Day by Day
Thursday,
January 23
Housekeeping
Discussion
Practicum: Structuring a document
Thursday,
January 30
Reading:
Zeldman, Designing with Web Standards
Internet Visits: CSS Tutorials
Designing with CSS in Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004
Woven with CSS: Quick Draw MacFly
Practicum: Standards-Based/CSS Design
Thursday,
February 5
Reading:
Spiekermann & Ging, Stop Stealing Sheep
Internet Visits: Typography
Erin Kissane, Typography Matters
Jenny Lyn Bader, “Forget Footnotes, Hyperlink”
Gertrude Himmelfarb, “Where Have All the Footnotes Gone?”
Jean Baptiste Piggen, Macro-Typography: A Style Guide
Practicum: The Problem of the Footnote
CSS PAGE DUE
Thursday,
February 12
Reading:
Mark Meadows, Pause & Effect
Internet Visits: More Standards-Based/CSS Design
Jakob Nielsen, Differences Between Print Design and Web Design
CSS-Discuss, Three-Column Layout
CSS-Discuss, How Do I Size Fonts
Max Design, Listutorial
Max Design, Floatutorial
Practicum: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Thursday,
February 19
Presentations: Type Assignments
TYPE ASSIGNMENT DUE
Thursday,
February 26
Reading:
Edward Tufte, Visual Explanations
Internet Visits: Color
Ideabook, Tip Sheet: Color Strategy
Luke Wroblewski, Natural Selections: Colors Found in Nature and Interface Design
Clagnut, Compendium of Color Tools
Sherwin Williams Color Preservation Palette
Practicum: Photoshop/Colorizing
Thursday,
March 4
Reading:
Katrin Eismann & Steve Simmons, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching
Practicum: Photoshop/Engravings
Thursday,
March 11
NO CLASS-SPRING BREAK
Thursday,
March 18
Presentations: Image Assignments
IMAGE ASSIGNMENT DUE
Thursday,
March 25
Internet Visits: Accessibility
Joe Clark, How Do Disabled People Use Computers
Human Factors, How a Blind Person Will “See” Your Web Page
Disability Rights, Inaccessible Website Demonstration
Mark Pilgrim, Dive into Accessibility
Thursday,
April 1
Reading:
Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think
Internet Visits: Design
Ideabook, A Graceful Palette
Luke Wroblewski, Visible Narratives: Understanding Visual Organization
Carole Guevin, Visual Architecture: The Rule of Three
Douglas Bowman, A Design Process Revealed
Netdiver, Compendium of Design Examples
Thursday,
April 8
Reading:
Jay Bolter & Richard Grusin, Remediation: Understanding New Media
Internet Visits:
Practicum: Interactivity
Thursday,
April 15
Presentations: Design Assignments
DESIGN ASSIGNMENT DUE
Thursday,
April 22
Internet Visits:
The Lost Museum
Discussion:
Civilization III, realMyst, Text Games
Thursday,
April 29
PRELIMINARY WEB ASSIGNMENT DUE
PRESENTATION OF WEBSITES
Thursday,
May 6
FINAL WEB ASSIGNMENT DUE
SELF-EVALUATION DUE