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Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior

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Assignment

Read Semantic XHTML (Quiz Material)

Write –  Blog  – Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a short written assignment that should be posted to your blog by next Monday. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.

Our Window to the Web: Web Browsers & Understanding Web Related Terminology

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Assignment

Read – The history of the Internet and the web, and the evolution of web standards

Write –  Blog  – Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a short written assignment that should be posted to your blog by next Monday. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.

Introduction to Fireworks

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  • Fireworks Workspace
  • Creating Shapes
  • Working with Typography
  • Cropping and Resizing

Assignment

Complete the following tutorials and submit the folder icon you create in the 3rd tutorial.

You should post this to your blog before class next Monday. Late submissions will not be accepted. I do not expect you to perfectly replicate the icon in the tutorial but I would like to see a solid effort from each of you. This is a challenging assignment so I encourage you to not wait until the night before it is due. Good Luck!

If you’d like to work from home you can download a demo version of Fireworks here.

Using the Web like a Pro II

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Assignment

Write a blog post about your favorite web-based service that you learned about in class or otherwise. This should be a thorough review detailing what you like/dislike, areas for improvement, and a comparison to any similar products or services.

In-Class Lab

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Create a Google Doc that includes a list of three things you learned from Jennifer Moodey’s talk about EIT. Also in this document I would like you to write a minimum three paragraphs on the experience you had during the scavenger hunt last week. Discuss how your team decided to tackle the hunt, whether or not you felt like you worked as a team, and what you would do differently. When you complete this assignment you should share this document with tswallace@ualr.edu. Do not email me this document!. Use the built in sharing functionlity of Google Docs. If you do not know how to do this you can look here for help. This is due by the end of the day today.

I have postponed the presentations until October 22nd. Please review the guidelines on this page and let me know if you have any questions. See you next week.

PowerPoint

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Assignment

Be prepared to to present to the class on Tuesday. Make sure you follow the requirements listed here.

Create a Google Doc that includes a list of three things you learned from Jennifer Moodey’s talk about EIT. Also in this document I would like you to write a minimum three paragraphs on the experience you had during the scavenger hunt last week. Discuss how your team decided to tackle the hunt, whether or not you felt like you worked as a team, and what you would do differently. When you complete this assignment you should share this document with tswallace@ualr.edu. Do not email me this document!. Use the built in sharing functionlity of Google Docs. If you do not know how to do this you can look here for help.

Working with Paths in Fireworks

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Your assignment for this session is to complete the following tutorials and submit the folder icon you create in the 3rd tutorial.

You should email this icon to me before class next Tuesday. Late submissions will not be accepted. I do not expect you to perfectly replicate the icon in the tutorial but I would like to see a solid effort from each of you. This is a challenging assignment so I encourage you to not wait until the night before it is due. Good Luck!

MBTI Debreif

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  • Catherine Lowry
  • Scavenger Hunt Team Assignments

Assignment

Discuss what you learned about yourself by completing the MBTI. Explain how what you learned will better prepare you for working in teams. Please be thorough.

EIT Q & A with Jennifer Moody

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  • EIT Student Services – Jennifer Moody
  • Exploring Web-based Resources
  • MBTI – Please complete in class and then email me a screen shot of your score. It is imperative that you do this before your next class schedule.

Assignment:

Review your favorite web-based service in a blog post explaining it’s functionality, the pro’s and con’s of using the particular service, and discuss the service’s potential for impacting the way you work. Post is due next Monday. Please be prepared to discuss in class.

Introduction to HTML5

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HTML5 Overview

Assignment

Read Chapter 8 – Quiz Material

Create and Validate a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page.
Emailed to tswallace@ualr.edu on 9.27.12

Introduction to HTML

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Assignment

Create and Validate a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page.
Emailed to tswallace@ualr.edu on 9.25.12
Reading Assignment: CSS Basics

WordPress Explained

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  • Blog Settings
  • Applying a Theme
  • Customizing the Sidebar
  • Widgets
  • RSS Feeds

The World is Flat 3.0

http://video.mit.edu/watch/the-world-is-flat-30-9321/

Assignment

Customize your blog. Apply a new theme. Customize the sidebar. Add a few widgets. Display an rss feed from a site that you frequent.

(Due  9/17/12) Write a blog post reflecting on your thoughts of Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat 3.0 video. Do you agree or disagree with the author’s perspective on globalization?

Getting Started

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Assignment

Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a written assignment that should be emailed to me (tswallace@ualr.edu) no later than 9-4-12. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.

Introduction to WordPress

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Homework

(Due 8.30.12): Write your first blog post reflecting on your personal expectations for the semester. Make sure you categorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post.
Send the URL of your newly created blog to tswallace@ualr.edu

Introduction to WordPress

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Homework

Homework (Due 9.4.12): Write your first blog post reflecting on your first day in the program and your personal expectations for the class. Make sure you catorgorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post as well. There is no length requirement for this assignment.

Send the URL (Address) of your newly created blog to tswallace@ualr.edu

Course Overview and Introduction to WordPress

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Homework

(Due 9.6.12): Write your first blog post reflecting on your personal expectations for the semester. Make sure you categorize and/or tag the post. If you are feeling adventurous try adding a photo to the post.

Send the URL of your newly created blog to tswallace@ualr.edu