Recommended Reading

• Dreamweaver CS4: Digital Classroom by Jeremy Osborne (Wiley)
• Assigned web pages/readings and blog postings

Optional Reading

• MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis (New Riders)
• Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works by Kelly Goto and Emily Cotler (Peachpit Press)
• Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville (O'Reilly)
• Learning Flash CS4 Professional: H.O.T. by Rich Shupe (O'Reilly)
• Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Classroom in a Book (Adobe Press)
• The instructor can suggest other books and reference material

Necessary Supplies

• USB Flash Memory Drive/Key
• A sketchbook or notebook

Your final grade is based on your performance on class projects, class exercises, homework, blog postings and class participation.

Total Possible Points = 1,000

• Exercises: 200 points (20%)
• Midterm Project Website: 250 points (25%)
• Final Project Website and Process: 350 points (35%)
• Blog Postings/Participation: 100 + points (10%)
• Class Participation and Attendance: 100 points (10%)

Percentage   Points    Grade
90 – 100%   900 – 1,000    A
80 – 89%     800 – 899       B
70 – 79%     700 – 799       C
60 – 69%     600 – 699       D
00 – 59%     0 – 599           F

In-class exercises will be assigned to support course lectures and demonstrations, and you should be able to complete these exercises during in-class lab time.

You are required to complete two major website projects in this class including:

• Small Business Website (Midterm Project)
• Student Choice Website (Final Project)
  (with proposal and instructor approval)

Full project details are available on the projects page.

The design process for your final project will contribute to your course grade. You will be asked to respond to an "official" RFP (Request for Proposal) for your website that will layout the specific details of your project (objectives, look and feel, content, flow-chart, etc.). The proposal will serve as your design plan, and will be graded and returned to you to help guide your project's development. You will also complete project research, client surveys, thumbnails, and design comps as part of the design process.

Project grades are based on the quality of your work in the following areas: content/concept, form, function, and technique. For information on the specific grading considerations related to each of these areas, see Making The Grade.

In the spirit of the Internet, this class will be largely paperless and writing for the course will be done online in your own weblog. Moreover, your writing will be “open source,” available for both the benefit and critique/comments of your classmates. Each week, a number of blog topics will be posted to the class website at: http://karlcleveland.com/165/blog. Each blog topic will be assigned a point value (generally from 10 to 45 possible points). You will have the opportunity to respond in writing to the blog topics in your own course blog, and will earn points based on the quality of your blog postings. Your blog will count for 10% (100 points) of your course grade. It is possible to earn “extra credit” in the course through extensive, high quality participation in the blog.

Your blog will provide an ongoing opportunity to find, share, and discuss compelling and cutting-edge examples of interactive media design. Furthermore, you can investigate and discuss issues and practices related to interactive media arts including technology use; design principles and techniques; creative, developmental and business processes; and critical/theoretical analysis. It is encouraged that you use the blog to share useful sites and resources. Thus, your blog will contribute to the collective intelligence of the class, and your classmate’s blogs will expose you to a greater diversity of resources and ideas than you would have been able to discover on your own.

Lab Hours
Computer lab hours are available to students in the Library and Information Hub. The library is generally open:
Mon – Thurs, from 8 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Attendance and Participation
Participation in class will be considered as part of your course grade. Students are expected to attend and be on time to every class. If you decide to withdraw from the course, you must file the appropriate paperwork or risk receiving an “F” in the class.

Due Dates
All work is expected to be completed by the due dates. Unless otherwise specified, work is due at the beginning of the class period. Late work may be lowered by one letter grade for each class meeting that it is late.

Prerequisites/Advisories
IMT 125 is recommended as well as considerable computer and desktop experience and/or have taken - CIS 185 (Introduction to Windows).

Classroom Rules
All students are expected to follow the rules of the computer lab. No food or drinks are allowed in the classroom. Cell phones, iPods, and electronic devices should be turned off while in the classroom. No browsing the Internet , instant messaging, playing computer games, or writing e-mail during active classroom time.

Conduct
All students are expected to follow the administrative rules and standards of conduct detailed in the University catalog. In particular, plagiarism may result in a failing grade and other consequences. Students are expected to produce original work. A student may not use or copy by any means another's work (or portions of it) and represent it as his/her own. Quotations, photographs, or other artwork used by a student should be given appropriate credit or reference.

Disability Accommodations
Students with a disability may be entitled to appropriate accommodations and are encouraged to contact the Disabled Students Programs & Services (DSPS) office at 795-6658.

Administrative Dates
2/6 is the "Add" and “Drop” deadline (without a “W” recorded). 4/29 is the “Withdraw” deadline (with a “W” recorded).