Denisse Lebron | MCBS Journey

This self-evaluation activity is to allow us to reflect on the work we completed and our performance throughout the month. It gives us an opportunity to praise ourselves for our hard work as well as find areas of improvement with our own attitude and behaviors. This self-reflection will allows to strive to do better and prepare us for the professional world.

The purpose of this activity is to go back and refine our website projects even further by looking at the project with a fresh eye and applying feedback received from peers and our teacher. By further refining, we improve the website. BEFORE AFTER REEL DEAL TACOS: https://info633584.wixsite.com/reeldealtacos CHANGES MADE Home Page On the homepage,  I removed the text to the right and left of the logo since it was not even. I also added an organic badge on the big image of the homepage so it doesn't feel like there is empty space on the image. I removed the "Why Fish Tacos are the REEL Deal..." section and then moved up all other sections. Under the "Find Us" section, I made the text bigger so it stands out more on the page. Navigation I moved the logo to the left and moved up the navigation next to the logo in order to reduce the size of the header. By reducing the size of the header, I was able to freeze the header so that when jumpi...

The purpose of this activity is to review projects completed by our peers. It's helpful in receiving an outside perspective on the work we do and by reviewing other work, we see areas for improvement in our work.  Ricky Nosworthy Portfolio https://ricknosworthy.wixsite.com/mysite

The purpose of this activity is to begin building a portfolio for our work and prepare for obtaining employment in the Media Communications industry. Portfolio Website Are you proud of what you created here? Why? I am proud of what I have created. It's simple yet gives the right message and it's consistent with my brand. Do you understand how you'll leverage this site moving forward? Explain. Yes, as I complete my degree in Media Communications, it will be important to set myself apart and showcase my experience in order to obtain employment in the media communications industry. What area of your portfolio site do you feel is the strongest? Why? I am proud of the about page and the capabilities page. It strongly presents more about my background and the capabilities page showcases work I am capable of doing for an employer or a client. What area do you feel needs the most work? Why? The portfolio page is probably the page that needs the most work. It's im...

Like any website design, it's important to map out a plan before the design stage. The purpose of this activity is to begin gathering all of the information we need for our future portfolio website and create a plan we can implement later on when it's time to design.  My portfolio strategy is in the form of a Google Slides presentation. Click below to view the presentation: Portfolio Strategy Presentation Are you proud of what you created here? Why? I am proud of the way I have organized my portfolio strategy. I think it's well organized and easy to share. We actually use a similar method in my current employment when preparing for a design project.  Do you understand how you'll leverage this plan moving forward? Explain. Yes. The sitemap and wireframe are a plan I can easily execute when creating my portfolio site and having my content inventory also makes it extremely easy to flow through the site design process. What area of your portfo...

This activity ties into our professional portfolio and building a brand for ourselves. When creating and building a brand, it is important to stay consistent across the web and all other channels the business will use to communicate. This activity helps us build a style guide that we can follow and when creating for a business, employees and representatives can follow as well. View Style Guide Online

The purpose of this activity is to begin getting familiar with the website design process which goes along with editing for the web. It allows us to edit and organize content as well as produce web content in a manner that will be easy to understand and engage visitors. Reel Deal Tacos Website: https://info633584.wixsite.com/reeldealtacos Self-Assessment As I built the website I kept my original proposal open, so I feel I met most of the provisions outlined in my proposal I added the social media networds, on-page SEO (page titles and descriptions), and the sitemap is pretty similar to the original proposal. I originally recommended building the site on WordPress, but ultimately I built the site using Wix. This may be the only item I did not deliver as promised. I went from recommending WordPress, to starting out on Squarespace and finally ended up on Wix. SquareSpace was not as user friendly as I thought when I started building the site. I typically stick to WordPress or Weebl...

The purpose of this activity is to begin getting familiar with what a CMS is and the different website builders that are available in order to build a website for a client. I decided to use SquareSpace for the Reel Deal Tacos website. https://reel-deal.squarespace.com/ I chose Square Space because I have heard much about it and used it maybe once in the past, but it's been a long time since I used their platform. Their themes have a nice, clean, simple and modern style that fits well with a food truck business.  As I mentioned, I may have used it in the past but it's been so long I can't remember if I liked the platform. I typically tend to lean more towards Weebly and WordPress, so I probably didn't find it as easy and user-friendly as these two since I never used it again after that first time.  I decided to use it because I am always interested in learning new things and gaining experience with different CMS platforms. Working as a freelancer you can...

The purpose of this activity is to apply the best practices learned when writing for the web as taught in Writing for the Web by Chris Nodder. By creating these two pieces of content, we are able to practices the tips and skills learned for creating web content. These Fish Tacos Are the Reel Deal. If you love the feel of the ocean breeze, California sunshine, and happy summer memories, you can now experience it with your taste buds with Reel Deal Tacos.  Reel Deal Tacos is making a splash in the San Diego area serving locally produced fish tacos with ocean-fresh fish and certified organic ingredients direct from the farm. A husband and wife team, Brenda and Bob Thomas, combined each of their unique experiences of managing a small organic farm and fishing in the sea to create a food truck specializing in fresh fish tacos with only the best ingredients to the San Diego community. Reel Deal Tacos makes tacos each day with the catch of the day from markets on th...

The purpose of this presentation is to submit a proposal for the owners of Reel Deal Tacos that includes all scope of work and the objectives of the web design project. View the presentation on Prezi: Reel Deal Tacos Proposal

The purpose of this activity is to research competitors to Reel Deal Tacos to observe what works and what doesn't, to know what can be applied and what doesn't need to be applied. The three competitors discussed in the following videos are: New Orleans Gourmet Food Truck http://www.mothertruckerexpress.com/ Mariscos Nine Seas Seafood http://mariscosnineseasseafood.com/ Caribean Escape: https://www.caribbeanescape1.com