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| Document Design- English 478 |
| This schedule is subject to change based on student needs. Please check it regularly. | ||
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In-Class Activity |
Due at Beginning of Class |
Week 1 Defining Document Design and the Scope of the Course |
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| T 8/23 | Visual Literacy activity
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| TH 8/25 | Assign Design Analysis Collection and Reflection Book Discuss Shriver Magazine/Newspaper analysis |
Shriver- "What is Document Design?" (packet) 1-11 Syllabus Response due |
Week 2 Design Basics— A Starting Point |
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| T 8/30 | Discuss CRAP principles In-class work on ad redesign Activity |
Read Williams’ Non-Designer’s Design Book 1-71 (Buy copy or see PDF on WebCT) |
| TH 9/1 |
Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Discuss Typography Photoshop demo In-class activity- Mini ad redesign using Photoshop |
Read Williams’ Non-Designer’s Design Book 72-94 (Buy copy or see PDF on WebCT) |
Week 3 Putting Design Basics into Practice |
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| T 9/6 | Discuss reading and analyze sample documents | Read Before and After Page Design Book vii-xii
AND 76-130 |
| TH 9/8 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Workday for Simple Flyer Redesign project Last day to withdraw without a "W"- 9/9 |
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Week 4 Pushing Print-based Documents further through Practice |
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| T 9/13 |
Meet in Milton Design Center Discuss Simple Flyer Redesign Projects in class Assign Complex Document Redesign Project- using InDesign Discuss reading and sample complex documents- briefly InDesign Demo |
Simple Flyer Redesign project due Read Before and After Page Design Book 2-74 |
| TH 9/15 |
Meet in Milton Design Center |
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Week 5 Design as Rhetoric |
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| T 9/20 | Review and discuss Design Analysis Collection and Reflection Book Discuss reading |
Review Design Analysis Collection and Reflection Book Read Kinross "Rhetoric of Neutrality"- (packet)
131-143 |
| TH 9/22 | Use terms from Kostelnick & Roberts to analyze & discuss rhetorical effectiveness of sample documents |
Read Kostelnick & Roberts "Rhetorical Background" (packet) 3- 46 Bring a sample flyer, newsletter, or brochure to class |
Week 6 How the Web and Digital Media Are Changing Design |
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| T 9/27 | Review and offer feedback on Complex Document Redesign Projects Assign Book Review or Discussion of Design in the Style of Projects Hand out books for review |
Draft Complex Document Redesign Project Due
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| TH 9/29 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Discuss Readings Review design, layout, and info architecture of sample web sites Short intro to Dreamweaver |
Read Williams, Tollett & Rohr "It’s a Horizontal World", "Design Is Not the First Step", and "Organizing Your Content" 61-98 & 117-126 (packet) |
Week 7 Getting Comfortable with Digital Design Technologies |
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| T 10/4 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Workday for Small Web Project |
Revised Complex Document Redesign Project due |
| TH 10/6 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Workday for Small Web Project |
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Week 8 Working with Words AND Images |
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| T 10/11 | Last day to withdraw with a "W" 10/12 |
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| TH 10/13 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Discuss readings Review Small Web Projects & Discuss |
Draft of Small Web Project Due |
Week 9 Working with Displays of Data |
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| T 10/18 | Review Design Analysis Collection and Reflection BookDiscuss Reading
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Design Analysis Collection and Reflection Book due - bring to class Read Meggs "The Union of Word & Picture" (packet) 41-68 Read Shriver "Interplay of Words & Pictures" (packet) 361-441 |
| TH 10/20 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Look at Making Media CD as sample tutorial Look at Kids’ SNAP project as a kind of tutorial. Discuss reading in Making Media Discuss Tutorial Project Ideas |
Skim/Read Making Media book 1-70 |
Week 10 Working with Displays of Data |
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| T 10/25 | Presentations- Book Review or Design in the Style of Projects Discuss Readings |
Revised Small Web Project Due
Read Tufte "Escaping Flatland" & "Micro/Macro Readings" (packet) 12-51 Read Lupton & Miller "McPaper" (packet) 142-155 |
| TH 10/27 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Peer feedback on Tutorial Proposal Workday for Tutorial Project |
Short written Proposal for Tutorial Project due |
Week 11 Book Review & Design-in-the-Style-of Project Presentations |
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| T 11/1 |
Presentations- Book Review or Design in the Style of Projects |
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| TH 11/3 |
Presentations- Book Review or Design in the Style of Projects |
Book Review or Discussion of Design in the Style of Projects due |
Week 12 Working on Tutorial Projects |
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| T 11/8 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Workday for Tutorial Project |
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| TH 11/10 |
Meet in Milton Design Center Review and critique Tutorial Projects- team feedback |
Draft Tutorial Projects Due |
Week 13 A Brief History of Graphic Design |
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| T 11/15 | Discuss Reading Presentations- Book Review or Design in the Style of Projects |
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| TH 11/17 | Meet in Computer Lab ENG 121 Workday for final version of Tutorial Project |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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| M 11/21-F11/25 | Class Cancelled for Thanksgiving Holiday |
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Week 14 Contemporary Issues in Design/ Design as Language |
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| T 11/29 | Meet in Milton Design Center Presentations of Final Tutorial Projects |
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| TH 12/1 | Meet in Milton Design Center Presentations of Final Tutorial Projects |
Final Version of Tutorial Project and Design Justification Report due |
Week 15- Final Exam Week 12/5-12/9 |
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| W 12/7 | Design Analysis Collection and Reflection Book Due no later than 5pm on W 12/7 Final class discussion |
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