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| SYLLABUS |
HTML: weeks 1 - 5
PROGRESSION
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript |
FLASH: weeks 6 - 10
PROGRESSION
• Animation
• ActionScript |
MAJOR PROJECT: weeks 1 - 15
PROGRESSION
• Topic
• Proposal Pitch
• Research Update
• Production |
FINAL SUBMISSION :
ARCHIVE of
All work on a CDR.
This includes a "mirror" copy of your CCAC website, drafts
/ sketches, and files created in class.
Self Evaluation.
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| COMMENTS |
HTML
We will study the nature of HTML publishing through
"hands-on"
coding, learning how to design for this
admittedly impoverished medium, learning its limits
and how to work within them to maximum effect.
We will strive to produce clean and efficient HTML.
We will learn to read and analyze others' HTML,
including the decisions made by WYSIWIG editors.
Because the web is an evolving medium, we need
the tools for future development, the resources for
future research needs.
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FLASH
We will begin with the metaphors of movies and animation
that inform the GUI, and find out where they break-down.
The work will be time-based, sequential, but not strictly
predetermined, not unfolding in the same way everytime.
We will explore the meanings and possibilities of the
non-linear and interactive.
This class will emphasize the scripting language of Flash 5,
ActionScript, which offers an "easy" entry into the world
of
scripting. We will explore this powerful dimension, find what
is unique about scripted media, and how to exploit its
affordances.
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| Grading |
| Major Project
: 50% |
| Portfolio &
Homepage : 30% |
Exercises & Small Projects: 20%
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| SUBMISSION |
All assignments must be posted to your CCAC web
site by the beginning of class on their due date.
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| BEHAVIORAL
FACTORS |
Participation: active questioning;
helping your classmates (mutual aid). |
Initiative: exploit outside resources;
go above and beyond the letter
of the assignments. |
Creativity: invention of style.
This course focuses on technical factors of digital media production
for internet distribution; it is your responsibility to apply the
skills of design.
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| ADDENDA |
Three absences will result in the
lowering of your final grade by
1/2 grade point. |
Late work will not be accepted
without express persmission. |
Most assignments are flexible. Feel free to go
above and beyond the requirements.
Any substantial deviations must be approved by the instructor, and
will require substantial justification.
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