Calendar
Follow the links at the bottom of this page for a schedule of activities and assignments for each week this semester. Each week is divided into Tuesday and Thursday class periods.
This course calendar is subject to change throughout the semester.
Week 1
Tuesday 8/21
In Class:
For Next Time:
Thursday 8/23
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
Week 2
Tuesday 8/28
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
Thursday 8/30
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
- Read Compose, Design, Advocate excerpt 2
- Bring in (or locate online) a sample data map. Bring in a written rhetorical analysis of it of no more than 2 pages using the elements outlined in Compose, Design, Advocate as a guide (sense of purpose, audience, context, strategies, arrangement, medium).
Week 3
Tuesday 9/4
Due Today:
- Written rhetorical analysis of sample data map
In Class:
- Share analyses of sample data maps
- Begin design plan for your data map
For Next Time:
- Design plan for your data map
Thursday 9/6
Due Today:
- Design plan for your data map
In Class:
- Share design plans
- Begin data map first drafts
For Next Time:
Week 4
Tuesday 9/11
Due Today:
- Data map first draft posted to Project 1 First Drafts image gallery
In Class:
For Next Time:
Thursday 9/13
Due Today:
- Data map second draft posted to Project 1 Second Drafts image gallery (I will post feedback as a comment by Saturday)
In Class:
- Postmortem discussion
- Last questions about Project 1
- Project 2 introduction
For Next Time:
Week 5
Tuesday 9/18
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
Thursday 9/20
Due Today:
In Class:
- Discuss Calfee
- Analyze student packages
For Next Time:
Week 6
Tuesday 9/25
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
Thursday 9/27
Due Today:
In Class:
- Discuss Solomon
- Analyze successful promotional materials
For Next Time:
Week 7
Tuesday 10/2
Due Today:
- Comment on reading response 8
- Promotional material design plan draft (electronic, not print, format please)
In Class:
- Finish promotional material analysis
- Discuss Marchand
- Promotional material design plan draft workshop
For Next Time:
Thursday 10/4
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
Week 8
Tuesday 10/9
no class
Thursday 10/11
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
- Project 2 (CD package with design plan, promotional material with design plan, postmortem) final draft
Week 9
Tuesday 10/16
In Class:
For Next Time:
- In-class portion of midterm
Thursday 10/18
In Class:
- In-class portion of midterm
- Get take-home portion of midterm
For Next Time:
- Project 2 (CD package with design plan, promotional material with design plan, postmortem) final draft
Week 10
Tuesday 10/23
Due Today:
- Project 2 (CD package with design plan, promotional material with design plan, postmortem) final draft
In Class:
For Next Time:
- complete take-home portion of midterm
Thursday 10/25
Due Today:
- Take-home portion of midterm
In Class:
For Next Time:
Week 11
Tuesday 10/30
Due Today:
In Class:
For Next Time:
- Individually write a design plan draft for your group's website
Thursday 11/1
Due Today:
- Individual design plan draft for your group's website
In Class:
For Next Time:
- Design technique seminar day 1
- Group 3 (Brian Williams, Jose Salazar, Julianne Fabian, Ruben Sethi): Web design with Dreamweaver
- Group 5 (Adam Strantz, Julie Jansen, Kyle Wiedman): Legitimate use of open source web templates and creative commons graphics
Week 12
Tuesday 11/6
In Class:
- Design technique seminar day 1
- Group 3 (Brian Williams, Jose Salazar, Julianne Fabian, Ruben Sethi): Web design with Dreamweaver
- Group 5 (Adam Strantz, Julie Jansen, Kyle Wiedman): Legitimate use of open source web templates and creative commons graphics
Continue group Gantt chart
For Next Time:
- Design technique seminar day 2
- Group 1 (Daniel Bortnick, David Ayodele, Markus Horstmeyer, Michael Mann): Information architecture (arrangement) in web design
- Group 4 (Brent Brewington, Dan Paulat, Jason Ortiz, Ramsey Saba): Designing web graphics with Photoshop
Thursday 11/8
In Class:
- Design technique seminar day 2
- Group 1 (Daniel Bortnick, David Ayodele, Markus Horstmeyer, Michael Mann): Information architecture (arrangement) in web design
- Group 4 (Brent Brewington, Dan Paulat, Jason Ortiz, Ramsey Saba): Designing web graphics with Photoshop
Finish group Gantt chart
For Next Time:
- Design technique seminar day 3
- Group 2 (Acacia Wood, Aris Aurellano, Brian Otten, Sarah Wilson): Web design with CSS and XHTML
Week 13
Tuesday 11/13
In Class:
- Design technique seminar day 3
- Group 2 (Acacia Wood, Aris Aurellano, Brian Otten, Sarah Wilson): Web design with CSS and XHTML
- Decide what to do during website workshop day 1
- Finish Gantt chart
For Next Time:
Thursday 11/15
In Class:
- Website workshop day 1
- Decide what to do during website workshop day 2
For Next Time:
Week 14
Tuesday 11/20
In Class:
- Website workshop day 2
- Revised design plan due today
- Draft website due today
Thursday 11/22
no class
Week 15
Tuesday 11/27
In Class:
- Respond to client feedback
Thursday 11/29
In Class:
- Respond to client feedback
Week 16
Tuesday 12/4
In Class:
- Respond to client feedback
For Next Time:
- Project 3 (final design plan, final website) due
Thursday 12/6
Due Today:
- Project 3 (final design plan, final website) due with master website files
- A short document (approximately one page) that tells the client how to make basic changes
In Class:
- Respond to client feedback
- Produce a short document (approximately one page) that tells the client how to make basic changes
For Next Time (12/7):