W 9/3
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Introduce Personal Course Home Page (PCHP) |
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First Day of Classes |
Introduce class, "BETA" versions, "round" character (vs flat or diffuse), Web site "concept," "design scheme," a "preamble." |
F 9/5 |
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Assessment |
Obtain books, a USB drive (a.k.a "flash" or "thumb" drive). Create the suggested set of folders on your drive.Complete brainstorming session for the PCHP conceptRead Williams/Tollett Ch. 3, pg. 47 Option 1: Download 30-day free trials of Dreamweaver and Photoshop for use until 10/6—or wait until 10/20 ... |
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Castell's distinction between "aggregate" vs "systematic" space, liquid design, setting up a "site" in Dreamweaver, exporting site information, editing HTML pages with Dreamweaver, posting files to the Web, folder management, clustering, free-writing. |
M 9/8 |
Settle on concept for PCHP Project |
Liquid Page Design, Moving Files with Dreamweaver, Logging into Webx, |
Read Williams/ Tollett Ch. 4 Bring Dreamweaver book Decide on a "concept" for your Personal Course Home Page. Write a draft of your "preamble" |
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importing site information back into Dreamweaver, basic Dreamweaver page-editing skills: inserting text, modifying text, inserting images from the "assets" folder. |
W 9/10 |
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Liquid Page Design,
Moving Files with Dreamweaver,
Logging into Webx, Complete "Experts List" via Webx. |
Complete any exercises assigned at the end of lastclass (Liquid). Try logging onto Webx discussion to post the URLs of those assigned exercises.Come in with a decided concept for your PCHP project |
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Dreamweaver skills |
F 9/12 |
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Beginning Banner Techniques,
Intermediate Banner TechniquesColors |
Work on PCHP Williams/Tollett Ch. 5 |
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Photoshop skills.
Contrast
Repetition,
Alignment,
Proximity |
M 9/15 |
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Work on PCHP |
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W 9/17 |
Studio Session for the PCHP (BETA), introduce workshop process |
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Work on PCHP |
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R 9/18 |
PHCP Beta due by noon |
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Symposium on Campus Architecture, Weber Music Hall, 2:00 - 6:30 |
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F 9/19 |
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Jello Page design, preambles
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Williams/Tollett Ch. 6 |
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archiving the BETA version of the PCHP.contrast, alignment, repetition, proximity, Screen real estate |
M 9/22 |
Bring in revisions of PCHP |
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W 9/24 |
Studio Session for the PCHP (final), introduce workshop process
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Work on PCHP Final version |
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R 9/25 |
PCHP Final due by noon |
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F 9/26 |
Introduce Glocalization Site Project
Glocalization Brainstorming
Introduce workshop |
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Read the Glocalization Assignment and, as a mental exercise, come in as if you had a quesiton or concern! |
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M 9/30 |
Glocalization Site Project
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Mark-Up Language, Tiling Backgrounds |
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W 10/1
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Glocalization Site Project
Discuss topics/angles for Glocalization and menu items |
Complete Tiling Backgrounds
Glocal "angles" (copy and paste exercise) |
Williams/Tollett Ch. 7 |
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"topic/angle," |
F 10/3 |
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Headings |
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Content design,
structural menu items, |
M 10/6 |
Bring Glocalization site plan (flow chart) |
Headings con't, |
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W 10/8 |
return of PCHP |
Tracing Images in DW, Headings con't, |
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F 10/10 |
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M 10/13 |
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Templates,
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SeaMonkey |
W 10/15 |
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Matching Non-Standard Colors on the Web. Complete Templates. |
Read Williams/Tollett Ch. 9
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F 10/17 |
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image maps, Selecting with Masks |
Read Williams/Tollett Ch. 10
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M 10/20 |
Studio Day for Glocalizaiton Project; Introduce ReVision, Client Projects. |
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T 10/21 |
Glocalization Site due by noon |
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W 10/22 |
Introduce Essay |
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Jakob Nielsen, David Walker, David Siegel, Gerry McGovern.
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F 10/24 |
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Part 2 Intro 53-Gibson 57-, Haraway 28-, |
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M 10/27 |
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Heim 70- |
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W 10/29 |
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Turkle 236- |
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F 10/31 |
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Levy 253-, Castells 154,
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Halloween |
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M 11/3
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Part 5 Intro 251,
Jackson 347-,
Laurel 109-, |
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W 11/5 |
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Lessig's Free Culture: Intro, Intro to "Piracyl" Chapt. 1 |
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F 11/7 |
Sample from an Unintended Consequences essay (moves) |
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Trend reading of your own choice, keyword exercise. |
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M 11/10 |
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Sample from an Unintended Consequences essay (moves) |
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W 11/12 |
Introduce Client Project, ReVision Project |
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F 11/14 |
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M 11/17 |
Essay Due in class, Introduce the Client Project and the ReVision Project
Client Brainstorming |
Forms |
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richness, action-oriented Web sites, ethos, pathos, community, mystery meat navigation, non-physical (virtual) audiences, experience design, totem-pole design, care words, value and visibility, topic and angle. narrator's define the tour, alignment and grids, |
W 11/19 |
Client Brainstorming, "3 out of 4 Visitors..." handout. |
Forms completed |
Come in with Client Project description (paragraph)
Read the New York Times piece, "3 Out of 4 Visitors to the Met Never Make It to the Front Door"
Option 2: Download 30-day free trials of Dreamweaver and Photoshop for use use during the remainder of the semester |
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audience (trash/treasure), site structure as statement of purpose, hybrid literacy, negative space (trapped), visual hierarchy, originality and value (on the network), boxes and borders (clutter), site structure as an analysis |
F 11/21 |
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narrator defines a tour, cultural work (stories and values), image ghettos, data vs. information vs. experience, audience scenarios |
M 11/24 |
Optional Conferences |
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Find your own examples of Client Project criteria |
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action-oriented sites, ethos, pathos, templates, |
W 11/26 |
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F 11/28 |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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M 12/1
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Client Project criteria with examples. |
Child Windows |
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W 12/3 |
Studio session (Client Project) |
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R 12/4 |
Client Project due by noon |
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F 12/5 |
workshop |
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Prepare for workshop today |
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M 12/8 |
workshop |
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Prepare for workshop today |
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W 12/10 |
workshop |
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Prepare for workshop today |
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F 12/12 |
workshop |
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Prepare for workshop today |
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R 12/18 (Final Exam Week) |
1. Complete and post Revision (and submit the printed commentary) by the scheduled final exam time: 10 a.m.
2. Post the Final Client Project and send an email (detailing changes since the workshop) by the scheduled final exam time at 10 a.m. |
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