| Date: |
Daily Readings and Assignments |
| Jan. 18 |
Learning Web Design
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| Jan. 20 |
Installing and testing Macromedia Programs and Downloading Programs from the web
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1. Creating Design Portfolio websites |
| Jan. 23 |
FTPing and Publishing your Webpages
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| Jan. 25 |
Learning to use Dreamweaver
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| Jan. 27 |
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| Jan. 30 |
Student Presentations of
Web Design Portfolio website
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2. Creating Web Genre websites |
| Feb. 1 |
Understanding Web Genres
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| Feb. 3 |
Using a Table and Layers to
layout your Webpages
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| Feb. 6 |
Basic Website Design Principles
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| Feb. 8 |
Creating and Linking Website Content
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| Feb. 10 |
Site Design, Navigation, and Page Templates
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| Feb. 13 |
Using Fireworks to create
Navigation Buttons
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| Feb. 15 |
Image Design for the Web
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| Feb. 17 |
Scanning Images into a Site
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| Feb. 20 |
Digital Photography and Web Images
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| Feb. 22 |
Using Graphics' Boards to create Web Illustrations
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| Feb. 24 |
Using Fireworks, Photoshop, and Image Editors
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| Feb. 27 |
Using Fireworks and Dreamweaver to
create Rollovers and Image Swaps
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| March 1 |
Creating Animated Gifs and
Special Text Effects
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March 3
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Student Presentations of
Web Genre website
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3. Creating Image Websites |
| March 6 |
Using Typography in Web Design
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| March 8 |
The Power of Type to tell a Story
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| March 10 |
Learning to use Javascript
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| March 13 |
Javascript Design Tricks and
Really Annoying Javascript Tricks
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March 15
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Putting Streaming Audio Files in Websites
1. Image Models, 2. Making Sounds,
3. Putting Sounds on the Web
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| March 17 |
New Assignment Schedule for
March 20 to March 24.
Streaming Audio and Video on the
Web and creating Splash Pages &
1. Streaming Audio on the Web
2. Streaming Video on the Web
Using Frames and Splash Pages
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| March 20 |
New Assignment Schedule for
March 20 to March 24
What have we Learned so far:
Working on Image Websites
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| March 22 |
New Assignment Schedule for
March 20 to March 24
Graphic Design and good Web Design
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March 24
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New Assignment Schedule for
March 20 to March 24
Using Graphic Design Principles in
Web Design
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| March 27-31 |
No Classes--Spring Break |
| April 3 |
Getting Your Site Noticed &
Graphic Design, Web Design,and Visual Literacy
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4. Creating Flash Banner Ads |
| April 5 |
Understanding the Flash Interface
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| April 7 |
Drawing and Painting in Flash
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| April 10 |
Creating and Editing Flash Movies
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| April 12 |
Importing Images, Shape Tweening,
and Buttons in Flash
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| April 14 |
Using Texts and Graphics in Flash Movies
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| April 17 |
Using Animations and Sound in Flash Movies
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| April 19 |
Using Actions in Flash to
control your Flash movies
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| April 21 |
Flash Movies & the Future of the Web: &
Student Presentations of Flash
Banner website
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5. Creating Flash websites |
| April 24 |
Basic Actionscripting for
Running Simple Flash Movies
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| April 26 |
Using Flash to Create entire
websites
Getting Your Site Noticed &
Testing your Websites for Usability?
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| April 28 |
Making Flash Sites Usable
Graphic Design, Web Design, & Usability
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| May 1 |
Making Flash Sites Mainstream
Documenting Website Design for Clients
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| May 3 |
Adding Pre-loaders and Intro Scenes
to Flash websites
Testing, Revising, and Maintaining Websites and working in Web Design Teams
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| May 5 |
What did we Learn about Web Design?
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May 8
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Final Exam Period:
Student Presentations of Flash websites
and completed Final Web Design Portfolios |
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