About the Schedule
All readings are to be completed before class and students must come to class ready to discuss the text in great detail. The schedule is subject to change and will be updated throughout the semester.
September
Week 1: 9/6
Introductions, syllabus, servers, hosting, URLs, XHTML and CSS; sample web site, xhtml code (.pdf), css code (.pdf)
assignment for 9/13
Week 2: 9/13
Create URLs, set up accounts, FTP, set up blogs, hand code first web page as group
Stolley: Preface, chapters 1-5, 9-13; Rettberg on Blogging; Web Standards Readings
Hand out Responsive Resume Assignment
Week 3: 9/20
Class canceled; BW sick
Week 4: 9/27
Discuss various XHTML and CSS coding practices and properties: a, padding, margin, etc., drafting designs on paper
Bring copy of your resume to class, work on Responsive Resume assignment in class; resume sample
Marcotte: chapters 1, 2, and 4, grid based text layout essays
Hand out Integrated Social Media Assignment
October
Week 5: 10/4
Present and comment on responsive web drafts
Responsive Resume Rough Draft due
Hand out Grid-based Professional Site Assignment
Week 6: 10/11
Professional web site discussion; usability and accessibility discussion
Stolley: Chapters 6 – 8; Usability and Accessibility readings on Readings page
Hand out Grid-based Responsive Professional Site Assignment
Week 7: 10/18
Walter: whole book
Responsive Resume Final Draft and Reflection due
assignment for 10/25
Week 8: 10/25
Site architecture, navigation, sample-grid-sizes.pdf
Stolley: Chapters 14-20; Marcotte: chapters 3,5
Detailed wireframe and emotional design descriptions/sketches due on blog
November
Week 9: 11/1
work on professional site; flexible images; sample fleximble image page
Week 10: 11/8
In-class usability tests of professional sites
Week 11: 11/15 — Class Canceled for Conferences
T 11/13: Professional Site Rough Draft due online by 11:00pm
Hand out Final Project assignment during conferences
Week 12: 11/22 — Class Canceled for Thanksgiving
Week 13: 11/29
Abbate, Inventing the Internet
Professional Site Final Draft and Reflection due at start of class
December
Week 14: 12/6
TBD
Week 15: 12/13 — last day of class
Discuss Abbate; responsive-slider-tutorial-iwsf12.txt (right click and save to your computer; open in your text editor)
Week 16: 12/20 (Finals Week)
Final Project and Reflection due by 11:00pm