Introduction to course

Creative Commons Copyright

Discussion of copyright & intellectual property

Start reading books & be prepared to use concepts in class discussions.

Read: Class Policies

Download Firefox tools for web development, validation, and testing

Starting a website, Universal Design

Interface Design Basics, Layout, Color, Navigation, GAS analysis for Website planning

Due Tuesday before class:
Read: UDWA; Ch 1-2
Complete Blackboard quizzes on UDWA, Ch. 1-2

Tuesday: Start Exercise 1 -- read these for information
Audience Definition: Read About Face 3: Ch. 5, Modeling Users, Personas and Goals
Read Designing for Interaction, Ch 5 about defining a persona who is typical of the audience member you are trying to reach
Read Visual Design for the Modern Web, p. 27, about creating a brand for your website

Tuesday: Start Hands-on Photoshop

Thursday: Web Accessibility:
Read about Web Accessibility and take Blackboard Quizzes before class on Thursday:

• Web Accessibility Issues section of 421 site
• WebAIM section on designing Accessible Forms
• WebAIM site on designing accessible data tables
• UDWA Book, ch 5 (Forms); Ch 6 (data tables)

DUE Tuesday before class:
Read: UDWA: Ch 3-4 and
Complete Blackboard quizzes on UDWA, Ch 3 and 4

Due Thursday before class:
Exercise 1 posted on Blackboard
Complete Blackboard quizzes on Accessibility, based on readings in left-hand column -- the readings overlap a lot -- only in a few cases does the answer depend on a particular source (mainly UDWA) and the questions indicate that

Tuesday:
Adobe Bridge
Hands-on Photoshop
Photoshop Workspace & tools

Thursday: Designing Accessible Websites with CSS

DUE Thursday before class:
Read: Stylin ' with CSS Ch 1-2
Complete Blackboard quizzes on CSS Ch 1-2

For help with setting up website: Adobe Dreamweaver Tutorial: Creating your first Website

Hands-on Photoshop

Thursday: Furlough Day:
Alternative Assignment: Attend Cyber Securing Fair on Hacking vs. Cracking in Ursa Major of the Bronco Student Center ((10 am to 2 pm) and complete assignment (Exercise 2) to be posted on Blackboard by Oct 27

DUE Thursday before class:

Project 1 posted on individual website, with grading sheets posted to Blackboard assignment.

Start Project 2, Photo exercises

Fundamentals of Web Usability

Hands-on Flash

DUE Tuesday before class:
Read Stylin' with CSS, Ch 3-6
Complete Blackboard quizzes on: Stylin' with CSS, Ch 3, 4, 5, 6

Hands-on Flash

Tuesday:
Start Project 3, Flash Animation

DUE Thursday before class:
Project 2 posted on individual website, with grading sheets posted to Blackboard assignment.

During class: Andrea, a blind woman, demonstrates how she uses the Internet

Tuesday: Testing websites for accessibility and usability - Talk about exercise 3

Hands-on Flash

DUE Tuesday before class:
Post Exercise 2, alternative assignment on CyberSecurity Fair on Blackboard

DUE Thursday before class:

Read UDWA, Ch 7. Video and Audio
Complete Blackboard quizzes on:
~ Ch 7. Video and Audio
~ Color (answers on Interface Design Basics, Layout, Color, Navigation, GAS analysis for Website planning) & CSS pages on Color Theory

Hands-on Video

Hands-on Flash

Due Thursday before class:

Start Project 4, Video, played from Flash FLV file

Tuesday: Furlough Day -- work on projects

DUE Tuesday before class:

upload Project 3 to individual website
grading rubric uploaded to Blackboard assignment

Hands-on Video

Hands-on Flash

DUE Tuesday before class:

Post Exercise 3, accessibility test of peer's website, posted on Blackboard & website

Ex. 4. Video Storyboard uploaded to individual website
Grading rubric uploaded to Blackboard assignment

Project 4 due 5:00 PM, Tuesday, December 8,

Final Exam: Thursday Dec. 10, 11:30 – 1:30 in CLA 4-27
Final Exam Review