Find information about classes taught there
Find information about the technology or materials used
Access the teacher's class website for those classes.

The Benefits
Showcase Student Work
Launch Point for Student/ Professor Sites
Entice New Digital Media/ Art Majors
Place to send future employers





Example of a far more intense interactive tour then I plan to do
Another example of a site that is far more interactive and intense then I plan to do

Procduction Calender
Week 1
September 22***
Production Calender
Functional Spec
Wireframes and Navigational Charts
Research Quicktime VR
COMPLETED 9/20
COMPLETED 9/20
COMPLETED 9/21
COMPLETED 9/20
Week 2
Septemeber 29

Gather Assets For Background Images and Navigational SWF
Purchase Domain and Server Space
Begin Site Comps for Sample Page of Home and Front Entrance

COMPLETED 10/02
CANCELED
IN PROGRESS
Week 3
October 6
Finish Gathering Assets for Background Images and Navigational SWF
Work on Full Site Comps
Finish Sample Page of Home and Front Entrance
Introduce Lightbox Effect for Main Content Area - Digital Lab
COMPLETED 10/02
COMPLETED 10/12
IN PROGRESS
Week 4
October 13***

Begin Coding and Stylizing Spry Menu for Simple Navigation
Begin Preparing Navigational SWF
Finalize Full Site Comps
Revise Production Calender for Realistic Expectations

CANCELED
IN PROGRESS
COMPLETED 10/12
IN PROGRESS
Week 5
October 20
Finish Coding and Stylizing Spry Menu for Simple Navigation
Continute Preparing Navigational SWF
Prepare Pages for 3D Studio, Printmaking Studio and Design Studio
CANCELED
IN PROGRESS
COMPLETED 10/30
Week 6
October 27
Continue Preparing Navigation SWF
Finish Pages for 3D Studio, Printmaking Studio and Design Studio
Begin Pages for Painting/Drawing Studio and time permitting Professors Offices and Gallery
IN PROGRESS
COMPLETED 11/01
COMPLETED 11/03
Week 7
November 3
Continue Preparing Navigational SWF
Finish Pages for Painting/Drawing Stuido and time permitting Professors Offices and Gallery
IN PROGRESS
COMPLETED 11/07
Week 8
November 10***
Finish Preparing Navigational SWF
Gather Assets for Content Upload
IN PROGRESS
STATUS
Week 9
November 17
Tie Up Lose Ends
Gather Assets for Content Upload
STATUS
STATUS
Week 10
November 23
Content Upload
QA in beta enviornment
STATUS
STATUS
Week 11
December 1
Push Live
Content Upload
QA in live environment
STATUS
STATUS
STATUS
Week 12
December 8***
Begin Promotional Campaign STATUS