Schedule | History 697 | History & New Media | Paula Petrik | George Mason University

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date	work
Tuesday, January 19	Discussion: Housekeeping & Introductions Practicum: Structuring a Document
Tuesday, January 26	Reading: Working with XHTML & CSS Charles Wyke-Smith, Stylin’ with CSS Internet Visits: CSS Tutorials, Templates & Tools Charles Wyke-Smith, Stylin’ Luke Wroblewski, Who Are You? Donald Norman, Attractive Things Work Better B. J. Fogg, How People Evaluate a Web Site’s Credibility Practicum: Standards-Based/CSS Design BLOG URL DUE
Tuesday, February 2	Reading: Typography Robin Williams, Non-Designers Book, Ch. 12 Internet Visits: Typography Erin Kissane, Typography Matters W3C, W3C Validator Richard Rutter, How to Size Text in CSS Jenny Lyn Bader, “Forget Footnotes, Hyperlink” Jason Santa Maria, “On Web Typography?” 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 9	Reading: One-Woman/One-Man Show Carrie Brickner, Web Design on a Shoestring Internet Visits: More Standards-Based/CSS Design Manan Ahmed, The Polyglot Manifesto Part 1 & Part 2 Max Design, Listutorial & Floatutorial Accessify, List-o-Matic Evolt.org, Ten CSS Tricks You May Not Know Tantek Celik, Ten CSS Tricks—Corrected and Improved CHNM, Omeka Practicum: More Standards-Based/CSS Design
Tuesday, February 16	Presentations: Type Assignments TYPE ASSIGNMENT DUE
Friday, February 19	LAST DAY TO DROP
Tuesday, February 23	Reading: Color Edward Tufte, Visual Explanations Robin Williams, Non-Designers Web Book, Ch. 9 Internet Visits: Color David Shea, Photographic Palette Ideabook, Tip Sheet: Color Strategy Luke Wroblewski, Natural Selections: Colors in Nature Clagnut, Compendium of Color Tools W3C, HTML Color Names ColorSchemer, 140 Named Colors Practicum: Photoshop/Colorizing Collaborative Project: Discussion/Database Subject
Tuesday, March 2	Reading: Design Katrin Eismann, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching Robin Williams, Non-Designers Web Book, Ch. 10–11 Internet Visits: Useful Image Techniques Errol Morris, “Case of the Inappropriate Alarm Clock,” Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Cameron Moll, That Wicked Worn Look Cameron Moll, Wornamental, Thornamental Matthew O’Neill, Super-Easy, Blendy Backgrounds Paula Petrik, Scholarship on the Web: Managing Engravings Practicum: Photoshop/Engravings
Tuesday, March 9	NO CLASS (Spring Break)
Tuesday, March 16	Presentations: Image Assignments IMAGE ASSIGNMENT DUE
Tuesday, March 23	Internet Visits: Accessibility Joe Clark, How Do Disabled People Use Computers WebAim, Screen Reader Simulation Mark Pilgrim, Dive into Accessibility Paul Bohman, An Accessible Method of Hiding HTML Content Practicum: Photoshop/Advanced Stuff Collaborative Project: Discussion/Progress Report
Tuesday, March 30	Reading: Information Architecture Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think Robin Williams, Non-Designers Web Book, Ch. 6–8 Internet Visits: Design Lawrence Lessig, How Creativity is Being Strangled (video) Hans Rosling, Debunking Third-World Myths (video) Jakob Nielsen, Guidelines for Visualizing Links Luke Wroblewski, Visible Narratives Carole Guevin, Visual Architecture: The Rule of Three
Tuesday, April 6	Reading: Interactivity James Paul Gee, What Video Games Have to Teach Us Internet Visits: Interactivity ASHP, The Lost Museum Adgame, Historic Tale Construction Set Josh Brown et al., Forum: History & the Web (GMU online) Jakob Nielsen, Participation Inequality Practicum: Interactivity Tools
Tuesday, April 13	Presentations: Design Assignments DESIGN ASSIGNMENT DUE
Tuesday, April 20	Collaborative Project: Discussion/Progress Report/Work Presentations: Web Projects INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS DUE (preliminary)
Tuesday, April 27	Presentations: Web Projects INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DUE (preliminary)
Tuesday, May 11	INDIVIDUAL PROJECT DUE (final) SELF-EVALUATION DUE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT DUE