Previous Blackboard Items

(9/2/03)

Welcome to "Web Design and Digital Culture"!

Readings. For Thursday, please read Chapter 1 (starting page 8) and Chapter 4 (starting page 162) of Jakob Nielsen's Designing Web Usability. This and all assignments will appear on the class schedule, which will be continuously updated.

Please note that the course discussion board is not available until the second week of the semester, and so you should write your assigned "muddiest point" paragraph (explained on the syllabus under "Readings") on a piece of paper to be placed in your journal as "Journal Entry #1."

Zip Disks. Also for Thursday, purchase and bring in a Zip disk (100 Mg) to keep your course materials on. If you already have a Zip disk to use, make sure it

• is 100 Mg so that it is compatible with the Zip drives in the classroom computers

• has most of its space available since you will create some large files and folders for this class.

Syllabus. Today, we will spend a few minutes discussing the syllabus, which describes the design and expectations of the course. Please see if you can find some questions to ask about the syllabus to help us all get a clear picture of the semester.

First Project. We will also introduce the schedule of assignments, and details of the first major project, the Personal Course Home Page.

Hands On. We'll open up Dreamweaver for the first time. See the handout "Beginning Dreamweaver" which I'll distribute in class.

(9/4/03)

What happened to yesterday's stuff on this blackboard? See link at the bottom of this page.

Readings for Tuesday: Nielsen Chapter 2 (pg. 16), In the Trend book, Read William Gibson's "Johnny Mnemonic" (pg. 57) and Michael Heim's "The Erotic Ontology of Cyberspace" (pg. 70).

We'll learn to access the discussion board during the second week, and so you should write your assigned "muddiest point" paragraph (explained on the syllabus under "Readings") on a piece of paper to be placed in your journal as "Journal Entry #2."

Folders on Your Zip disk. Create a set of nested folders on your Zip disk that look like the arrangement at the right:

A few tips:

• Make one new folder (right-click, choose New > Folder)
• Copy the new folder and paste it again and again (right-click, Paste), then click the name of each copied folder to allow you to change the name
• Make the "assets" folder once, copy it (right-click on it, choose "Copy"), then paste it into each of the folders that need an "assets" folder

The "dreambegin" exercise. Today, do the following to get credit for your "dreambegin" exercise.

1. Open "myfirstedit.html" in a Web browser and print it out (black and white is fine),
2. On the printout, circle the changes you made to the original page, and put your name on it.
3. Optionally, add annotations to comment on what you did, your experience doing it, etc.
4. Hand in the printout in class or by 4:15 Thursday afternoon in my mailbox (420 Humanities). I will turn it back to you to go in your journal.
5. Keep the folder "dreambegin" on your Zip disk inside of the "exercises" folder

(9/9/03)

Using Theory: Introducing the Analytical Essay 1 (Theory Meets Practice) due 11/11.

Readings for Tuesday: Nielsen Chapter 3 (pg 98) and Sherry Turkle's "Who Am We?" (Trend pg. 236). Today, I will give you Guided Reading questions for both this set of readings and today's. These will be due back at the beginning of class on Tuesday.

Rules to Set You Free. Here's the online version of the "Rules/Free" handout I will give you today.

Texture: Thinking about the Personal Course Home Page Assignment and "texture," let's look at the home page of Christian Sandvig.

I study communication technology and public policy
--especially the way that legal, social, and technical elements work together
(or don't work together)
to shape systems of communication like the Internet.
Usually, I read.
Sometimes, I write.
Often, I drink coffee.
I might be found in a cafe drinking coffee and reading,
or at home drinking coffee and writing.
Or just drinking coffee.

(9/11/03)

Readings For Tuesday 9/16, please read Brenda Laurel and Timothy Allen Jackson in Trend (beginning on pages 109 and 347). Please keep in mind what is required for "Readings" according to the syllabus. For next Tuesday, you should be able to use the Webx discussion board to post your "muddiest point."

Nielsen, Heim, Gibson, Turkle. To do all we need to do today, we'll have about 17 minutes to make sense of the reading assignments from Nielsen (C2 and C3), Heim, Gibson, Turkle.

So, for credit equaling one perfect quiz grade,

1. post your best "muddiest point" from the two reading assignments above to the discussion for 9/11, including page numbers from the readings where appropriate. In choosing your paragraph, consider the major three themes that you'll write about in Analytical Essay 1: that is:
   * the body vs. virtuality,
   * traditional vs. virtual community/identity,
   * information vs. experience
2. Between now and class time on Tuesday, 9/16, reply to two of these postings with a brief paragraph that either agrees with the point and takes it a step further, or courteously attempts to work through the point to "unmuddy" it.

Remember to get full credit, you'll need to post your initial paragraph and then reply to two other postings with a substantive response.

Logging onto the Discussion. Here are the directions for logging into the Webx discussion for the first time:

• login at the discussion board with your internet (email) id and the default
  password of "webx"
• change the password to one of your own choose once you login by clicking
  on the "Preferences" button at the bottom of the screen. Please make
  sure you do not change your name in the "Preferences" panel as this
  will change your login name.
• add your actual name in their preferences under "Second line of
  information"

Banner Exercise continued. Today, we'll continue working with the Web banners in Photoshop which we started on Tuesday. Be sure to start with the .psd document you saved on Tuesday at the end of class. Just in case you need it, however, here is the original raw digital photo of the Duluth harbor entrance.

Posting Your Banner to the Web. For today's exercise, we'll post the .jpg version of the image to the Web without putting it on a Web page.

1. See pages 39 and 650 in the Towers book to set up Dreamweaver to transfer your banner to your space on the server. There are two sets of pages in Towers because there are two steps to this process

• telling Dreamweaver where your "www" folder is on your Zip disk (this is called "setting up a local site", pg 39)
• telling Dreamweaver where your Web space (your "www" folder) is on the server. This is called "setting up a remote site" (page 650). To set up the remote site, you'll need a little information from my "FTP" directions page.

2. Since you want to have a mirror image between the files and folders in your Zip's "www" folder and your "www" folder on the server, I'll show you how to transfer the entire contents of your "5230" folder to the Web and then visually check that the contents and structures are parallel.

3. Check to see if the transfer was successful by trying to view the image in your Web browser. The URL should be "http://www.d.umn.edu/~youruserid/5230/exercises/banner.jpg"

Posting the URL to the Discussion Board. Today we'll log onto the class's Webx discussion board and post a message with the complete URL of the banner exercise when you complete it (due by Friday at 11:15). The URL should be "http://www.d.umn.edu/~youruserid/5230/exercises/banner.jpg"

Be sure to include the "http://..." so the URL will be clickable, as well as your complete name.

Printout. Remember that you'll also want to print out the banner image to put in your journal.

(9/16/03)

No Reading for Thursday. Instead, we'll be preparing to turn in the first project, the Personal Course Home Page.

Laurel and Jackson. We'll turn in the Guided Readings for Laurel and Jackson from the Trend collection and discuss them.

Banner Exercise and Posting Concluded. Twelve of you successfully posted your banner exercise to the Web and sent the URL to the discussion board. After a hectic day on Thursday--good going!

We'll pick up that process for the rest of you with a new, revised handout for "Moving Files to the Web with Dreamweaver MX." I'll ask the twelve of you who have posted your banner and banner URL to help the 12 who haven't to work through the handout and complete the following:

• Once you've moved the image up to the Web, remember to log onto the class's Webx discussion board and post a message with the complete URL of the banner exercise when you complete it (due by Wednesday at 11:15). The URL should be "http://www.d.umn.edu/~youruserid/5230/exercises/banner.jpg"
• Be sure to include the "http://..." so the URL will be clickable, as well as your complete name.
• You'll also want to print out the banner image (black and white is fine) to put in your journal.

Horizontal Design. The major event of today will be the "Horizontal Design" Exercise, which you should work to complete and post to the Web by Friday at 11:15 a.m. We will continue this exercise on Thursday if necessary. All the major Dreamweaver skills and "Screen Real Estate" principles needed for the Personal Course Home Page Project will be covered in this exercise.

For this exercise, you'll need to get the step-by-step handout and to read and save the page "Horizontal Design Technique"

(9/18/03)

New Deadline. We are going to postpone the Personal Course Home Page Project dealine to Wedesday, September 24 at noon, two days later than originally scheduled. This will give us time to cover a few more skills before then.

By next Wednesday, then. To turn in your Personal Course Home Page Project, you'll need to do the following.

1. Post your page and any associated image files to the Web. Name your file "index.html" and post the page in the folder <www/5230/percourse>. Images should be inserted in the page from the "assets" folder inside of "percourse" on your Zip disk, and then the image files should be posted to the "assets" folder inside of "percourse" in your Web space.
2. Go to the page with your Web browser to check that it's there and functioning. Be sure to check that the pictures are displaying. Once you see the page in the browser, copy the URL from the "Address" window at the top, and paste that complete URL into a message to the Webx discussion called "Personal Course Home Page URLs."
3. Print the page and leave a copy in my mailbox in Humanities 420 by Wednesday the 24th at 4:00 p.m.
4. Sign up for a conference via the Webx Discussion for either "Thursday, September 25" or "Tuesday, Sepember 30."

Introducing the Glocalization Project due 10/8.

Presentations. We will begin scheduling the Peer Techniques Presentations.

Horizontal Design. We will continue with the "Horizontal Design" Exercise from last meeting. You should work to complete and post it to the Web by Friday at 11:15 a.m. All the major Dreamweaver skills and "Screen Real Estate" principles needed for the Personal Course Home Page Project will be covered in this exercise.

For this exercise, you'll need to have the step-by-step handout I gave out last time, and to read and save the page "Horizontal Design Technique"

(9/23/03)

Project Due Wednesday. The Personal Course Home Page Project is due Wedesday, September 24 at noon. Reread the assignment page to make sure the design and contruction of your page speaks to all the requirements and goals. Also, review what the syllabus says about the required annotated printout.

By Tomorrow at Noon. To turn in your Personal Course Home Page Project, you'll need to do the following.

1. Post your page and any associated image files to the Web. Name your file "index.html" and post the page in the folder <www/5230/percourse>. Images should be inserted in the page from the "assets" folder inside of "percourse" on your Zip disk, and then the image files should be posted to the "assets" folder inside of "percourse" in your Web space.
2. Send Me the URL. Go to the page with your Web browser to check that it's there and functioning. Be sure to check that the pictures are displaying. Once you see the page in the browser, copy the URL from the "Address" window at the top, and paste that complete URL into a message to the Webx discussion called "Personal Course Home Page URLs."
3. Print the page, do your annotations on it, and leave the print out in my mailbox in Humanities 420 by Wednesday the 24th at 4:00 p.m.
4. Sign up for a conference via the Webx Discussion folder "Conferences" during the listed hours on Thursday, September 25; Monday, September 29; or Tuesday, Sepember 30.

Scheduled Conferences. We'll not meet as a class this Thursday or next Tuesday (9/30) because of scheduled conferences. See the step-by-step list above. This one, 20-minute conference, however, will count as two days' worth of attendance so please be sure to have one.

In this conference, we'll talk about your Personal Course Home Page Project, but also any of these other up-coming matters, depending on what's concerning you:

• The Peer Technique Presentation
• The Glocalization Project (due 10/8)
• The Analytical Essay I (due 11/11) and any readings from Trend
• Dreamweaver, Photoshop, your "www" folder, etc.

Our next meeting together will be Thursday, Oct 2. For then, read Morse and Rheingold in Trend (beginning on pages 87, 272 in Trend).

Presentations. Don't forget that we have begun scheduling the Peer Techniques Presentations. The first presentations will be October 2.

Horizontal Design. Be sure you've sent the URL of your Horizontal Design Exercise via a message to the the Webx discussion "Horizontal Design Exercises URLs."

"Visiting Day." As you finalize your projects today, we'll have our first "Visiting Day." For 20 minutes, I'll ask

• half of you to sit (the A-Through-L Team below) at your computer working on your Personal Course Home Page or any of the items above (e.g., posting the Personal Course Home Page, checking and troubleshooting it with a browser, posting the Hoizontal Design URL, signing up for a presentation, etc. I'll ask the...
• other half of the class (the M-Through-Z Team) to get up and circulate around, helping those seated (or asking questions and being helped!).

Then, for the next 20 minutes, we'll reverse roles: M-Through-Z Team sits working while the A-Through-L Team circulates, problem-solving and learning.

(10/2/03)

For Tuesday:

• Read Pierre Levy in Trend, pages 253-58.
• Work on collecting content and designing your Glocalization Site, which is due on Monday, 10/13 (deadline moved later slightly). We will workshop these sites in class on Tuesday, 10/14 and 10/21, meaning that you'll need to visit and comment on half of the sites between Monday at noon and Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Readings. We'll talk about Howard Rheingold and Margaret Morse in class today.

Peer Techniques. Tony Shoberg will give our first peer technique presentation on using Dreamweaver to make "hotspots" (image maps). Be sure you've signed up for a date by the end of the week. Also, as soon as you know it, reserve your topic on Webx.

Chunking, Clustering, Thinking in Screens. In this invention exercise, we're beginning to think about the structure of your Glocalization Web site: the different non-sequential pages you'll have, the words you'll use to identify these pages, and, most importantly, how you'll structure the visitor's experience of your site.

Our goal is to come up with a list of page titles that reflect different kinds of interests or investments that your audience will have in the topic you've chosen.

Use the Double-Column Journal Page called "Chunking, Clustering, Thinking in Screens" to type up the following. Save this Word document to your Zip disk and put a print out of it in your journal as "Journal Entry #3."

1. Make a list of possible content items: pictures (angles, shots, detail), stories to tell, chunks of information--break down your topic as finely as possible. Put one item per row in the Word document's left-hand column
2. In the column to the right, try to describe your audience's possible involvement in the item on the left: emotional, intellectual, practical, cultural, etc. Why they would value it? What is the emotional response they'd feel? How they might use that piece of content?
3. Once you've made a good list, group the items (ideas for images, information, chunks of prose) by cutting and pasting the items into the same cells on the right.

Making a Consistent Site of Pages. A short how-to at the end of class.

(10/7/03)

No class on Thursday, October 9.

Readings. We'll work with Pierre Levy in Trend, pages 253-58. A starting place for this discussion will be Levy's idea of "anthropological space" and the distinction between "logics" and "things" in talking about theory.

Peer Technique. Today, Robin Beck will show us how to make rollovers. Be sure you've signed up for a date. Also, as soon as you know it, reserve your topic on Webx. As you prepare for this demonstration, be sure carefully to read the complete directions for the presentation.

Glocalization due Monday, October 13. Your Glocalization Project should be posted to the Web and the URL sent to the Webx discussion "Glocal URLs" by noon on Monday, October 13. Also, don't forget to do your annotation to turn in on Tuesday the 14th.

Preparing for the First Glocalization Project Workshop on Tuesday, October 14. On Tuesday after we post the Glocalization site, we'll have the first full-class workshop. We'll discuss a third of the class's sites on Tuesday the 14th, and the next third on Thursday the 16th, and the last third on Tuesday the 21st. See the schedule below to know which sites to prepare for each day.

To prepare for the workshop, do the following:

• Between Monday at noon and class time on Tuesday, write a written response to each of the sites for Tuesday the 14th in the schedule above. The response should focus not only on issues of design, but on writing, strategy, conceptualization, etc. Respond both as a fellow designer and as a would-be visitor to the site. Sign your response, and be prepared to talk about your responses in class.
• Between Tuesday the 14th and Thursday the 16th, respond to the sites scheduled for that day above
• Between Thursday the 16th and Tuesday the 21st, write responses to the remaining Glocalization sites.

Workshopping Guidelines. Before Tuesday, take a look at these guidelines for responding to your classmates' work in workshop.

Three Topics in linking the pages of Web sites:

• absolute vs. relative links
• relative links to pages in your site folder
• relative links to your own pages outside of the site folder

Introducing the New Media Writing Project, which includes, first, an essay, and then a Web site created from that essay. We will have individual conferences after Sthe essay is turned in to discuss the translation of the content into a Web site.

• The essay portion is due Thursday, Oct. 23.
• The Web site will be due Monday, Nov 24.

10/14/03

We will have class on Thursday, October 16.

Introducing the New Media Writing Project. Completing this assignment includes, first, an essay, and then a Web site created from that essay. We will have individual conferences after the essay is turned in to discuss the translation of the content into a Web site.

• The essay portion is due Thursday, Oct. 23.
• The Web site will be due Monday, Nov 24.

Glocalization annotations. Today you'll turn in a printout of your Glocalizaiton project with your annotations written on them. In the upper right-hand corner of the front page, please write the number that appears before your name in the schedule below.

The First Glocalization Project Workshop. Today, we'll have the first full-class workshop. We'll discuss a third of the class's sites, the next third on Thursday the 16th, and the last third on Tuesday the 21st. See the schedule below for which sites to prepare each day. The names below are linked to the main page of each projects.

At the conclusion of class today, I'll collect your responses to each of the sites we have discussed. Since your comments will eventually be given to each site's creator, be sure you have a separate page of comments for each.

Workshopping Guidelines. Here again are some guidelines for responding to your classmates' work in workshop.

(10/16/03)

Do you have questions about the New Media Writing Project?

• The essay portion is due Monday, October 27 by noon in my mailbox (Hum 420)
• The Web site will be due Monday, Nov 24.

Let's go over the process of preparing for your Peer Technique Presentation.

Workshop. Today, we'll continue the full-class workshop. The names below are linked to the main page of each projects.

At the conclusion of class today, I'll collect your responses to each of the sites we have discussed. Since your comments will eventually be given to each site's creator, be sure you have a separate page of comments for each.

(10/21/03)

Do you have questions about the New Media Writing Project?

• The essay portion is due Monday, October 27 by noon in my mailbox (Hum 420)
• The Web site will be due Monday, Nov 24.

Peer Technique Presentations start again this Thursday. Review the process of preparing for it at least two days before you're scheduled to go.

Workshop. Today, we'll continue the full-class workshop. The names below are linked to the main page of each projects.

At the conclusion of class today, I'll collect your responses to each of the sites we have discussed. Since your comments will eventually be given to each site's creator, be sure you have a separate page of comments for each.

Responder of the Set. Once you've received your classmates' written responses to your Glocalization project,

1. look them over and decide which three that gave you the most helpful, most energetic, most thoughtful feedback. Don't just choose the ones who liked your project the best!

2. Rank the three and vote for the first, second and third best responder below.

3. Choose your own name from the last drop-down menu so I can give you credit for voting.

(10/23/03)

Conference Sign Up. We'll be cancelling class meetings and having individual conferences on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week.

Sign up for one of those days and available times via the "Conferences" folder in Webx. Follow the directions at the top of each day's page.

It's My Hometown. Please take and read for conference the article I'll give you today in class.

Responder of the Set. Before Monday the 27th, look over your classmates' written responses to your Glocalization project and do the following:

1. look them over and decide which three that gave you the most helpful, most energetic, most thoughtful feedback. Don't just choose the ones who liked your project the best!

2. Rank the three and vote for the first, second and third best responder below.

3. Choose your own name from the last drop-down menu so I can give you credit for voting.

Do you have questions about the New Media Writing Project?

• The essay portion is due Monday, October 27 by noon in my mailbox (Hum 420)
• The Web site will be due Monday, Nov 24.

Peer Technique Presentations. Today, we'll have three peer technique presentations: from Chris, Tom and Erika.

For Chris's presentation, you'll need this image (for future reference, here are also his directions)

Workshop. Today, complete workshopping the last two Glocalization sites that were scheduled for Tuesday.

Jello Page Design Exercise. Do complete this exercise, you'll need to download the Jello Pieces Page according to the handout's directions. We'll work on this exercise during the end of the period today. Try to complete it before our next in-class meeting (Tues, 11/4) and send the URL of the finished page to the Webx discussion "Jello Exercises."

It would be great to use your own images and text if you wish. I provided the content above only for time and convenience's sake.

Let me know if you have any questions.

(11/4/03)

The Analytical Essay 1 will be due Tuesday, November 11—one week from today.

Jello Page Design Exercise. We'll spend a few minutes answer questions about the "Jello Page Exercise" presented last class meeting. If you were absent on Thursday 10/25, you'll need a copy of the handout and the Jello Pieces Page.

Send the URL of the finished page to the Webx discussion "Jello Exercises."

It would be great to use your own images and text if you wish. I provided the content above only for time and convenience's sake.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Peer Technique Presentations. Today we'll have three demonstrations

Jason, Joe, Jennie will go on Thursday.

Hypertext Chunking Exercise ("Thinking in Screens"). We'll work with the article "It's My Home Town," about the Windover Archeological Site in Titusville, FL, which originally appeared in the Florida State University Flambeau. For this exercise, you'll need the electronic version of the article. See the online handout "Windover Exercise" for complete instructions.

(11/6/03)

The Analytical Essay 1 will be due next Tuesday, November 11.

Peer Technique Presentations. Today we'll have three demonstrations

David, Andy, Jesse, and Sara will go on Thursday.

Hypertext Chunking Exercise ("Thinking in Screens"). We'll finish up with the "Windover Exercise" for complete instructions. I'll give you some more time in your groups to finish up your page, then we'll look at them together via the Webx discussion "Home Town Screens."

(11/11/03)

The Analytical Essay 1 is due today.

Responder of the Set (Glocalization)

Conferences. We'll be canceling class and holding conferences this Thursday and next Monday and Tuesday. Please sign up for an available conference time on one of these three days via Webx. We will meet again as a class on Thursday, November 20.

Peer Technique Presentations. Today we'll have three demonstrations

Jake, Jerry and Steve will go on Thursday, 11/20.

Introducing the Client Project, including the idea of the client/clientele relationship as community

Hypertext Chunking Exercise ("Thinking in Screens"). We'll finish up with the "Windover Exercise." You'll need to look at the Webx discussion "Home Town Screens."

(11/20/03)

Peer Technique Presentations. Today we'll have three demonstrations

Tessa, Tony D, and Andy will go on Thursday, 12/4.

Workshops Week After Next. See the directions for the Visiting Day Workshops coming up the week after Thanksgiving. Next Tuesday, we will have optional conferences in my office, rather than a regular class meeting.

New Media Writing Projects Due Monday by noon. Please post the URL of your project to one of the following Webx discussion, depending on your last name. Be sure your complete name appears in the message, either automatically in the header or in the body of the message.

• New Media Writing URLs (last names A-L)
• New Media Writing URLs (last names M-Z)

Also by that day and time, please put in my mailbox (420 Humanities) an annotated printout of the project.

Forms, Experience and Community. Today we'll learn about creating forms in Dreamweaver. Post the URL of your form to the Webx discussion, Forms URLs.

(12/2/03)

Visiting Day Workshops. See the directions for the Visiting Day Workshops this week.

Two Remaining Projects:

1. A "BETA" version (rough draft) of your Client Project will be due next Monday, 12/8 by noon. Again, you will post a URL for the project and your short self analysis of the project (for explanation and context) to a Webx discussion based on your last name:

• Client Project URLs (last names A-L)
• Client Project URLs (last names M-Z)

We will workshop those projects next week (12/9 and 12/11).

The final version of the Client Project will be posted to the same URL by our scheduled final exam time, Thursday, 12/18 at noon. You will also turn in to me an annotated printout by the same time.

2. The Analytical Essay 2 will also be due by our scheduled final exam time, Thursday, 12/18 at noon.

Some of you will be revising your first essay for this assignment, but, if so, keep in mind that your grade on the assignment will be based on the degree of improvement over the original. If you take this option, be sure to include both your first essay with my comments on it, and annotations on your revision explaining your improvements and enhancements.

(12/4/03)

Peer Techniques Presentations

Visiting Day Workshops. See the directions for the Visiting Day Workshops today.

Two Remaining Projects:

1. A "BETA" version (rough draft) of your Client Project will be due next Monday, 12/8 by noon. Again, you will post a URL for the project and your short self analysis of the project (for explanation and context) to a Webx discussion based on your last name:

• Client Project URLs (last names A-L)
• Client Project URLs (last names M-Z)

We will workshop those projects next week (12/9 and 12/11).

The final version of the Client Project will be posted to the same URL by our scheduled final exam time, Thursday, 12/18 at noon. You will also turn in to me an annotated printout by the same time.

2. The Analytical Essay 2 will also be due by our scheduled final exam time, Thursday, 12/18 at noon.

Some of you will be revising your first essay for this assignment, but, if so, keep in mind that your grade on the assignment will be based on the degree of improvement over the original. If you take this option, be sure to include both your first essay with my comments on it, and annotations on your revision explaining your improvements and enhancements.

(12/9/03)

Permissions. Remember how helpful it was to see examples of previous students' projects?

Today, I'll handout permission forms that will enable me to share your work with future students. Please return the form either granting, denying or limiting use of your work for academic, non-commercial purposes.

Visiting Day Workshops. We'll do a variation of the Visiting Day Workshops today.

First, think about your own project as it stands right now. Come up with three questions/problems/choices/issues raised by your intentions and hopes for your Client Project.

I'll also give you 15 minutes to look over the Client projects of classmates on the other team before you go visiting. Here are the Webx discussions where the URLs are posted:

• Client Project URLs (last names A-L)
• Client Project URLs (last names M-Z)

Here's the list of teams again:

Remaining Projects:

1. The Final Version of the Client Project is due to be posted to the same URL as the BETA by our scheduled final exam time, Thursday, 12/18 at noon. You will also turn in to me an annotated printout by the same time.

2. The Analytical Essay 2 will also be due by our scheduled final exam time, Thursday, 12/18 at noon.

Some of you will be revising your first essay for this assignment, but, if so, keep in mind that your grade on the assignment will be based on the degree of improvement over the original. If you take this option, be sure to include both your first essay with my comments on it, and annotations on your revision explaining your improvements and enhancements.

(12/11/03, Last Day of Classes)

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