DATE

TOPIC/ Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS

WHAT’S DUE?

Mon. 1/23

Course Introduction; Operation World Domination
Syllabus Review & Introductions. What is web Design? Basics of Web Design. Roles of a Web Designer. Class Blog. Survey Monkey.

Small project
Project Based Website Critique

Mon. 1/30

Design Deliverables Overview
Go over winning set of deliverables from Spring 2011 class. Introduction to creative briefs, functionality doc, site maps, wireframes and mockups.

MAJOR PROJECT WORK: Discussion of Final Class Site;
Define user types, what functionality is needed.

Small project
Information Architecture

Major project: Creative Brief

Interact with Web Standards
Chapters 1-5

Lynda.com
Web Site Planning and Wireframing: Hands-On Training

Small Project
Project Based
Website Critique

Mon. 2/6

Design Deliverables continued
Site maps and wireframes and so on….

MAJOR PROJECT WORK: Discussion of Final Class Site.

Interact with Web Standards
Chapters 6-9

Major project : Site Map

Lynda.com
Photoshop CS5 for the Web

Small Project
Information Architecture

Major project
Creative Brief

Mon. 2/13

The Look & Feel; Designing a Site Using Photoshop
Introduction to Photoshop and Web Design

MAJOR PROJECT WORK: Discussion of Final Class Site.

Major project
Functionality Doc

Major project
Site Map

Mon. 2/20

The Look & Feel; Designing a Site Using Photoshop

Major project
Wireframes

Major project
Functionality Doc

Mon. 2/27

Web Design mockups and Photoshop continued
Using a grid for web design, making a rollover using Imagery

PROJECT WORK GOAL: Defining the Pages and Functionality of the final project site.

Major project: Mockups

Lynda.com
Photoshop CS5 for the Web

Major project
Wireframes

Mon. 3/5

Review/Critique…Frankenstein.

PROJECT WORK: Presentation of Designs to Class;
*Selection of Look & Feel for Project Site

Lynda.com
Web Design Fundamentals

Major project
Mockups and Final Revised Package of
all Deliverables

Mon. 3/12

Spring Break, No Class

Mon. 3/19

HTML and CSS
Introduction to tags, how to write HTML and CSS code, basic text & formatting, images, and links; Building tables in HTML. Using, creating and linking to CSS files.

PROJECT WORK: Design the Look of our site; In Class Workshop to Develop Design

Interact with Web Standards Chapters 10-13

Lynda.com
CSS Fundamentals

Major project
Detailed deadlines for content and site development will be handed out separately.

Mon. 3/26

HTML and CSS Continued
Defining a site using Dreamweaver CS5

Interact with Web Standards
Chapters 15-19

Lynda.com: CSS: Core Concepts

Mon. 4/2

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
In-depth, learning Cascading Style Sheets

Interact with Web Standards:
Chapters 20-21

Mon. 4/9

CSS3, jQuery and HTML5
Introduction

Mon. 4/16, 4/23, 4/30

In-class lab
Work on project web site. Beers on 4/30 after class.

Interact with Web Standards:
Chapters 22-25