| Date |
Topic/Focus |
Lab/Activity |
What's Due |
| Jan. 24 |
Class overview; intro to blogging |
Lab: photo session |
First blog post |
| Jan. 31 |
More on blogging; Intro to Photoshop |
Lab: crop/prep photo in Photoshop, post on
class blog |
Blog post #2 on Cluetrain Manifesto |
| Feb. 7 |
Keystone web technologies; More Photoshop:
tools, palettes, layers, filters, masks, text |
Lab: start logo/header for blog |
Blog post #3 |
| Feb. 14 |
Speaker: Blogger Stephanie
Quilao, Back
in Skinny Jeans |
Lab:
Photoshop: finish logo/header
|
Blog post #4; logo/header |
| Feb. 21 |
Intro
to html and web page design |
Lab: create a simple web page using
html, edit it using Dreamweaver |
Blog post #5
Simple web page
|
| Feb. 28 |
Intro to Dreamweaver, FTP |
Lab: finish your web page, FTP to server |
Blog post #6,
FTP your class web page to
server |
| March 7 |
Multimedia: combining still images
with audio; form teams for group multimedia
project |
Lab: Finish web page & FTP to server; bring
photos to class, create a simple multimedia
presentation (1-2 min.) |
Blog post #7; your web page; short multimedia
presentation |
| March 14 |
Intro to Podcasting
Guest Speaker Joe Carpenter,
Director, Talent Relations & Promotions, Podshow
Inc. |
Lab: working with a digital recorder, recording
and editing audio |
Blog post #8;
Edited audio clip |
| March 21 |
Creating an RSS Feed
Guest Speaker Chris Christensen, The
Amateur Traveler podcast
|
Lab: create and verify an RSS feed |
Blog post #9; Multimedia group project proposal
|
| March 28 |
SPRING BREAK |
(Work on your podcasts) |
|
| April 4 |
Intro to video, storyboarding |
Lab: Upload your three podcasts, verify RSS
feeds |
Blog post #10
Midterm - Podcasts |
| April 11 |
Working with video |
Lab: editing video (bring video clip to
class to edit) |
Blog post #11
Storyboard for multimedia
project |
| April 18 |
(No class) |
|
Blog post #12
Video due (post on YouTube,
link on blog) |
| April 25 |
Video Blogging: Ryanne Hodson
& Jay Dedman of Freevlog.org |
Lab: InDesign project |
Blog post #13 |
| May 2 |
Intro to InDesign |
Lab: Link
to "Love/Hate Page" InDesign exercise |
Blog post #14
|
| May 9 |
Multimedia project wrap-up |
Lab: work on group multimedia project |
Blog post #15
Your InDesign project
|
| May 23 |
Final (5:15-7:30 p.m.) |
Present your group multimedia projects |
Your group multimedia project & reflective
essay |
