This document discusses various topics related to online platforms and content management systems for creating digital content. It defines content management systems and provides examples like WordPress that allow publishing and editing web content. It also outlines principles of web design like considering the audience and goals, providing links and legible text. Additionally, it describes different types of online platforms for visualization, cloud computing, social media, web page creation, file management and mapping.

1. Lesson 7: Imaging and Design
for the Online Environment II

2. ● Balance, movement, unity, repetition, contrast and
emphasis composed the basic principle of graphics
and design.
● Balance deals with the visual weight of objects.
● Emphasis is the area designed to attract the viewer’s
attention.
● Contrast is the combination of opposing
characteristics of an element like color, size,
thickness, to allow emphasis on key elements.

3. ● Infographic is also known as data visualization.
● For infographic to be effective, it must have the
following: thesis, well organized data, simplicity in
color, style and vivid illustrations. It must contain
reliable sources and must be creative for public
sharing.
● Common image file formats that are used for the web
are JPG, GIF, TIFF, and PNG.
● JPEG is best used for photographs.

4. ● GIF is best used for diagrams, cartoons, logos and
animated graphics.
● TIFF is considered a high-quality image format,
where all color and data information are stored.
● PNG is best with line art, text, and logo.

5. Infographics
Information graphics or infographics are used
to represent information, statistical data, or
knowledge in a graphical manner usually done in
a creative way to attract the viewer’s attention.
Infographics make complex data become more
visually appealing to an average user.

9. TYPES OF INFOGRAPHIC
1. LISTICLE INFOGRAPHIC
-a simple data in a form of a list.

12. TYPES OF INFOGRAPHIC
2. Comparative Infographics
- It uses text and images to convey information,
highlighting differences and similarities between
two or more items.

15. TYPES OF INFOGRAPHIC
3. Chart and Statistical Infographics
- Is an infographic that includes pie charts, bar
graphs and any other visual representations of
data

17. TYPES OF INFOGRAPHIC
4. Geographical and Map Infographics
- Depict information based on locations or
demographics data.

21. TYPES OF INFOGRAPHIC
5. Timeline Infographics
- Is a type of graphic that visually displays
information in a time progression context.

24. 5 PRINCIPLES IN MAKING AN EFFECTIVE
INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN:
1. Be Unique
2. Make It Simple
3. Be Creative and Bold
4. Less is More
5. The Importance of Getting it Across

25. PERFORMANCE TASK
(Individual)
TOPICS
• Education
• Environmental Issues
• Food
• Sports

27. Visual Information

28. Purpose of Visual Information

41. Basic Manipulation

49. Imgur

55. Online Platform
is a base of technologies designed to run
within an online environment and
provides interactive online services.
Online platforms nowadays offer varied
services which you can use to develop
your own ICT content. It includes
Presentation or Visualization, Clod
Computing, Social Media, Web Page
Creation, File Management, and
Mapping.

56. NATURE & PURPOSES
OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
& APPLICATIONS

57. Examples of Online Platform
a. Presentation/Visualization
b. Cloud Computing
c. Social Media
d. Web Page Creation
e. File Management
f. Mapping

58. 1. Presentation
or Visualization
This is an online
platform that allows
you to present, and
share presentations,
infographics
and videos
with other
people.

59. SlideShare
Slideshare is a multipurpose
web
working tool. It provides users
the tool to create visually
compelling presentations.
A platform that allows
users to share
their content.

60. 2. Cloud Computing
This is a platform often referred to as
“the cloud”, instead of using your
computer’s hard drive or any
physical storage of files,
you can easily store and
access your data and
programs over
the Internet.

61. Google Drive
Google Drive is a cloud storage service
created by Google. It allows users to
backup files in the cloud, share
files with collaborators, and
access them anywhere. These
files can either be photos,
documents, spreadsheets,
and presentations.

62. 3. Social Media
This is a platform that allows users to share
ideas, photos, videos, or anything they
want to create
and share to virtual
communities.

63. Facebook
Facebook is the most popular social media network
sites that allow users to create
profiles, upload photos and video, share
links, send messages and keep in
touch with friends, family
and colleagues.

64. 4. Web Page Creation
This is an online platform that lets you build a web
page that includes colors, text, images, and often
contain links to
media such as video and audio.
It doesn’t require any web
programming skill as they
provide a drag and drop
interface and free
hosting as well.

65. Wix
Wix is a web page creation tool that
lets you choose website template,
customize it the way you want
and publish it online instantly.
It provides drag n’ drop
website builder which
makes it fun and
hassle-free for
beginners.

66. 5. File Management
This allows you to convert and
manage files like images, video,
documents, audio and more to other
formats without
downloading software tool.

67. Zamzar
Zamzar is an online platform that allows registered
users to store and manage converted files. Users
can convert big files up to 1 GB. It supports
over 1200 different conversions such
As PDF to Word, PDF to Excel,
MP4 to MP3, FLV to MP4,
PNG to JPEG. It provides
100GB of online
file storage

68. 6. Mapping
This provides detailed information about
geographical regions and sites
around the world.

69. Google Maps
Google Maps provides detailed information
of regions and sites around the world via
satellite images. It also has a new
feature called “street view” that
allows users to virtually see a
place in a first person view.

70. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

71. Content Management System (CMS)
- is a computer application (sometimes online or
browser based) that allows you to publish, edit
and manipulate, organize and delete web
content. CMS is used in blogs, news websites,
and shopping

72. Blogs
• is a discussion or informational website
published on the web consisting of discrete,
often informal diary-style text entries ("posts").
Posts are typically displayed in reverse
chronological order, so that the most recent
post appears first, at the top of the web page.

73. Examples of Blogging Sites:
• WordPress (wordpress.com)
• Blogger (blogger.com or blogspot.com)
• Medium.com
• Squarespace.com

74. WordPress
• Is an open source content management
system that lets you easily create content
pages and publish them online.
• WordPress is easy to set up and use.
• WordPress is a free software. It means you are
free to download or install, use and modify it to
match your needs.

75. What is WordPress used for?
People used wordpress to create sites for the
following purposes.

76. Personal Blogs

77. PORTFOLIOS

78. BUSINESS SITES

79. ECOMMERCE STORES

80. NEWSLETTERS

81. PODCASTS

82. VIDEO WEBSITES

83. ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

84. SCHOOL WEBSITES

85. PRODUCT REVIEW WEBSITES

86. PHOTOGRAPHY WEBSITES

87. SPORTS WEBSITE

88. GOVERNMENT WEBSITE

89. COMMUNITY WEBSITES

91. BLOG
- is an online diary or journal located on a website.
- it is also a type of website that focuses mainly on
written content.
VLOG
- Stands for a video log and refers to a type of blog
where most of all of the content is in video format.

92. Companies that Use Wordpress
1. Mercedes-Benz
2. The New York Post
3. Readers Digest
4. CNN
5. Microsoft Office
6. Time Magazine
7. Vogue
8. The Walt Disney
Company

93. WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND
ELEMENTS

94. WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS
1. Consider the audience and goals.
2. It is advisable to plan the site on paper first.
3. Strive for consistency
4. Provide a rich set of links within a site.
5. Don’t hide important information.

95. WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS
6. Provide opportunities for interaction.
7. Avoid text-only pages.
8. Don’t sacrifice elegance.
9. Provide a link for every URL used in the site.
10. Give a descriptive title of the site.

96. WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS
11. Include a brief introduction.
12. Make the site’s home page as useful a
starting point as possible.
13. Make sure the text is legible.
14. Make sure the site is platform independent.
15. Consider the needs of the viewers.

97. Basic Web Page Creation

98. Creating a Website using Microsoft Word
1.Open Microsoft Word.
2. Type anything on the page like “Hello World!”
3. Click on File > Save As > Type any file name.
4. In the Save as Type, select “Web page (*.htm,
*.html)”