Session
Dates |
Topic |
Readings,
Tasks, and Deliverables |
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Session
One
Aug.
30
to
Sept. 12
-Two week
introductory session allows time to acquire class materials,
build polaris account, and get acquainted
with WebTycho.
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Introduction
-
Discussion
of Syllabus, Lesson Guide, and WebTycho (enhanced and online
classes)
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Philosophy
of the Class
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Course
Requirements and Deliverables
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Discussion
of Portfolio Assessment
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-
Overview
of Software required for this class:
Preparing
Ahead: Be working on DW: Starting Up Dreamweaver (Ch. 1);
Setting Up a DW Document (Ch. 2).
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-
- Read:
DW4/FW4 - Watrall
- Download
WS-FTP.
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Setup
Your Own Polaris Account Create your own Web Account
on Polaris (with a WWW directory and proper permissions
set). Do this ASAP, but no later than
midnight Sept. 12.
- Post
in the "Introduction Biographies" Conference:
a brief introduction to yourself, along with a recent photo.
Tell why you enrolled in this class and what you hope to get
out of it. Tell also a brief story about a particular interest
you have (work, hobby, philosophy), then give a link to
the best multimedia website you can find that deals with that
interest. (Instructions
on How to Post an Image in a WebTycho Conference).
Do
this ASAP, but no later than midnight
Sept. 12.
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Session
Two
Sept.
13
to
Sept. 19
|
General
Principles of
Website Design
& Aesthetics
-
Siskel
& Ebert Go Surfing: What's to learn from Kool Sites
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Characteristics
of Truly Bad Sites
-
Rules
of Thumb for Functional Design
-
The
48.7 K rule
-
Mystery
Meat
-
Cutting
Edge vs. Bleeding Edge
-
Web
Usability
-
Page
Design Principles and Aesthetics
-
Best
and Worst Practices in Page Design
Preparing
Ahead: Be working on DW: Adding and Manipulating Text (Ch.
3) and Working with Images (Ch. 4).
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- Read:
DW4/FW4 - Watrall
- Read:
- Peruse:
Session Two Webliography
- Surf
The Web:
- Find
good websites and bad websites on any topic (or topics)
- Find
good multimedia informational sites and multimedia tutorials.
- Check
the SessionTwo Conference thread(s) and participate
as required. (Details on Session Two Lesson Page.)
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Session
Three
Sept.
20
to
Sept. 26
|
Web
Design 101
&
Dreamweaver Part 1:
An Online Workshop
This session will introduce a few basic strategies and concepts
of Web Design by using Dreamweaver 4 and working on what you
should already know by reading the first six chapters of Watrall.
After a brief program tour, this session will cover such essentials
as:
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-
designing
a page
-
using
tables for design
-
inserting
images, anchors, and links
We
will also discuss in this session such topics as storyboarding,
site management, and the Web Development Plan.
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- Read:
DW4/FW4 - Watrall
- Check
the Session Three Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Peruse:
Session Three Webliography
- Submit
your Your
Web development plan
by midnight Sept. 26.
(Your plan
will be returned to you with comments on or before 3 October.)
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Session
Four
Sept.
27
to
Oct. 3
|
Dreamweaver
Part 2:
An Online Workshop
This session will continue developing skills in Dreamweaver,
including:
The
F2F class will spend a portion of the class in a non-directed
workshop, giving students an opportunity to work on websites.
Online sections will have a Dreamweaver Workshop Conference.
Preparing
Ahead: Be working on FW: Before You Get Started (Ch. 7)
and Setting Up a Fireworks Document (Ch. 8).
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- Read:
DW4/FW4 - Watrall
- Check
the Session Four Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Peruse:
Session Four Webliography
- Be
working:
on your Splash Page. It is due next week.
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Session
Five
Oct.
4
to
Oct. 10
|
Web
Graphics 101:
& Fireworks Part 1
Presentation:
Workshop
Part 1:
-
Introduction
to Fireworks: a program tour
-
canvas,
rulers, guides, and grid
-
crop,
resize, feather, color pick
-
working
with vectors and bitmaps
-
exporting
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- Read:
DW4/FW4 - Watrall
- Check
the Session Five Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Peruse:
Session Five Webliography
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Upload the first draft of your Splash Page, then POST
the URL in the "Portfolios" Conference. This
page should should include: a table, a title (Page Properties),
relative links, absolute links, an image, an e-mail link.
Your folder MUST
be named "csmn_639" and your splash page must be
named "opening.htm" This
must be done byby
midnight Oct. 7.
- Upload
your Web Development Plan, and and link to it from your Splash
page by
midnight Oct. 7. (We
are aware that you may not have enough time to upload a "revised"
version by this date.)
- Be
working: on your Web Development Notes and your Web site.
Both due next week.
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Session
Six
Oct.
11
to
Oct. 17
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The
F2F class will spend a portion of the class in a non-directed
workshop, giving students an opportunity to work on images.
Online sections will have a Fireworks Workshop Conference.
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- Read:
DW4/FW4 - Watrall
- Peruse:
Session Six Webliography
- Check
the Session Six Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Upload:
your Website First Draft and link to it from your Splash page
by midnight Oct. 14. This
does not have to be a fully developed site, but should contain
several pages, along with appropriate navigation, and indicate
learning for the past several weeks (design, navigation, images,
etc.)
- Post
in the
Portfolios Conference
(under your own Splash Page Main Topic), a Response entitled
"Web Site First Draft." Do this by
midnight Oct. 14.
- Upload
your Development Notes and
link to them from your Splash page
by midnight Oct. 14.
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Session
Seven
Oct.
18
to
Oct. 24
|
Making
it Interactive:
Behaviors, Forms & DHTML
Dreamweaver Part 3
An Online Workshop
In
this session, we will use Dreamweaver 4 to learn:
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- Peruse:
Session Seven Webliography
- Check
the Session Seven Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Upload:
to your Development notes detailed information about your
website graphics (formats compression ratio, etc.) by
midnight Oct. 21.
- Make
additions to your Development Notes
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Session
Eight
Oct.
25
to
Oct. 31
|
Audio
101:
Audio Basics
&
How to Stream Sound
-
basics
of measuring sound
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analog
vs. digital
-
encoding
-
digital
audio file types
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sampling,
resolution, and bit-rates
-
compression,
codecs, and ways to reduce sound files
-
quantizatoin
and dithering
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advantages
of digital audio
-
MP3
and ripping
Workshop:
-
how
to record, edit, optimize, encode, publish a streaming audio
file
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- Read/Peruse:The
GoldWave "manual." Pay special attention to the
first two sections--"Introduction" and "Getting
Started" (these are found under Help in your GoldWave
Program)
- Read/Peruse:
The RealProducer Manual (F1 when RealProducer is open). This
is an excellent resource. Pay special attention to Ch. 2.
Streaming Media Basics and Ch 3. Creating Streaming Media.
- Peruse:
Session Eight Webliography
- Check
the Session Eight Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Your
Web site should have at least one DHTML animation by
midnight October 28.
- Make
additions to your Development Notes
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Session
Nine
Nov.
1
to
Nov. 7
|
Video
101:
Video, Slide Shows, and Other
Moving Matters
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- Peruse:
Session Nine Webliography
- Check
the Session Nine Conference thread(s) and participate
as required.
- Revise
your web site as needed.
- Your
Web site should have an Interactive Form by
midnight Nov. 4.
- Make
additions to your Development Notes
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Session
Ten
Nov.
8
to
Nov. 14
|
Beginning
the Feedback Cycle
- This
entire session will center around getting feedback from fellow
students and instructors as you refine and revise your Web
site.
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- Post
(in the Portfolio Critique Conference) the URL to your
Splash Page. Do this by creating a Main Topic. Do this ASAP,
but no later than midnight
Nov. 10.
- Critique
(in the Portfolio Critique Conference) three other
classmates' portfolios. Do this by clicking on respond
under the Main Topic heading. If someone already has three
critiques, choose another portfolio. Make your critiques
by midnight Nov. 14.
- Your
Web site should have audio by
midnight Nov. 11
- Make
additions to your Development Notes
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Session
Eleven
Nov.
15
to
Nov. 25
(extra
long session to account for late Lesson posting and Thanksgiving
Holiday)
|
Website
Evaluation Methods
Revisited:
WebSite Critiques:
-
Revisiting
"How to Evaluate"
-
Benchmark
Critiques
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- Read:
Alexander
and Tate's Evaluating Web Resources
- Peruse:
Session Eleven Webliography
- Post
in the Evaluation Method's Conference your evaluation
of evaluation methods (details on Lesson page)
- Revise
your Web site as needed.
- Build
your Benchmark Web Critique,
critique two Web sites, and Post the results
in your Portfolio by midnight Nov.
25.
- Make
additions to your Development Notes
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Session
Twelve
&
Thirteen
(double
session to account for the Thanksgiving Holidays)
Nov.
25
to
Dec. 8
|
So
Now You Are The Manager
- Online
Discussion: Applying what you have learned about hands-on
development to what you know about management
Management
Technologies / Workshop
We
will use Dreamweaver 4 to learn such "management technologies
as:
-
-
-
Dreamweaver
Libraries
-
DreamWeaver
Templates
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- In
the Portfolios Critique Conference, select one classmate's
portfolio. Go to the benchmark critique. Evaluate his or her
Web site using his or her own benchmark critique. Post the
results of your evaluation in the Portfolios Critique Conference
by clicking on respond. Please add "(Benchmark Critique)"
at the end of the subject heading as you respond. If someone
else has already done a benchmark critique for that Web site,
select another. Do this by midnight
Nov. 30.
- Participate
in the So You're The Manager Conference.
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Session
Fourteen
Dec.
8
to
Dec. 13
|
Wrapping
it all Up
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Complete
your Personal Portfolio
by Midnight Dec 8.
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