The designs you use for your web pages should be unique and should reflect who you are. However, there are guidelines that can help you come up with effective designs and practices for your web pages. The links from this page present a few suggestions for effective web page design.

• The Bad
  Avoid common mistakes of beginning web designers and web-design practices that are just plain bad.

• The Good
  Make web pages that are well-designed, clear, easy to navigate, and just plain good.

• You Decide
  The following links are to a few of the many courses listed at the World Lecture Hall.  The Lecture Hall lists both classes that are completely online and those that use material on the web to support on-campus classes. Look through some of the web pages linked below and see what you think of them, especially in terms of design, readability, navigation, and overall functionality. (You might even get a few ideas for your own web pages).

  • MB 232: Anatomy and Physiology II (Springfield Technical-Community College, Springfield, Massachusetts)
  • BIO 101: General Biology (Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona)
  • Online Introductory Chemistry (Bellevue Community College)
  • ECON 201: Principles of Microeconomics (Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan)
  • ENG 111: Basic Composition (Shawnee Community College)
  • GEG 101: World Regional Geography (William Rainey Harper College, Palantine, Illinois)
  • MAT 107: History of Mathematics (Seattle Central Community College)
  • HUMN 133: Italian Americans in the Movies (Des Moines Area Community College)
  • Psyc 257-IT: Abnormal Psychology (Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio)
  • Critical Thinking (Santa Rosa Junior College)
  • Introduction to Sociology (West Virginia Northern Community College)
  • Ancient and Medieval Art (San Antonio College)