Course Syllabus • Course Cases • Course Schedule • Media Arts Center Times

8/28 - (in class) Introduction to course goals & assignments. Introduction to using the Macs in the Mac lab, connecting to H-drives, setting up a WWW folder & setting up a Dreamweaver web site.

for 8/30 - Set up your Dreamweaver web folder on a Mac lab computer. Get your WWW folder activated in your H-drive space, and save an "index.html" page. Read the first two chapters of HOT book. email your learning review with 2-3 questions from chapters 1-2 to: rbrooks@mail.millikin.edu

8/30 - (in class) Download tutorials from HOT book to your Mac lab computer. Complete tutorial Chapter 3 and 4 in HOT book & email your learning reviews for each chapter by midnight 9/3 to: rbrooks@mail.millikin.edu

for 9/4 - (in class) Complete tutorial Chapter 5 in HOT book & email your learning review

for 9/6 - (1) alter your index.html page for a fuller introduction to yourself and your web site and
(2) and find a web site you think is interesting and designed well and send me an email with the URL and discussion about why you like that web site

for 9/11 - Reading assignment due before class: Writing Space, Chapter 1 (pages preface-13). Email me a question (or two) that arises for you as you read this chapter. See Chapter 1 links

for 9/13 - Start bookmarks case (explore web and come to class with a topic you want to focus on for your bookmarks case). Email me a 1 page analysis of a favorite web site addressing its (1) orientation, (2) navigation, and (3) content quality.

for 9/18 - Complete your first version of your Bookmarks case.

Exchange design reviews due by email to me by midnight, Wednesday Sept. 19. Review orientation (purpose & organization), navigation (preview before view), and general design quality (interest, voice, colors, contrast, readability, legibiliity and overall added value).

for 9/20 - Start tutorial Chapter 6 in HOT book (we will work on it in class so students can help each other). If you are working ahead, you may go ahead with Chapter 7 and 8 in the book or begin work on your web resume.

for 9/25 - TWO assignments to be completed by midnight 9/26: (1) Following Chapter 6 examples, do a CSS web page version of your bookmarks page with embedded CSS. Don't throw your old version away! Just make a second CSS-based version. (2) Make a new index.html page linked to an external CSS file.

for 9/27 - Complete tutorial Chapter 7 in HOT book and email me URLs for TWO web-based resume examples (one good example and one poor example). Get a digital copy of your resume ready and put it in your H-drive. (Go to the Career Center for help with your resume if you don't have one.)

Submit your "web presentation" Bolter chapter or web design topic focus idea to me by midnight October 1.

for 10/2 - Complete tutorial Chapter 8 in HOT book. & create your web resume. CSS strongly encouraged. Description & keyword metatags required!

Write a short critique of your TWO web-based resumes by midnight October 3.

I still need your "web presentation" Bolter chapter or web design topic focus idea from 8 students!

for 10/9 - Complete tutorial Chapter 8 in HOT book and email your response. (Out of class work.)

Let's make a magazine web site! We will form teams and start the poetry magazine web site design case.

Team 1 - Laura, Krista, Rachael
Team 4 - Jim, Sarah S., Lorin
Team 2 - Stephanie, Nicole, Justin
Team 3 - Jen, Sarah J., Katy
Team 5 - Doug, Rob
Team 6 - Farad, Matt

present your Mayfly magazine design (team debriefings due Tuesday, October 16)

for 10/11 - Sarah Johnson on Non-profit Web Sites (common characteristics & guidelines for high quality non-profit sites).

for 10/16 - teams work on Mayfly case design

for 10/23 - Mayfly case design presentations. Each team presents & one member writes a de-briefing report for the design team on final version of the Mayfly web site with critical suggestions for improvement. Note: your Mayfly case debriefing will NOT be posted on the web.

All members write an email design team de-briefing on what you learned from doing this first team project. Team debriefing reports due by midnight wednesday, October 24.

for 10/25 - Client interview on the 2008 campaign MU web site needs. Bring your questions and ideas for the web site. We will start promptly at 11am with our guests, Political Science faculty: Keiko Ono and Mark Wrighton.

Read Chapter 2 in Bolter and send me at least 2 questions/responses by email by midnight 10/24.

for 10/30 - Read Chapters 3 & 4 in Bolter. Send at least 1 question/response to Dr. Brooks for each chapter by midnight 10/29.

Out of class assignment: complete HOT Tutorial chapters 9 & 10. (Note, browsers do not support dynamic html layers with consistency, so please just zip through chapter 9.)

Client Case Design Teams:
Online Case Book Web Site Team 1 – Rachael, Sarah S., Justin
2008 Election Web Site Team 2 – Doug, Rob, Jae, Lorin
2008 Election Web Site Team 3 – Stephanie, Nicole, Katy, Matt
2008 Election Web Site Team 4 – Laura, Krista
2008 Election Web Site Team 5 – Jim, Sarah J.
2008 Election Web Site on Republican & Democratic Party "war room strategies" - Farad

for 11/1 - Chapter 4 discussion & photoshop demo. Jae is also presenting about online art portfolios/web studios on 11/1.

for 11/6 - Scheduling day team project meeting.

for 11/8 - Chapter 5 discussion. Read chapter 5 in Bolter & send email questions/response to Dr. Brooks by midnight 11/6. Online shopping & auction sites discussion. President sites.

DUE 11/9 - email Dr. Brooks with your concept for an individualized web design project

Rachael - Army Wives
Sarah S. - an online makeup tutorial
Justin - favorite band web site
Doug - site for a radio show I do every Friday from 2-4 at WJMU (with Mark Beanblossom)
Rob - WJMU radio web site
Jenn - a website for the IVCF- Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Lorin - how to raise a puppy (or a company web site)
Stephanie - Pezzelle Control Systems, Inc, (electrical engineering company)
Nicole - t-shirt business
Katy - a site for Physical Graffiti, my hip hop dance squad
Matt - Dr. Who web site
Laura - Italy voice study
Krista - Italy voice study
Jim - Xbox 360 vs Wii vs Playstation 3
Sarah J. - Explore Korea
Farad - Jena 6

for 11/13 - Chapter 7. Read chapter 7 in Boleter & send email questions/response to Dr. Brooks by midnight 11/12. Music publishing presentation.

Prototype of home page for client case due (visual style & navigation preview).

for 11/15 - Analysis of user interaction expected or needed for client case due (information versus entertainment AND reading versus browsing) AND (dynamic versus static information). Team analysis of three comparison web sites due by email to Dr. Brooks by 11/14 midnight.

In class user personality testing & design for varied needs.

for 11/20 - Analysis of plans to address the various user personality types coming to your client project web site due by email to Dr. Brooks by 11/19 midnight. AND Read chapter 9 in Boleter & send email questions/response to Dr. Brooks by midnight 11/19. Chapter 9-Writing the Self--Doug Lang

for 11/27 - Read chapter 10 in Boleter & send email questions/response to Dr. Brooks by midnight 11/26. Chapter 10 - Writing Culture by Katy & Justin

for 11/29 - team day

for 12/4 - client presentations of Election 2008 web site designs (in class).

BRING 2-3 copies of your design strategy rationale for the client, including the URL, an overview of site features, a short explanation of page design strategy, a short discussion of user expectations, and any guidelines for updating the web site. The Design Strategy brief should be no more than 2 pages long (single-spaced is fine).

Client presentation for the Case Book project will be scheduled with the client class. (Could be during class on 12/6?)

for 12/6 - web project presentations: Jenn, Stephanie, Rob, Justin, Sarah J., Rachael, Farad

Client project team de-briefing due by email midnight 12/5 (maximum 2 pages) on quality of your team's web site design, improvements you would like to see on the future of this site if it is used as the official Election 2008 stie, and review of team work contributions. (This is a public doc that will be posted on the web.)

Individual team de-briefings due by email midnight 12/5 on your own contributions to the team project & your review of team management. (This is a private doc that will not be posted on the web.)

for 12/11 - web project presentations: Krista, Laura, Katy, Nicole, Matt, Sarah S., Lorin, Jim, Doug

Learning review is due by email midnight 12/14. Address the four types of knowledge developed in this course: user knowledge, design knowledge, project development knowledge, and tutoring knowledge. Please acknowledge others who providing tutoring help to you.

for 12/15 - Web Portfolios Due! 10:30-12:30 Mac lab (final exam class period). We will complete web project presentations & share final portfolios. The final exam is mandatory!

Daniel Short & Garo Green. Dreamweaver 8: Hands-On Training. (Berkley, CA: Peachpit Press, 2006). ISBN: 0-321-29389-4

This is a tutorial guide to web site design using Dreamweaver MX. We will be reading and doing the tutorials to build strong user skills with this professional web editor. We will be READING chapters 1 & 2, and we will be DOING 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19.

Jay David Bolter, Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing, 2nd Edition. (Hillsdale, New Jersey; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001). ISBN: 0-8058-2919-9

Bolter Book Chapter Reader Responses: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10

Schedule (Check here for due dates.)

Chapter 1-Writing in Late Age of Print--Dr. Brooks (see page links Chapter 1 links)

Chapter 2-Writing As Technology--Dr. Brooks (October 25)

Chapter 3-Hypertext--Rob Gregory (October 30)

Chapter 4-Breakout of Visual--Sarah Scharnett & Jim Thompson (October 30)

Chapter 5-The Electronic Book--Rachael Cummings & Lorin Glazer (Nov. 1)

Chapter 6-Refashioned Dialogues--

Chapter 7-Interactive Fiction--Mat Wheeler (Nov. 13)

Chapter 8-Critical Theory & New Writing Space

Chapter 9-Writing the Self--Doug Lang (Nov. 20)

Chapter 10-Writing Culture--Katy Cryns & Justin Miller (Nov. 27)

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online shopping & auction sites--Nicole Faletti (Nov. 8)

Music Publishing on the Web--Laura Rogers & Krista Jones (Nov. 13)

Non-profit Org Web Site Design--Sarah Johnson (October 11)

Online art portfolios and official artists sites--Jae Ellison (Nov. 1)

Web Standards--Stephanie Pezzelle (October 23)

president web sites--Farad Portee (Nov. 8)

This site is maintained by Dr. Randy Brooks, Director of the Writing Major
English Department, Millikin University.Last modified December 5, 2007 . Contact: rbrooks@mail.millikin.edu