schedule - comp 5230

September	Projects	Exercises	Homework	Culture	Ideas, Skills
W 9/3	Introduce Personal Course Home Page (PCHP)			First Day of Classes	Introduce class, "BETA" versions, "round" character (vs flat or diffuse), Web site "concept," "design scheme," a "preamble."
F 9/5	.	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 ...		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"		importing site information back into Dreamweaver, basic Dreamweaver page-editing skills: inserting text, modifying text, inserting images from the "assets" folder.
W 9/10		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		Dreamweaver skills
F 9/12		Beginning Banner Techniques, Intermediate Banner TechniquesColors	Work on PCHP Williams/Tollett Ch. 5		Photoshop skills. Contrast Repetition, Alignment, Proximity
M 9/15			Work on PCHP
W 9/17	Studio Session for the PCHP (BETA), introduce workshop process		Work on PCHP
R 9/18	PHCP Beta due by noon			Symposium on Campus Architecture, Weber Music Hall, 2:00 - 6:30
F 9/19		Jello Page design, preambles	Williams/Tollett Ch. 6		archiving the BETA version of the PCHP.contrast, alignment, repetition, proximity, Screen real estate
M 9/22	Bring in revisions of PCHP
W 9/24	Studio Session for the PCHP (final), introduce workshop process		Work on PCHP Final version
R 9/25	PCHP Final due by noon
F 9/26	Introduce Glocalization Site Project Glocalization Brainstorming Introduce workshop		Read the Glocalization Assignment and, as a mental exercise, come in as if you had a quesiton or concern!
M 9/30	Glocalization Site Project	Mark-Up Language, Tiling Backgrounds
October	Projects	Exercises	Homework	Culture	Ideas, Skills
W 10/1	Glocalization Site Project Discuss topics/angles for Glocalization and menu items	Complete Tiling Backgrounds Glocal "angles" (copy and paste exercise)	Williams/Tollett Ch. 7		"topic/angle,"
F 10/3		Headings			Content design, structural menu items,
M 10/6	Bring Glocalization site plan (flow chart)	Headings con't,
W 10/8	return of PCHP	Tracing Images in DW, Headings con't,
F 10/10
M 10/13		Templates,			SeaMonkey
W 10/15		Matching Non-Standard Colors on the Web. Complete Templates.	Read Williams/Tollett Ch. 9
F 10/17		image maps, Selecting with Masks	Read Williams/Tollett Ch. 10
M 10/20	Studio Day for Glocalizaiton Project; Introduce ReVision, Client Projects.
T 10/21	Glocalization Site due by noon
W 10/22	Introduce Essay		Jakob Nielsen, David Walker, David Siegel, Gerry McGovern.
F 10/24			Part 2 Intro 53-Gibson 57-, Haraway 28-,
M 10/27			Heim 70-
W 10/29			Turkle 236-
F 10/31			Levy 253-, Castells 154,	Halloween
November	Projects	Exercises	Homework	Culture	Ideas, Skills
M 11/3			Part 5 Intro 251, Jackson 347-, Laurel 109-,
W 11/5			Lessig's Free Culture: Intro, Intro to "Piracyl" Chapt. 1
F 11/7	Sample from an Unintended Consequences essay (moves)		Trend reading of your own choice, keyword exercise.
M 11/10			Sample from an Unintended Consequences essay (moves)
W 11/12	Introduce Client Project, ReVision Project
F 11/14
M 11/17	Essay Due in class, Introduce the Client Project and the ReVision Project Client Brainstorming	Forms			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		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					narrator defines a tour, cultural work (stories and values), image ghettos, data vs. information vs. experience, audience scenarios
M 11/24	Optional Conferences		Find your own examples of Client Project criteria		action-oriented sites, ethos, pathos, templates,
W 11/26
F 11/28				Thanksgiving Break
December	Projects	Exercises	Homework	Culture	Ideas, Skills
M 12/1	Client Project criteria with examples.	Child Windows
W 12/3	Studio session (Client Project)
R 12/4	Client Project due by noon
F 12/5	workshop		Prepare for workshop today
M 12/8	workshop		Prepare for workshop today
W 12/10	workshop		Prepare for workshop today
F 12/12	workshop		Prepare for workshop today
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.