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
  • Use unfriendly page due
Week 3
M 1/27
  • Creating images for the web
  • Photoshop demo part 1
  • Read pages 1-60 in WDW
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
  • Read pages 75-98
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
  • Lab Day

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
  • Discuss site navigation
  • Read pages 217-232 in WDW
Week 9
M 3/17
  • Discuss usability
  • Discuss testing practices
W 3/19
  • Lab Day

F 3/21
  • Lab Day

Week 10
M 3/24
  • Alpha tests for group project

W 3/26
  • Lab Day
 
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
  • Lab Day

F 4/4
  • Flash Demo
  • Directions for final projects
  • Read pages 325-342 in WDW
Week 12
M 4/7
  • Lab Day

W 4/9
  • Alpha tests for individual projects
  • Working version of individual project site complete
F 4/11
  • Discuss using specialized technologies
  • Read pages 99-116 in WDW
Week 13
M 4/14
  • Feedback on final project proposals
  • Written final project proposals due
W 4/16
  • Lab Day

F 4/18
  • Registering & getting listed with search engines (lab activity)
  • Read pages 151-160
Week 14
M 4/21
  • Feedback on final project screen mock-ups
  • Screen mock-ups for final project due
W 4/23
  • Lab Day

F 4/25
  • Lab Day

 


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.