Schedule | History 697 | Paula Petrik | George Mason University

Tuesday,

January 24

Discussion: Housekeeping & Introductions

Practicum: Structuring a Document

Tuesday,

January 31

Reading: Working with XHTML & CSS

• Charles Wyke-Smith, Stylin’ with CSS

Internet Visits: CSS Tutorials, Templates & Tools

• Charles Wyke-Smith, Stylin’
• Tony Anslett, CSS Creator
• ProjectSeven, QuickDraw MacFly 2004
• David Shea, CSS Zen Garden
• B. J. Fogg, How People Evaluate a Web Site’s Credibility

Practicum: Standards-Based/CSS Design

BLOG URL DUE

Tuesday,

February 7

Reading: Typography

• Robin Williams, Non-Designers Book, Ch. 12

Internet Visits: Typography

• Erin Kissane, Typography Matters
• Jenny Lyn Bader,“Forget Footnotes, Hyperlink”
• Gertrude Himmelfarb, “Where Have All the Footnotes Gone?”
• Jean Baptiste Piggin, Macro-Typography: A Style Guide
• Paula Petrik, Scholarship on the Web: Managing Footnotes
• Practicum: The Problem of the Footnote

CSS PAGE DUE

Tuesday,

February 14

Reading: One-Woman/One-Man Show

• Carrie Brickner, Web Design on a Shoestring

Internet Visits: More Standards-Based/CSS Design

• Owen Briggs, Sane Font Sizes
• Max Design, Listutorial
• Max Design, Floatutorial
• Evolt.org, Ten CSS Tricks You May Not Know
• Tantek Celik, Ten CSS Tricks—Corrected and Improved

Practicum: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Tuesday,

February 21

Presentations: Type Assignments

TYPE ASSIGNMENT DUE

Tuesday,

February 28

Reading: Color

• Edward Tufte, Visual Explanations
• Robin Williams, Non-Designers Web Book, Ch. 9

Internet Visits: Color

• Spectacle, Color Schemes
• Ideabook, Tip Sheet: Color Strategy
• Luke Wroblewski, Natural Selections: Colors in Nature
• Clagnut, Compendium of Color Tools
• SiteProCentral, Color Scheme Chooser
• Sherwin Williams, Color Preservation Palette

Practicum: Photoshop/Colorizing

Tuesday,

March 7

Reading: Design

• Katrin Eismann, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching
• Robin Williams, Non-Designers Web Book, Ch. 10–11

Internet Visits: Useful Image Techniques

• Cameron Moll, That Wicked Worn Look
• Paula Petrik, Scholarship on the Web: Managing Engravings

Practicum: Photoshop/Engravings

Tuesday,

March 14

NO CLASS-SPRING BREAK

Tuesday,

March 21

Presentations: Image Assignments

IMAGE ASSIGNMENT DUE

Tuesday,

March 28

Internet Visits: Accessibility

• Joe Clark, How Do Disabled People Use Computers
• Human Factors, How a Blind Person Will “See” Your Page
• Disability Rights, Inaccessible Website Demonstration
• Mark Pilgrim, Dive into Accessibility
• Paul Bohman, An Accessible Method of Hiding HTML Content

Practicum: Photoshop/Advanced Stuff

Tuesday,

April 4

Reading: Information Architecture

• Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think
• Robin Williams, Non-Designers Web Book, Ch. 6–8

Internet Visits: Design

• Jakob Nielsen, Guidelines for Visualizing Links
• Luke Wroblewski, Visible Narratives
• Carole Guevin, Visual Architecture: The Rule of Three
• Douglas Bowman, A Design Process Revealed

Tuesday,

April 11

Reading: Interactivity

• James Paul Gee, What Video Games Have to Teach Us

Internet Visits: Interactivity

• ASHP, The Lost Museum
• Adgame, Historic Tale Construction Set
• British Library, Turning the Pages
• Josh Brown et al., Forum: History & the Web (GMU online)

Practicum: Interactivity Tools

Tuesday,

April 18

Presentations: Design Assignments

DESIGN ASSIGNMENT DUE

Tuesday,

April 25

Reading: Games as Learning

• J. P. Gee, “Learning by Design: Games as Learning”

Playing: The Game’s Afoot

• Cyan, Myst IV: Revelation

Discussion: Myst IV: Revelation

Tuesday,

May 2

Presentations: Web Projects

WEB PROJECTS DUE (preliminary)

Tuesday,

May 9

WEB PROJECT DUE (final)

SELF-EVALUATION DUE