Schedule

I’ve moved past weeks to the bottom of this page, and will keep doing that as we move forward. Any significant changes will be highlighted and published on the course weblog.

Upcoming classes

Week 14: Fair use

Second half of Freedom of Expression (Ch. 4 to end). Use Fair Use worksheet on your site.

Readings for week fourteen.

Discussions: Kristen, 11/28.

Week 15: User testing

More on user testing, using our nearly completed projects and readings we've already completed. I will post a specific prompt 11/28.

Bradley will not be in class Mon Dec 3. Come to class to do course evaluations, get help from others, and to help those you can.

Week 16: Examinations

Our essay examination will be Monday, December 10 at 6:00pm in our regular classroom. You will be permitted to use the computers to complete the exam.

No readings this week.

Past weeks

Weeks 1 & 2: Standards

Week one (8/20 & 8/22): course introduction. Get software; get on class weblog; get Google reader. Discuss project assignment. Read introductory standards material and discuss on weblog. Readings.

Week two (8/27 & 8/29): Read second round of standards material and discuss in class and in weblog. Get access to ECOM server. Learn framework for web publishing (network, remote, etc). Readings.

Weeks 3 & 4: Code

Week three (9/05): No class Mon 9/03. Start learning coding in general and XHTML in specific. Learn validation loop. Make some web pages! Readings.

Week four (9/10 & 9/12): more on XHTML. Content/presentation separation. Lots of work in studio time. Readings.

Discussions: Chris, 9/12.

Weeks 5 & 6: Style

Week five (9/17 & 9/19): Learn how styles function. Use styles in word processor documents. Begin learning CSS. Readings.

Discussions: Joe, 9/19.

Week six (9/24 & 9/26): Continue learning CSS. Use style to make web pages pretty. Evaluations for weblog, class participation, and experiments. Readings.

Discussions: Rebecca, 9/24.

Weeks 7 & 8: Interface

Week 7 (10/01 & 10/03): Prospectus due!

Thinking about individual web pages: first interface design (Mon), then page design (Weds). Discuss principles of design outlined by Horton & Lynch. What are the ramifications for your project? (Readings for week seven.)

Discussions: Travis, 10/03.

Week 8 (10/08 & 10/11): Thinking about whole web sites: how to organize a site; common types of sites; building blocks you can use. Consider what’s relevant for your project. From the Web 2.0 article, make sure you understand what Web 2.0 is, and the 15 top-level items; many we’ve already discussed. (Readings for week eight.)

Discussions: Barb, 10/08; Michael, 10/10.

Week 9: Accessibility

(10/15 and 10/17.) Learn basics of accessibility from Zeldman (Mon). Use FAE to evaluate a site. How can you improve it? (Weds). Readings for week nine.

Discussions: Nicole, 10/17.

Weeks 10 & 11: Usability

Project rough draft due 10/22!

Week 10: Compare both articles Monday; get a handle on usability basics. Wednesday, some activity to evaluate the usability of web sites. Readings.

Week 11: Develop testing protcols Monday. Testing on Wednesday. We’ll use a common site and our own sites too. Readings.

Discussions: Deven, 10/24; Katherine, 10/31.

Week 12: Copyright

Monday: First half of Freedom of Expression (up to end of Ch. 3).
Wednesday: more of FoE; look at linked articles for more details on copyright law.

Readings for week twelve.

Discussions: Ryan, 11/07.

Week 13: Presentations

I have posted specific presentation guidelines.

Presentation schedule:
Monday 11/12: Joe, Ryan, Kristen, Deven, Chris, Michael.
Wednesday 11/14: Barb, Travis, Nikki, Katie, Rebecca.

Project draft due 11/16!