Date
|
What
We'll Do in Class |
What's
Due in Class |
Week
1 |
M 1/13 |
- Make
paper-based intro screens
- Introduction
to course & each other
- Technology
experience survey
|
|
W 1/15 |
- Review
basic HTML
- Coding
assessment activity (lab activity)
|
- Written
syllabus response
|
F 1/17 |
- The
good, the bad, and the ugly: Ideas on design (lab activity)
|
|
Week
2 |
M 1/20 |
- Review
ideas from The good, the bad, and the ugly activity to develop
guidelines for design
|
- Written
analysis of web sites for The good, the bad, and the ugly
|
W 1/22 |
- DreamWeaver
demo (lab activity)
- Make
the ugliest, most user-unfriendly page
|
|
F 1/24 |
- Review
ugliest, most user-unfriendly pages in class
|
|
Week
3 |
M 1/27 |
- Creating
images for the web
- Photoshop
demo part 1
|
|
W 1/29 |
- Creating
buttons
- Slicing
& optimizing images for the web
- Photoshop
demo part 2
- Creating
rollovers in DreamWeaver & ImageReady
|
- Read
pages 161-184 & 233-258 in WDW
|
F 1/31 |
- Lab
Day- work on creating basic page for class
|
|
Week
4 |
M 2/3 |
- Look
at basic class pages
- Design
basics activity
|
- Read
online excerpts from The Non-Designer's Design Book
|
W 2/5 |
- Design
& development processes
|
- Read
pages 127-144 in WDW
|
F 2/7 |
- Group
project directions
- Looking
at other Liberal Arts & English Education web sites in CCLI
(Lab activity)
|
|
Week
5 |
M 2/10 |
- Review
findings & analysis of Liberal Arts & English Education
web sites from other institutions
- Look
at MTU Liberal Arts site
|
- Written
analysis of Liberal Arts & English Education web sites from
other institutions
|
W 2/12 |
- Meeting
& discussion with Liberal Arts program director & English
Education coordinator
- Form
project groups
|
- Written
analysis of MTU Liberal Arts web site
|
F 2/14 |
- Winter
Carnival- Class Cancelled
|
|
Week
6 |
M 2/17 |
- Work
on project proposals in CCLI (lab activity)
|
|
W 2/19 |
- Working
with Clients
- Audience
analysis
|
|
F 2/21 |
- Feedback,
suggestion, & brainstorming session for project proposals
- Assign
personal projects
|
- Written
group project proposals due
|
Week
7 |
M 2/24 |
- Discuss
Kostelnick & Roberts
- Review
audience analysis
|
|
W 2/26 |
|
|
F 2/28 |
- Group
project mock-ups presentation & feedback session
|
- Screen
mock-ups for group projects due
|
Spring
Break 3/3-3/9 |
Week
8 |
M 3/10 |
- Discuss
site organization & hierarchy
|
- Read
pages 117-126 in WDW
|
W 3/12 |
- Present
individual project proposals
|
- Written
individual project proposal due
|
F 3/14 |
|
- Read
pages 217-232 in WDW
|
Week
9 |
M
3/17 |
- Discuss
usability
- Discuss
testing practices
|
|
W 3/19 |
|
|
F 3/21 |
|
|
Week
10 |
M 3/24 |
- Alpha
tests for group project
|
|
W 3/26 |
|
|
F 3/28 |
- Presentation
& feedback on screen mock-ups for individual projects
|
- Individual
screen mock-ups for individual project due
|
Week
11 |
M 3/31 |
- Animated
gif demo
- Fireworks
& pop-up menu demo
|
- Read
pages 311-324 in WDW
|
W 4/2 |
|
|
F 4/4 |
- Flash
Demo
- Directions
for final projects
|
- Read
pages 325-342 in WDW
|
Week
12 |
M 4/7 |
|
|
W 4/9 |
- Alpha
tests for individual projects
|
- Working
version of individual project site complete
|
F 4/11 |
- Discuss
using specialized technologies
|
|
Week
13 |
M 4/14 |
- Feedback
on final project proposals
|
- Written
final project proposals due
|
W 4/16 |
|
|
F 4/18 |
- Registering
& getting listed with search engines (lab activity)
|
|
Week
14 |
M 4/21 |
- Feedback
on final project screen mock-ups
|
- Screen
mock-ups for final project due
|
W 4/23 |
|
|
F 4/25 |
|
|
Week
15 |
M 4/28 |
- Individual
project presentations
|
|
W 4/30 |
- Individual
project presentations
|
|
F 5/2 |
- Final
project presentations
|
|
Finals
Week 5/5-5/9 |
The following materials are due by Wednesday, May 7th at 5pm:
- Written
Individual, Group, & Final Project reports due
- CD
with all necessary HTML and images files for each of the 3 projects
is due (must work on both Mac & PC- test them to be
sure). Each member of a group should have a copy of the
site burned to CD along with materials for personal projects.
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