Tentative Class Schedule
| Date | Topics Covered | Due: Assignments |
Exercises Due |
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| Jan. 7 | Introductions, administrivia, Elements of the web |
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| Jan. 14 | Usability, more critiques
HTML; Using Fetch/SSH (FTP), File Structure Exercise: Your first personal webpage (exercise 1) |
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Jan. 21 |
Writing for the web Introduction to Dreamweaver Exercise: Creating "scannable" text (exercise 2) |
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| Jan. 28 | Graphics, Color Introduction to Photoshop Photoshop: adjusting images Photoshop: filters, transparency, optimization Intro: Text as Image |
Assignment 1
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| Feb. 4 | File Structure & Photoshop Tutorials Wed: Work Period |
Exercise 2 |
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Feb. 11 |
Conceptual Design -- communications planning & strategy, architecture, content mapping Exercise: Sample content map (Exercise 3) |
File Structure/ FTP Test (Feb. 13) |
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| Feb. 18 | No class on Monday (Family Day) Wed: work period |
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Exercise 3 |
| Feb. 25 | Conference Week |
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| Mar. 3 | Dreamweaver (table layouts) (templates) (CSS) Exercise 4: Create a new layout
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Assignment 2
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| Mar. 10 | Photoshop (slicing) Exercise 5: Add CSS to your layout and use template to create a small site Work Period
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Assignment 3 | |
| Mar. 17 | Recap, Final Assignment Marking Criteria Work Period |
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| Mar. 24 | Work Periods |
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| Apr. 7 | Work Periods | Assignment 4 | |
