Schedule
This outline is subject to change depending on the time necessary for students to demonstrate proficiency in the tools covered and to complete each successive project.
Text in RED = Mandatory Attendance
Week 1,
W 9/6 First Day
Introductions: Review syllabus and class website.
Begin Project 1: Set-up WIX site for everyone.
Homework: Email me your new website URL + include your name and the name of the class.
F 9/8 GIF Workshop Photoshop tutorial - Begin Project 2
Homework: Post links to 2 or 3 of your favorite websites to a page on your site so you can share them with the class.
Week 2,
M 9/11 GIF Workshop - review favorite websites
W 9/13 GIF Workshop - review favorite websites
F 9/15 Finish GIF - Project 2 must be completed by end of class
Week 3,
M 9/18 GIF Critiques and turn in GIF file to Neil for posting to class website
Begin Project 3, Audio Narratives and Soundscapes + Digital Audio recorder Tutorial
Homework: Record some test material for your Audio Narrative so you're ready to start editing next class.
W 9/20 Audio Narratives and Podcasts Workshop + Garageband Tutorial
Homework: Record material for your Audio Narrative project
F 9/22 Audio Narratives and Podcasts Workshop
Week 4,
M 9/25 Audio Narratives and Podcasts Workshop
W 9/27 Audio Narratives and Podcasts Workshop
F 9/29 Audio Narratives and Podcasts Workshop
Week 5,
M 10/2 Finish Audio Narratives and Podcasts - Project 3 must be completed, rendered, uploaded and published to your web site by end of class.
W 10/4 Critique Audio Narratives and Soundscapes
Begin Project 4, Text Based Interactive Stories Using Twine
Homework: Explore the Twine examples and plan your Twine story
F 10/6 Twine Workshops
Week 6,
M 10/9 - no class
w 10/11 - Twine Workshops
F 10/13 Finish Twine - Project 4 must be completed, rendered, uploaded to and embedded on a page on your web site. This page should have a background image and sound design that sets the "mood" of your story.
Week 7,
M 10/16 Critique Twine
Begin Project 5, Video Ventures. Watch Video Demo's and tutorials
Homework: Record material to experiment with for next class
W 10/18 Video Venture Workshops
F 10/20 Video Venture Workshops
Week 8,
M 10/23 Video Venture Workshops
W 10/25 Video Venture Workshops
F 10/27 Finish Video Ventures – Project 5 must be completed, mixed, uploaded and published to your web site by end of class.
Week 9,
M 10/30 Critique Project 5/Video Ventures
Begin Project 6, Experiments in Augmented Reality
Homework: Download the Zappar app on your phone and tinker with it
W 11/1 Experiments in Augmented Reality Workshops
F 11/3 Experiments in Augmented Reality Workshops
Week 10,
M 11/6 Experiments in Augmented Reality Workshops
W 11/8 Experiments in Augmented Reality Workshops
F 11/10 - no class
Week 11,
M 11/13 Experiments in Augmented Reality. Day 1 Document work with DSLR cameras, edit, upload and publish to your web site.
W 11/15 Experiments in Augmented Reality. Day 2 Document work with DSLR cameras, edit, upload and publish to your web site by end of class. Web 1 students - Begin Final Project, Creating Interactive Multimedia Stories - Review examples of student work.
Homework: Prepare Final project proposals including a story outline and pre-production of story materials.
F 11/17 Critique Augmented Reality. Prepare Final project proposals including a story outline and pre-production of story materials.
Week 12,
M 11/20 Student Presentations for Final Project/Interactive Multimedia Stories followed by Workshop
W 11/22 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
F 11/24 - no class...
Week 13,
M 11/27 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
W 11/29 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
F 12/1 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
Week 14,
M 12/4 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
W 12/6 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
F 12/8 Interactive Multimedia Stories Workshop
Week 15,
M 12/11 Finish Interactive Multimedia Stories. Finial Projects must be published and/or documented and Web Portfolios must be complete and reviewed with instructor by the end of class.
W 12/13 Last Day of Class
W 12/13 Critiques of Final Projects and Web Portfolios