New Media I

New Media I - DMS 537
Department of Media Study, SUNY at Buffalo
FALL 2010
Class: Mondays, Wednesdays 6:00 - 7:50
Instructor: Al Larsen
Office Hour: M 5:00-6:00 (CFA 263) and by appointment
alarsen * at * buffalo * dot * edu

Schedule

This is a tentative schedule intended to give you a sense of how the term will progress.

text: LEARNING WEB DESIGN - Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Available at Talking Leaves, Main Street location.
Complete all assigned readings before class.

WEEK 1
M Aug. 30, W Sept. 1

• MONDAY:
  • Introduction to the course.
  • syllabus
  • lab policies
  • demo and discuss websites
  • basic tools
    • text editor
    • file transfer program
    • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, Flash)
  • Lecture:
    • technology overview:
    • networks
    • clients / servers
    • the web browser
    • client-side vs server-side
  • Lab: writing basic html in a text editor
• WEDNESDAY:
  • LECTURE/DISCUSSION: THE WEB
    • history and development
    • technical and conceptual underpinnings
    • theory and implications
    • future directions
  • LAB: your first web page

WEEK 2
M Sept. 6, W Sept. 8

• MONDAY:
  • Labor Day (no class)
• WEDNESDAY:
  • Rosh Hashanah - classes cancelled after 6:00 pm (no class)
• NO CLASS THIS WEEK
• GET THE BOOK AND DO THE READNG (CHAPTERS 1-4)

WEEK 3
M Sept. 13, W Sept. 15

• MONDAY:
  • BASIC WEB AUTHORING
  • reading: Robbins, Ch 1, 2, 3, 4
  • quiz based on chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
  • in class:
    1. connecting to your UB web space
    2. saving, editing and viewing files
    3. writing your first page in HTML
       1. generating content
          • text
          • image
       2. basic HTML markup
       3. inserting photo
       4. inserting a link to another site
       5. creating a second page
       6. links to go back and forth between them
• WEDNESDAY:
  • HTML/XHTML concepts
    • elements
    • attributes
    • structure / presentation
    • separation of content and display
    • relative vs absolute paths
  • LAB
    • continuing with first web page:
    • title
    • h1, h2, h3
    • adding attributes to img tag
    • organizing folders
    • uploading and testing
    • w3c validation tools

WEEK 4
M Sept. 20, W Sept. 22

• MONDAY:
  • XHTML, HTML TABLES and basic CSS
  • read: Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8
  • quiz on chapters 5, 6, 7, 8
• WEDNESDAY:
  • FORMS
  • read: Chapter 9

WEEK 5
M Sept. 27, W Sept. 29

• MONDAY:
  • topic tba
• WEDNESDAY:
  • PROJECT 1 DUE (HTML STRUCTURE)

WEEK 6
M Oct. 4, W Oct. 6

• MONDAY:
  • WEB STANDARDS
  • reading: Chapter 10
  • CSS
  • reading: Chapter 11
  • GROUP PROJECT: (SITE SPRINT)
• WEDNESDAY:
  • more CSS
  • reading: Chapter 12, 13

WEEK 7
M Oct. 11, W Oct. 13

• MONDAY:
  • reading: chapters 14, 15, 16, 17
  • CSS LAYOUTS
• WEDNESDAY:
  • 960 GRID SYSTEM

WEEK 8
M Oct. 18, W Oct. 20

• MONDAY:
  • GRAPHICS
  • using Photoshop or other graphics editors
  • Chapters 18 and 19
  • LAB TIME
• WEDNESDAY:
  • PROJECT 2 DUE (CSS)

WEEK 9
M Oct. 25, W Oct. 27

• MONDAY:
  • topic tba, possibly DREAMWEAVER
• WEDNESDAY:
  • topic tba, possibly DREAMWEAVER

WEEK 10
M Nov. 1, W Nov. 3

• MONDAY:
  • topic tba, possibly DREAMWEAVER
• WEDNESDAY:
  • topic tba, possibly DREAMWEAVER

WEEK 11
M Nov. 8, W Nov. 10

• MONDAY:
  • PROJECT 3 DUE
  • JAVASCRIPT BASICS
• WEDNESDAY:
  • TOPIC PRESENTATIONS

WEEK 12
M Nov. 15, W Nov. 17

• MONDAY:
  • TOPIC PRESENTATIONS
• WEDNESDAY:
  • TOPIC PRESENTATIONS

WEEK 13
M Nov. 22, W Nov. 24

• MONDAY:
  • SITE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND LAUNCHING
  • Chapters 20, 21
• WEDNESDAY:
  • NO CLASS

WEEK 14
M Nov. 29, W Dec. 1

• MONDAY:
  • tba
• WEDNESDAY:
  • tba

WEEK 15
M Dec. 6, W Dec. 8

• MONDAY:
  • LAB DAY
• WEDNESDAY:
  • FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

PROJECT 1 15%
PROJECT 2 15%
PROJECT 3 15%
WRITING ASSIGNMENT/PRESENTATION 10%
QUIZES = 10%
ATTEND AND PARTICIPATION = 10%
FINAL PROJECT = 25%