Aug 27 Introduction, C xii "Do you enjoy the experience of using
these new technologies? If not, why not?"; X Ground Rules for Classes in the
CWRL; Survey of web sites.
Sep 1 READINGS DiNucci: Chs 1: What is the Web? Ch 2: Possibilities and
Limitations & Ch 3: Who is doing Web Design; X Cyber-lit bookmarks; Survey
of web sites. [recommended: Weinman chs 1,2]
Sep 3 READINGS DiNucci, Ch. 4: The process of Web Design, Ch. 5 Structuring
the Site, & ch. 6: HTML basics; Survey of web sites. [recommended: Weinman
ch 17]
Sep 8 READINGS DiNucci & ch. 7: Page Layout with HTML; ch. 8: Web
Typography & ch. 9: Web Graphics [recommended: Weinman chs 3-13]
DUE: 1 Page Initial Project Description: Topic? images? video? sound?
animation? Peer Review.
Sep 10 READINGS; DiNucci ch. 10: Alternate Page formats, ch. 11 Multimedia
& ch. 12 Interactivity [recommended: Weinman chs 14-16]
Sep 15 READINGS: DiNucci ch. 12: Programming the Web & ch. 13 Keeping the
Site Fresh
DUE: Initial Layout of Project. Peer Review.
Sep 17 READINGS: Laurel, xvii-xxi, 1-33: The Interface
Sep 22 READINGS : Laurel: 35-92 Drama and the Interface;
DUE: Initial paper prototypes of screens
Sep 24 READINGS: Laurel 93-123: Orchestrating Human Response ; Collection of
images
Sep 29 READINGS: Laurel 125-166 Design Principles for Human-Computer
Activity
Oct 1 READINGS: 167-214 New Directions in Human-Computer Activity
Oct 6 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; CD ROM production & cross
platform issues
* How can you put your Web site onto CDROM?
* What are the issues for cross platform graphics?
READINGS: Lynch and Horton, Weinman, Seigel, Adobe Tips, Lopuck, DiNucci,
Gillispie (http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdgraph.htm)
Oct 8 READINGS: reports on relevant web journals and sites. Collection of
images
Oct 13 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; Image processing / PhotoShop
*What is the relationship between file size, image dimensions, color resolution
images and why is this important for the web?
*What is the difference between GIF and JPEG file formats?
*What is compression and why is it important for graphics?
*What are the color palette issues for cross platform Web delivery?
*What are techniques for scanning images for the web?
*What are some of the basic image processing steps in preparing a scanned image
for the web?
READINGS: Weinman, Seigel, Adobe Tips, Lopuck, DiNucci, Gillispie
(http://www.wpdfd.com/wpdgraph.htm), Image processing handout.
Oct 15 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; Creating Graphics with Photoshop
* What is the difference between raster and vector graphics?
* What type of file formats does Photoshop create?
* Where do you set color palettes, image resolution and dimensions in
Photohop?
* How do you use layers in Photoshop?
READINGS: Photoshop tips handout, Photoshop manual, Weinman, Seigel, Adobe
Tips.
Oct 20 GSB 2.130; More Graphics and animation design
* More use of selection tools and layers with Photoshop
* What is animation?
READINGS: Animation and Video Handout, Liu Min's MMResources page
(http://www.edb.utexas.edu/projects/mmdesign/
MMresource.html)
Oct 22 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; Creating GIF and QuickTime
Animations
* How do you create an animated GIF?
* How do you create an animated Quicktime movie?
READINGS: Animation and Video Handout, Liu Min's MMResources page
(http://www.edb.utexas.edu/projects/mmdesign/
MMresource.html), GIF Builder tutorial
Oct 27 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; FLASH Animations
* What are the features of Macromedia Flash?
READINGS: Gasperini article on Flash
(http://www.eyemedia.com/backissues/1997/1097/9710flash.htm)]
Oct 29 GSB 2.130; Short Quiz ON READINGS; Introduction to
Digital Video, video design
* What is digital video?
* What are the file formats for digital video?
* How is color and compression important for digital video?
READINGS: Johnson, Waggoner, Ozer.
Nov 3GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; Video Editing
* How do you edit digital video?
* What are the features that Adobe Premiere has for video editing?
* How do you create a Quicktime movie using Premiere?
* What are the output settings for QT movies?
* Why do you have to flatten a QT movie for cross platform delivery?
READINGS: Johnson, Waggoner, Ozer, Premiere handout.
Nov 5 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; Video Capture
* How do you set up the equipment to capture video?
* What capture and settings do you use?
READINGS: Johnson, Waggoner, Ozer, Premiere handout
Nov 10 READINGS: reports on relevant web journals and sites; Collection of
sounds
Nov 12 GSB 2.130 Short Quiz ON READINGS; Sound Capture and Editing
* What is digital audio?
* What are the file formats for digital audio?
* How do you capture and edit digital audio?
* What capture and output settings do you use?
READINGS: Sound handout, Rose.
Nov 17 GSB 2.130; Streaming Technologies
READINGS: Manners.
Nov 19 W ork on Projects
Nov 24 Work on Projects
Dec 1 Demonstrations
Dec 3 Demonstrations