| January | Topics | Homework | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 1 T 1/19 |
Introduction to the Course, Syllabus | ||
| R 1/21 | Introduction to Photoshop Discuss Levy Chapter 1 |
Levy, Introduction and Chapter 1 Obtain all required books and materials Bring Caplin to class |
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| WEEK 2 T 1/26 |
Photoshop: Exercise: Credit Card Sized Document Levy's Chapter 2
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Using Photoshop, work through the tools demonstrated in Caplin Read Levy's Chapter 2 |
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| R 1/28 | Photoshop Exercise: 4 Ways of Selecting. Levy's Chapter 3
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Bring Caplin to class Read Levy's Chapter 3 Complete the Pen Tool Tutorial - Creating Selections with Photoshop's Pen Tool, |
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| February | Topics | Homework | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 3 T 2/2 |
Photoshop: Sharing your work via the Web Discuss First Project: Small-Format Document |
Write 500 words on a single, particular document that is signficant to you (as Levy does about a copy of Leaves of Grass in Chapter 3) |
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| R 2/4 | Discuss Caplin's Chapters 1 and 2 |
Read Caplin's Chapter 1 | |
| WEEK 4 T 2/9 |
Photoshop Levy
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Read Caplin's Chapter 2
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| R 2/11 | Photoshop Levy |
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| WEEK 5 T 2/16 |
Exercise: Text in Photoshop (working large, not resampling, the character palette, CARP)
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Complete another exercise in Caplin using (and additing to) "The Caplin Wiki" Prospectus for the Small Format Document |
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| R 2/18 | Photoshop Levy C4 (-3) |
Read Levy C4 Complete another exercise in Caplin using (and additing to) "The Caplin Wiki" |
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| WEEK 6 T 2/23 |
Levy C7 Akademia experiment |
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| R 2/25 | Studio Day: Small-Format Document |
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| March | Topics | Homework | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 7 M 3/1 |
Small-Format Document due |
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| T 3/2 | Exam preparation | Commentary and printout for your Small_Format Document Bring your Caplin and Levy books |
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| R 3/4 | Midterm Exam |
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| WEEK 8 T 3/9 |
Tufte, Powerpoint Introduce the Poster Project |
Read Tufte's The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint | |
| R 3/11 | The Poster Project Levy's "Reading and Attention"
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Levy Chapter 6 | |
| WEEK 9 T 3/16 |
SPRING BREAK | ||
| R 3/18 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| WEEK 10 T 3/23 |
Levy's Chapter 8: A Bit of Digital History and Chapter 6 (from last time) |
Levy's Chapter 8: A Bit of Digital History | |
| R 3/25 | Levy's Chapter 8 and 9 |
Levy's Chapter 9: An Immense Effort | |
| WEEK 11 T 3/30 |
Levy's Chapter 8 and 9 academic posters |
5 essential poster issues from 3 academic poster sites | |
| R 3/31 | Confections vs. Posters | Print out and read Edward Tufte's "Visual Confections" | |
| April | Topics | Homework | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 12 T 4/6 |
Poster assignment | Come in with a hand-drawn sketch of your poster project design (text spaces but no text needed), based on the principles of Tufte's Visual Confections. | |
R 4/8 |
Studio Day: Poster Project | ||
| WEEK 13 M 4/12 |
Poster Project due | ||
| T 4/13 | Introduce The Essay assigment Levy's Chapters 8 and 9 |
Bring Levy book, re-aquaint yourself with Chapters 8 and 9 which we read previously Commentary on the Poster Project due |
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| R 4/15 | Levy, The Essay | Levy Chapter 10 | |
| WEEK 14 T 4/20 |
Levy, Chapter 11 | Levy Chapter 11 | |
| R 4/22 | Bring your Levy book Prospectus for the Essay |
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| WEEK 15 T 4/27 |
close reading, bounding, Levy as example. |
Bring your Levy book Revise your prospectus for the Essay (includng Levy and Historical Materialism) |
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| R 4/29 | iPhone invention: four-points-of-the-compass (discursive aims) |
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| May | Topics | Homework | Terms, Ideas |
| WEEK 16 T 5/4 |
Studio Day: Essay/iPhone App |
Bring in all materials needed for a Studio Day working on your Essay or iPhone App Projects |
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| R 5/6 | Essay Due Discuss iPhone App |
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| Finals Week | Scheduled exam time: Friday, May 14, 8 a.m. By or before this time, turn in your iPhone App Commentary to my mailbox in 420 H, or via the drop box in the door) |