A good design for screen genre will keep readers' focus on the screen and guiding them to understand the entire screen documents.
(Few critiques on my past IPD group assignment)
Balance is important to keep readers eyes focus on the screen. Good balance of screen should have a Page Balance in which all relevant slides should have the same weight in terms of wordings or graphic. Below showing Slide 12 and Slide 13; in which we notice the imbalance weight (slide 12 lesser words while slide 13 lengthy words)
Besides, Consistency is as well important. Noticed in Slide 4 and 5 below; both were not consistent whereby slide 5 contains no title to actually guide readers to where were they now while reading on the screen.
Graphic Aids helps providing a quick or immediate interpretation to the readers (Schriver,1997). For instance, Slide 10 and 11 below;
Larkin & Simons 1987, "Pictures can actually tells ten thousands words". Hence, instead of writing the description on Slide 11, Slide 10 can be verbally explained . Yet, readers immediate interpretation might drive misunderstand of the process. Therefore, thorough verbal explanation via diagram will enable readers to follow.
Lastly, as noticed, most of the slides' critique is word base. This could turn readers off the screen. Kress &Leeuwen 1998, graphic is indeed important to create salience to attract reader's attention.
Referencing;
Reep D, 2006, "Technical writting: Document Design", Pearson Ed. 6, New York pp 133-172
Schriver K, 1997, "Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Texts for readers", Wiley Computer Pub, New York, Chp 6, pp361-441
Larkin JH & Simons HA, 1987, "Why a diagram is (sometimes) worth ten thousand words", Cognitive Science Vol.11, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, pp65-99
Kress G & Van Leeuwen T, 1998, "Front Pages: The critical Analysis of Newspaper Layout", Blackwell, Oxford, pp 186-219
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