Because it was crafted on iWeb with little attention to how the final product would work when transferred to other machines and unfamiliar browsers, the first draft was not compatible with the machines colleagues used to read the piece. This led to my second draft, where I attempted to re-teach myself to use HTML nine years after I had last designed a website.
As you can see to the below, recreating the original look of the piece wasn't the best idea I've ever had. Just as my students learn that casual language does not belong in their case study of writing in a particular community, I learned that the newsletter look, separated by boxes, did not work well. On the other hand, boxes could work effectively as tabs and as organizational tools for showcasing pieces of earlier drafts.
On the other hand, using boxes or "modules" is something encouraged in web design. Readers dislike feeling as though text or images are floating in a void; using boxes harnesses information and does help readers focus their attention. The current version also contains text and multimodal elements in modules, to anchor reading and give viewers a sense of cohesion.
You'll also notice that the content shifted from the first draft to the second. I broke the piece apart more, dividing sections and erasing the least necessary inforamtion (as I would for any text).
