CS 3121 Calendar

Fall 2009

Lecture notes will be up to date just after the lecture on the particular day.


Class Day Date Topic Reading Due

Mon Sept 7 Holiday    
1 Wed Sept 9 Introduction to course: Syllabus, Calendar, Team Project    
  Fri Sept 11 Lab    
2 Fri Sept 11 Introduction

Outline (pptx)

Chapter 1: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 1 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
3 Mon Sept 14

Introduction

Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 1 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 2: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 2 (pptx; lecture notes)

Project rating sheet (Handout)

Team Project Ideas (Handout)

Introduction to Content Management Systems (Handout)

 
4 Wed Sept 16 Fundamentals

Chapter 2: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 2 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
  Fri Sept 18 Lab: Lab 2-- Project Planning    
5 Fri Sept 18 Fundamentals

Chapter 2: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 2 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
6 Mon Sept 21

Fundamentals

Text & Typography

Hypermedia

Chapter 2: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 2 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 9 (pp. 353-363): Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 9 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 10: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 10 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
7 Wed Sept 23 Hypermedia

Chapter 10: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 10 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
  Fri Sept 25 Lab: Lab 3    
8 Fri Sept 25 Hypermedia

Chapter 10: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 10 (pptx; lecture notes)

CSS Box model (Handout)

 
9 Mon Sept 28

Hypermedia

Chapter 10: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 10 (pptx; lecture notes)

Second Absolute Positioning Example: Solution (Handout)

HTML and CSS Covered so far (Handout)

Homework 1

 
10 Wed Sept 30

Hypermedia

Vector Graphics

Chapter 10: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 10 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 3: Chapman & Chapman (pp. 60-82; 3D graphics not covered)

Chapter 3 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
  Fri Oct 2 Lab: Lab 4  

Lab 2-- Project Planning

Lab 3-- Databases

11 Fri Oct 2 Vector Graphics

Chapter 3: Chapman & Chapman (pp. 60-82; 3D graphics not covered)

Chapter 3 (pptx; lecture notes)

Google to slip SVG into Internet Explorer (link) (Handout)

 
12 Mon Oct 5

Vector Graphics

Chapter 3: Chapman & Chapman (pp. 60-82; 3D graphics not covered)

Chapter 3 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
13 Wed Oct 7

Review for Exam

 

Homework 1
  Fri Oct 9

Lab

  Lab: Lab 4
14 Fri Oct 9 Midterm Exam #1    
15 Mon Oct 12

Vector Graphics

Bitmap Graphics

SVG Example in Adobe Illustrator

Chapter 4: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 4 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
16 Wed Oct 14

Bitmap Graphics

Chapter 4: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 4 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
  Fri Oct 16 Lab: Lab 6   Project: Milestone
17 Fri Oct 16

Bitmap Graphics

Color

Chapter 4: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 4 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 5: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 5 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
18 Mon Oct 19 Color

Chapter 5: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 5 (pptx; lecture notes)

Exam 1 key (Handout)

Adobe Photoshop notes (Handout)

 
19 Wed Oct 21

Color

Video

Chapter 5: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 5 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 6: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 6 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
  Fri Oct 23 Lab: Lab 7   Lab 6
20 Fri Oct 23 Video

Chapter 6: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 6 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
21 Mon Oct 26

Video

Chapter 6: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 6 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
22 Wed Oct 28

Video

Sound

Chapter 6: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 6 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 8: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 8 (pptx; lecture notes)

Homework 2

 
  Fri Oct 30 Lab   Lab 7
23 Fri Oct 30

Sound

Chapter 8: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 8 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
24
Mon Nov 2

Sound

Active Perception

Visual Design

Chapter 8: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 8 (pptx; lecture notes)

Active Perception (ppt)

Mack, A. (2003). Inattentional Blindness: Looking Without Seeing. (Handout)

Chapters 1-7 from Williams Book (I'm not putting these notes online; please buy the book)

 
25
Wed Nov 4 Visual Design

Chapters 1-7 from Williams Book

 
  Fri Nov 6 Lab   Project: Alpha Goals
26
Fri Nov 6

Visual Design

Chapters 1-7 from Williams Book

 
27 Mon Nov 9

Visual Design

Chapter 11: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 11 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
28 Wed Nov 11

Review for Exam


Homework 2
  Fri Nov 13

Lab


 
29 Fri Nov 13 Midterm Exam #2    
30 Mon Nov 16

Visual Design

Scripting

Mayer, R. E. & Moreno, R. (1998). Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning: Implications for Design Principles.
(handout)

Chapter 14: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 14 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
31 Wed Nov 18 Scripting

Chapter 14: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 14 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
  Fri Nov 20 Lab: Lab 11   Lab 10
32 Fri Nov 20 Scripting

Chapter 14: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 14 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
33 Mon Nov 23 Scripting

Chapter 14: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 14 (pptx; lecture notes)

Time-based Events (Handout)

 
34 Wed Nov 25 Text and Typography

Williams book on text and typography (Chapters 9-11)

 
  Fri Nov 27 Thanksgiving    
35 Mon Nov 30 Text and Typography

Williams book on text and typography (Chapters 9-11)

Chapter 9: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 9 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
36 Wed Dec 2

Text and Typography

Accessibility

XML

Chapter 9: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 9 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 13: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 13 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 15: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 15 (pptx; lecture notes)

Homework 3

 
  Fri Dec 4 Lab Lab 12

Lab 11

Project: Beta Goals

37 Fri Dec 4 XML

Chapter 15: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 15 (pptx; lecture notes)

Books XML example (Handout)

Wing data XML example (Handout)

 
38 Mon Dec 7

XML

Networks

Chapter 15: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 15 (pptx; lecture notes)

Chapter 16: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 16 (pptx; lecture notes)

 
39 Wed Dec 9

Networks

Javascript

Chapter 16: Chapman & Chapman

Chapter 16 (pptx; lecture notes)

Additional Javascript problems (pptx)

 
  Fri Dec 11

Lab: Canceled

   
40 Fri Dec 11 Team Project Presentations Team 1 & Team 2 (CyberAthletes)  
41 Mon Dec 14 Team Project Presentations Team 3 (Techdawgz) & Team 4  
42 Wed Dec 16 Final Review  

Homework 3

  Sat Dec 19

Final Exam, 12:00noon-1:55pm, MWAH 175