Web Design 1
Schedule
1. Week of August 23
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- Introductions
- Group discussion: Web 2.0
- Lecture: Project 1 introduced
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- Exercise: Cooking Robot
- Group discussion: What is a good idea, Mind-Map
- Lecture: HTML
- Exercise: First Web site
2. Week of August 30
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Due: Project 1 Concepts
Lecture: CSS
- Exercise: First Styled Web site
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Exercise: First Dreamweaver Lab
- Directory Assignment
- CSS structure Div, Selectors Lecture
- Working with Links, Text, Images
3. Week of September 6
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- Quiz 1
- Div Review, Spans and Classes
- Read: Don't Make Me Think Book Chapters 1 & 2 and answer D2L questions.
- Dreamweaver Lab 2
- Image Export Lab
- Working with images
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- Assigned: Directory Assignment
- Fun with tables - Table lab
- Due: Post photos to forum, respond to forum using the ladder of feedback
- Begin Working on project
4. Week of September 13
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- Maryville Reaches Out - No Class
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- Floating
- FTP, Path and Linking
- Creating a Site with Dreamweaver
5. Week of September 20
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- Upload Directory
- Due: Student Directory
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- Due: Grid Page
- Flash banner ads case studies
- Work day
6. Week of September 27
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- Due: Rough draft of Project 1.
- In class crit
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- Last Work Day
- Quiz 2
- Project 2 introduced
- Bring headphones to next meeting
7. Week of October 4
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- Due: Project 1 complete and uploaded
- Begin Flash Section
- Animation explained & history of animation
- Discuss story boarding
- Assigned: Story board and Mind Map
- Introduction to Adobe Flash
- Flash animation lab
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- Due: Project 1 complete and uploaded
- Begin Flash Section
- Animation explained & history of animation
- Discuss story boarding
- Assigned: Story board and Mind Map
- Introduction to Adobe Flash
- Flash animation lab
8. Week of October 11
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- Due: Project 2 concepts discuss in class
- Setting up a flash ad,
- Motion tweeing multiple objects
- Movie Clips explained
- Work on project 2
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- Due: Project 2 story boards
- Masking and 3D
- Work on project 2
9. Week of October 18
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- Discussion: Posting SWF's
- Project 3 Introduced
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- Due: Project 2 Draft
- Project 3 introduced
10. Week of October 25
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- Due: Project 2 Final
- Review Lab
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- Begin Section 3 - Final Site
- Read Chapter 1 of Principles of Beautiful Web Design
- Read Chapter 3 of Don't Make Me Think
- Rollover nav lab
11. Week of November 1
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- Discussion: web aesthetic trends
- Rounded Corners Example
- Work on Photoshop Draft
- Read Chapter 2 of Principles of Beautiful Web Design
- Read Chapter 4 of Don't Make Me Think
- Inspirational sites
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- Quiz 3
- PHP Form Lab
- Discussion: HTML wireframes, sitemaps
- Work on Photoshop Prototype
- Due: Five Inspirational Sites and Reviews
12. Week of November 8
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- Discussion: Web backgrounds and Fixed Positioning
- Due: 2nd Draft of Photoshop Prototype and HTML wireframe
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- Type (notes)
- Domain names and server space
- Work Day
13. Week of November 15
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- Due: Home Page of Project 3 in HTML
- Work Day
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- Due: Flash Component
14. Week of November 22
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BREAK
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15. Week of November 29
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- Work Day
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Late Night Advice 9:00 - 10:00 pm
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- Due: Solid completed site uploaded and ready to critique
- Last Work Day
16. Week of December 6
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- Portfolio Review / Finals
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Portfolio Review / Finals
- Due: Final touched up site by Friday