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Syllabus

Emily Stewart edited this page Aug 23, 2015 · 68 revisions

Welcome to J4502!

I'm glad to have each of you in the class. This course will be very fast-paced and lectures will build on the previous ones. Because of this, it's crucial you ask for help if you get confused.

My primary goal is to expose you to industry-standard expectations and give you a foundational design process to iterate upon. While this course does have technical instruction, you will not be expected to master web design in one semester. Instead, you will be expected to answer why you're building something, what problems it solves and how to craft an effective solution.

Feedback

Class participation is required in this course. You are expected to give constructive design feedback to your peers.

Week 1

August 24

Lecture: Introduction to course, review syllabus and go over course expectations.

August 26

Lecture: Web standards

Week 2

August 31

Lecture: Web standards

September 2

Week 3

September 7

No class for Labor Day Holiday. Enjoy it!

September 9

Lecture: Introduce project options + grading rubric.

Week 4

September 14

Lecture: User-centered design, who we build for and why. (Teams Assigned)

September 16

Week 5

September 21

Lecture: UCD Part 2

September 23

Lecture: Accessibility Assignment due: User testing favorite website

Week 6

September 28

Lab: Work on creative brief

September 30

Lecture: Intro to Prototyping Assignment due: Creative brief

Week 7

October 5

Lecture: Mobile design best practices

October 7

Lab: Prototyping work day

Week 8

October 12

Lecture: Storyboards Assignment: Sketches due EOD

October 14

Lab: Storyboards work day

Week 9

October 19 Lecture: Website Basics: Structure

October 21 Lecture: Website Basics: Structure

Week 10

October 26

Lecture: Website Basics: Navigation Assignment: index.html due

October 28

Lecture: Intro to CSS

Week 11

November 2

Lecture: CSS continued

November 4

Lecture: Debugging in the inspector

Week 12

November 9

Lab: Styling

November 11

Lab: Styling

Week 13

November 16

Lecture: TBD

November 18

Lecture: TBD

Week 14

November 23

No class for Thanksgiving Break.

November 25

No class for Thanksgiving Break.

Week 15

November 30

1st draft presentations?

December 2

1st draft presentations?

Week 16

December 7

Lab: One-on-one feedback

December 9

Lab: work day

December 14

Final presentations.

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