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January (Wk #)

Major Projects

Exercises

Homework

Campus, Culture

Ideas, Terms, Skills

T 1/16 (1)
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."
R 1/18 (1) Begin brainstorming session for the PCHP concept. Liquid Design, Moving Files with Dreamweaver Obtain books, a USB drive (a.k.a "flash" or "thumb" drive). Create the suggested set of folders on your drive.   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.
T 1/23 (2)

Complete the Brainstorming session for the PCHP concept; Settle on concept for PCHP Project

Complete LIquid Page Design, Moving Files with Dreamweaver, Logging into Webx, Beginning Banner Techniques, Complete Brainstorming of PCHP before class today, print out trail preamble (step 5) to turn in at the beginning of class   importing site information back into Dreamweaver, basic Dreamweaver page-editing skills: inserting text, modifying text, inserting images from the "assets" folder.
R 1/25 (2) Discuss PCHP preambles and concepts Beginning Banner Techniques,
Intermediate Banner Techniques

Complete any exercises assigned at the end of last class (Liquid). Try logging onto Webx discussion to post the URLs of those assigned exercises.

Come in with a decided concept for your PCHP project

  Photoshop skills.
T 1/30 (3) Bring in revisions of PCHP

Setting up a site for PCHP; Using an existing page as a model; Jello page design

Colors

Complete the color tutorial before class today,

Work on PCHP

  color, resolution in page design

February (Wk #)

Major Projects

Exercises

Homework

Campus, Culture

Ideas, Terms, Skills

R 2/1 (3) Studio Session for the PCHP (BETA), introduce workshop process   Work on PCHP Ground Hog Day tomorrow archiving the BETA version of the PCHP.
M 2/5 (4) PHCP Beta due by noon        
T 2/6 (4)     Read Nielsen C1, "Why Web Usability?" (8), "Page Design" C2 (16) before class today Environmental Internship and Career Fair (St. Paul Student Center) engineering approach vs. artistic approach, load time, screen real estate
R 2/8 (4) Studio Session for the PCHP (BETA), introduce workshop process   Work on PCHP Final version for Monday    
M 2/12 (5) PCHP Final due by noon   Work on PCHP Final version for Monday UM Job & Internship Fair (free bus available from UMD to MSP)  
T 2/13 (5)

PCHP commentary due. Introduce Glocalization Site Project
Glocalization Brainstorming
Introduce workshop

Mark-Up Language, Tiling Backgrounds   Valentine's Day tomorrow code, Nielsen's idea of separating meaning and presentation
R 2/15 (5)          
T 2/20 (6) workshop PCHP,
questions about the Glocalization Site Project?
  Prepare for workshop today    
R 2/22 (6) workshop PCHP   Prepare for workshop today

Graduate & Professional Student Career Fair Coffman Great Hall, U of M Mpls

 
T 2/27 (7)

workshop PCHP,
questions about the Glocalization Site Project?

 

 

Prepare for workshop today

Come to class with several possible ideas for the Glocaization Project

   

March (Wk #)

Major Projects

Exercises

Homework

Campus, Culture

Ideas, Terms, Skills

R 3/1 (7) Discuss topics/angles for Glocalization and menu items

Glocal "angles" (copy and paste exercise)

Read Nielsen C3, complete Reading Guide due before class today Idealist.org Non-Profit Career Fair "topic/angle,"
Content design,
structural menu items
T 3/6 (8)  

Image into Type for headings

Sliced Banner

Templates,
Selecting with Masks.

Read Nielsen C4, "Site Design" 162, complete Reading Guide due before class today,

Bring in topic/angle for Glocalization and menu items

   
R 3/8 (8)

Studio Day for Glocalizaiton Project; Introduce ReVision, Client Projects.

image maps      
T 3/13 (9) SPRING BREAK        
R 3/15 (9) SPRING BREAK        
M 3/19 (10) Glocalization Site due by noon        
T 3/20 (10) workshop       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,
R 3/22 (10) workshop     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
T 3/27 (11) workshop       narrator defines a tour, cultural work (stories and values), image ghettos, data vs. information vs. experience, audience scenarios
R 3/29 (11) Client brainstorming Templates Come in with one or several possible ideas for clients   action-oriented sites, ethos, pathos, templates,

April (Wk #)

Major Projects

Exercises

Homework

Campus, Culture

Ideas, Terms, Skills

T 4/2 (12)   Complete Templates, Read the New York Times piece, "3 Out of 4 Visitors to the Met Never Make It to the Front Door"    
R 4/5 (12) Client Project criteria with examples. Complete Templates!     richness, action-oriented Web sites, ethos, pathos, community, mystery meat navigation
T 4/10 (13) Client Project criteria with your own examples. Child Windows Download 30-day free trials of Dreamweaver and Photoshop for use during the remainder of the semester   richness, action-oriented Web sites, ethos, pathos, community
R 4/12 (13) NO CLASS MEETING        
T 4/17 (14)   Forms      
R 4/19 (14)      

coming M 4/23 MN Education Job Fair, Minneapolis Convention Center

cascading style sheets
T 4/24 (15) Studio session (Client Project)        
W 4/25 (15) Client Project due by noon        
R 4/26 (15) workshop        

May (Wk #)

Major Projects

Exercises

Homework

Campus, Culture

Ideas, Terms, Skills

T 5/1 (16) workshop        
R 5/3 (16) workshop        
Finals Week (17)

1. Complete and post Revision (and submit the printed commentary) by the scheduled final exam time:
2. Post the Final Client Project and send an email (detailing changes since the workshop) by the scheduled final exam time:

  • 9:30 Class @ 10 a.m.Tues 5/8
  • Noon Class @ 2 p.m. Wed 5/9
       
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