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For Mon (6/15)
( ) HW07 Presentations are today. Since we moved up this deadline I am giving you the first hour of class as work time to put the finishing touches on it. Your file must be on the Drop Off drive by Noon.
( ) The Final Exam is now Wednesday. Study for it.

For Mon (6/8)
( ) Complete your presentation storyboards (Part 1 of HW07)
( ) Begin studying for the test (on Mon 6/15)

For Wed (6/3)
( ) Complete HW06 by the end of class today.

For Mon (6/1)
( ) Newsletter title and rough draft of layout (Part 2 of HW06)
( ) As we discussed in class, the due dates have changed from the original handout you received. Refer to this download for the current due dates.
( ) remember to include MLA citations for your sources:

Purdue University Online Writing Lab is a good reference for MLA citation formats.
The Landmark Project Citation Machine is also a great tool to help you format MLA citations. Just choose the appropriate source from the left-hand column, then fill in the blanks and click the "submit" button.

For Wed (5/27)
( ) mounted print of the Magazine cover
( ) Newsletter research (Part 1 of HW06)

For Wed (5/20)
( ) Your file for HW05 is due today.Double-check the assignment sheet to make sure you have met all of the requirements.
( ) Remember to name your file lastname_HW05.ai
( ) Today I will give a mounting demo in class because mounted color prints of your project are due at the beginning of class in Wednesday (5/27)

For Mon (5/18)
( ) The midterm test is today. Study for it.

For Wed (5/13)
( ) HW05 has been extended. Part 1 is now due at the end of class today
( ) Part 2 is due at the beginning of class Wednesday (5/20)

For Wed (5/6)
( ) Turn in your final Photoshop Tutorial to the Drop Off drive by the beginning of class today.
( ) See the assignment sheet for delivery requirements.

HW04 had been extended. See Monday below...

For Mon (5/4)
( ) Turn in a first draft of your Photoshop Tutorial on the Drop Off drive by the beginning of class today (just the MS Word document). We will take a brief look at them and then work on revising them and turning in the final version on Wednesday.

For Wed (4/29)
( ) Continue researching and practicing techniques for HW04.

For Mon (4/27)
( ) Complete HW03. Your file must be turned in to the Drop Off drive by the beginning of class.

For Wed (4/22)
( ) Turn in your unmounted color print of HW02 at the beginning of class.
( ) Today we will continue work on HW03

( ) The video we watched in class is called "Trimph of the Nerds" and it is available in the library.

For Mon (4/20)
( ) HW02 has been extended. Part 1 is now due on Mon (4/20)
( ) study for the test

For Wed (4/15)
( ) bring the 3 images you plan to use for HW02

For Mon (4/13)
( ) get your Getty Images account set up from the info sent to you from Steve Liska
( ) Using Photoshop, create a collage out of the images provided in class. The files (in a folder called demoImages) are available on any school computer via the Graphic Design network drive (Graphic Design/Armato/CompApps/demoImages)

For Wed (4/8)
( ) bring a printout of the Syllabus
( ) complete Homework 01

For Wed (6/17)
( ) Complete Assignment 11

For Mon (6/15)
( ) Complete Assignment 10

For Wed (6/10)
( ) The Final Exam is today. Study for it.

For Mon (6/8)
( ) Complete Assignment 08

For Wed (6/3)
( ) The Bouncing Ball (a07) is due at the end of class today.

For Mon (6/1)
( ) revisions to midterm projects are due

For Wed (5/27)
Assignment 06 has been extended. It is now due at the beginning of class, Wednesday May 27th.

If you site is not uploaded and accessable from the link on this page you will not get to present it.

For Wed (5/13)
Today we will continue working on Assignment 06. Here is the CSS positioning demo file we will be using in class.

To be on track with this project, by today you should:
( ) organize all of your assests

( ) "frame-in" your site by creating and linking all of the necessary HTML files. (These should be simple placeholder pages like you have done for all of your assignments and class index page.) At this point, these pages should NOT contain any design or content! Each page should only include:
- a page title (in the file's <title> tag),
- text links connecting it to any other pages as described by you site map,
- a brief (1-sentence) description of what will be on the page. This can be takes directly from the page descriptions you wrote for a05

( ) create a mock-up of what your pages will look like. This can be done on paper or in Illustrator or Photoshop.

For Wed (5/6)
( ) complete Assignment 05 by the end of class

For Mon (5/4)
( ) complete Assignment 04

For Mon (4/27)
( ) complete Assignment 03

Here is a tool that might help you understand your grade in this class. You can also download a Mac or Windows app.

For Mon (4/20)
( ) complete Assignment 02
( ) bring images for Assignment 03

For Wed (4/15)
( ) continue working on Assignment 02

Please throw away the assignment sheet I gave out in class on Monday. It contained some inacurate information about the required file structure of your site. Use the sheet availabe at the "Assignment 01" link below.

For Mon (4/13)
( ) create all files and complete all HTML coding for Assignment 01
( ) remember to use this doctype definition to open the <html> and <head> tags in every file.
( ) email me your URL. This must be sent from your OLS email address.

With the exception of uploading the files, Assignment 01 must be complete by the beginning of class on Monday. I will cover the uploading process first thing in-class on Monday, but you will only be given enough time to upload the files. There will not be any time to work on the assignment

If you are feeling inclined to do some research into more HTML than we are covering in class, please read this Bad Tags article first. It answers a lot of those questions like "Why should I be using <em> instead of <i>?" Many online references are out-of-date, and may present HTML that is incorrect for this class.

I recommend the W3 Schools reference linked-to on the class page.

For Wed (4/8)
( ) bring a printout of the Syllabus
( ) begin Assignment 01

For Thu (6/19)
Data Visualization project is due.
( ) It should be uploaded to your web site.
( ) Also, please put the project files on the Drop Off drive.

For Tue (6/9)
Meet at Flashbelt

For Thu (6/4)
( ) HCI research paper presentations are today

For Thu (5/21)
( ) Do you have a topic for your research paper yet? This article—though its subject matter is different—is a good example of how to structure the paper to present the background, interpretation and the pros and cons.

( ) Begin Data Visualization final project.

For Tue (5/19)
( ) the Mouse Guts project is due

If you can come in at 8:00 this morning (5/19) you can show off your project at the PAC meeting.

For Thu (5/7)
( ) come with revised ideas and sketches for your Mouse Guts project

For Thu (4/30)
( ) read one of these two Don Norman articles: Being Analog or Growing Up
( ) complete Assignment 03

For Tue (4/28)
( ) read one of these two Don Norman articles: Being Analog or Growing Up
( ) continue work on Assignment 03

For Tue (4/21)
( ) complete Assignment 02
( ) here are the Processing handout and examples from class

For Thu (4/14)
( ) complete Assignment 01

For Thu (4/9)
( ) bring 2 examples of non-traditional computer interaction
( ) begin Assignment 01

The two radio articles we listened to in class:
( ) Is Google making us stupid?
( ) The Future Brain