“A Reflection on Creating a Website”
When we were first assigned the Multi-Modal project in writing 101, I was a bit nervous. I had zero experience creating or designing a website, and was worried this assignment would involve hours of working to create a not-so-spectacular website. However, after being taught in class and viewing some videos on Youtube, I felt much more confident in my ability to create the website. Working on this project taught me that one of the most important steps in finishing a difficult assignment is to jump in and get to work. Although I was initially afraid of how much work this would involve, I soon came to realize that this would be one of the more entertaining assignments I would do in my writing class.
Working with Jimdo.com was an amazing experience because Jimdo is extremely user-friendly and easy to pick up. I really enjoyed all of the tools and editing styles one can achieve using Jimdo. It makes designing a website extremely easy and enjoyable. I enjoyed the website so much because of how worried I was that this would be a difficult assignment. I was worried it would be extremely complex to create a website that had a great visual appeal as well as getting my message across. With Jimdo, however, it turned out to be an extremely fun and easy task.
Building a website is an extremely rewarding experience. People spend most of their lives searching the internet without a clue about what goes into creating and designing the webpages they view. After this assignment, I feel that I have a much better perspective on how much work people put into designing a website, as well as how many intentional choices are made by the designers in order to make the website more efficient. I enjoyed this project because it helped solidify in my mind that one of the hardest parts of doing an assignment is just getting started. And, I would wager that most of the time, once I do start, the assignment becomes much more enjoyable and informative.