Assignment Due Dates
Assignments are due by 9 PM on the following dates:
- Fri, Sept. 5th: Learning Record Interview and Reflection
- Fri, Sept. 19th: Personal Site
- Fri, Sept. 26th: Personal Site Update
- Mon, Oct. 13th: CSS Zen Garden Design
- Fri, Oct. 17th: Mid-Term Learning Record Write Up
- Site Redesign Project
- Analysis
- Wed, Oct. 22nd: Communication Brief
- Mon, Oct. 27th: Content Inventory
- Fri, Nov. 1st: Site Map
- Thu, Nov. 6th: Prototype Presentation
- Thu, Nov. 18th: Final Redesign
- Analysis
- Tue, Dec. 2nd: Professional Portfolio
- Wed, Dec. 10th: Final Learning Record Write Up
Readings & Classes
August
- Thursday, August 28
- Introductions
- Course Overview
September
- Tuesday, September 2 — The Learning Record
- What is the LR & Overview
- LRO Account Creation
- Thursday, September 4 — Usability
- Read: Krug chapters 1-5 (35 pgs)
- Tuesday, September 9 — Accessibility
- Krug chapters 11 & 12 (18 pgs)
- Thursday, September 11 — Information Architecture
- Krug chapter 6 (43 pgs)
- Tuesday, September 16 — Intro to HTML
- Ch. 4, 57-68
- Ch. 5, 71-80 and 86-90
- Total: 25 pages
- Note:I have indicated the most important pages within the assigned chapters, but it’s better to read the full chapter.
- Thursday, September 18 — Intro to CSS
- Ch. 11, 187-200
- Ch. 12, 203-211 and 217-221
- Total: 27 pages
- Tuesday, September 23 — Colors & Backgrounds
- Ch. 13, 233-242 and 246-257
- Total: 21 pages
- Thursday, September 25 — Boxes & Borders
- Ch. 14, 261-282
- Total: 22 pages
- Tuesday, September 30 — Images
- Ch. 18, 359-384
- Total: 26 pages
October
- Thursday, October 2 — Thumbnail sketches
- Read: A Design Process Revealed
- Tuesday, October 7 — Layout with CSS
- Ch. 15, 285-308
- Total: 29 pages
- Thursday, October 9
- Work Day
- Tuesday, October 14
- Presentation: CSS Zen Gardens
- Thursday, October 16 — First half wrap up
- LR writeup instructions
- Group assignments
- Communication Brief Intro
- Tuesday, October 21
- Client Meeting
- Thursday, October 23
- Content Audit Intro
- Tuesday, October 28
- Site Map Intro
- Thursday, Month 30
- Team Work
November
- Tuesday, November 4
- Team Work
- Thursday, November 6
- Presentations: Redesign Prototypes
- Tuesday, November 11
- Team Work
- Thursday, November 13
- Team Work
- Tuesday, November 18
- Presentations: Final Redesigns
- Thursday, November 20
- Professional Portfolios
- Tuesday, November 25
- Individual Work
- Thursday, November 27
- No class, Thanksgiving
December
- Tuesday, December 2
- Presentations: Final Portfolios
- Thursday, December 4 — Last Class Day
- Learning More From Here, and Course Surveys
- Wednesday, December 10
- Final LR Writeup due