| Week | Overview | To Do
For Next week |
Week 1
March 31 | First day of class
- Welcome and introductions
- Wiki overview: Class policy/assignments/submissions
- Getting registered - (google groups and the wiki)
- Setup Blogs
- Setup Peer pages
- Setup Delicious accounts
- Review project 1 requirements
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Readings UPD - first 10 sections under usability BWF: the basics, building a blog...
Wiki: Student bios, delicious, and blog links Approve class contract - Complete tech questionnaire
- FAQ submission
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Week 2
April 7 | What is Web and Online Design
- Project 1: Assignments
- Examine and discuss web design
- Discuss web presence and social networking sites
- Discuss web evaluations
- Discuss the order of things - Planning, design, building, testing, and promoting your web
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Blog: Personal web footprint
FAQs
Readings
UPD - 11-20 sections under usability LOS - Reduce, organize, time, learn BWF: Plan and prep
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Week 3
April 14 | Building Websites
- Web Technology: Review website technology: HTML, CSS, scripting, snippets/widgets/badges, and social networking
- Planning and Prep
Technology Toolkit - Understand your the tools in your arsenal
- Summarize the available tools
| - Upload completed project 1 presentation and project links to wiki
- Review and critique peer projects
Blog: Define your personal technology toolkit: present, upcoming, and future
Readings
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Week 4
April 21 | Project 1 Presentations
- Showcase completed project 1
- Critique the results from groups
Discuss Project 2 | Readings UPD - 21-30 sections under usability LOS - Differences, context, emotion |
Week 5
April 28 | Designing a Website
- Examine various techniques for website layout
- Review uploading process
- Synthesize project 2 plans
| Blog: ...
Readings UPD - 31-end - sections under usability LOS - Trust, failure, the one, all the keys BWF - working with multimedia, building multimedia website |
Week 6
May 5 | Video and Mulitmedia
- Summarize the various multimedia options
- Review most helpful MM tools and tech
- Justify decisions of new media us in website
| Blog: Project 2 status update
Readings
LOS - ... |
Week 7
May 12 | Privacy on the Web
- Describe how web presence and image impacts daily lives
- Evaluate your safety on the web
- Understand how social media is used promoting self and business
| Blog ...- Upload status project 2 links to wiki
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Week 8
5/19 | Future Web
- Discuss web tech and the future
Introduction to Project 3
| No blog due
FAQ: Review media formats
Reading
Predicting the next 5000 days |
Week 9
May 26 | Project 2 presentations
- Showcase of presentations (5min timelimit)
- Self Critique memos due before class
| Blog: the Future Web
Vlog: Discuss topics |
Week 10
June 2 | No lecture | - No Blog due
- Upload completed project 3 presentation and project links to wiki
- Review and critique peer projects
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Week 11
June 9 | Final project Due and Presentations
- Showcase completed project 3
- Reflections
| In-Class : review and critique course
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