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Meets Monday and Wednesday @ 3:15 - 4:30 pm
Instructor: Bruce Matsunaga
DAILY SYLLABUS v. 1.6 (10.25.01)
August | September | October | November | December
This schedule is tentative; we will amend it as the semester progresses. Since the class will be composed of students with various levels of experience with computer applications, we will adjust the schedule accordingly. The class website will reflect all changes to the syllabus.
All reading assignments are due on the date listed. Interface Culture is listed as IC. The page numbers are in parenthesis.
Our WebBoard address is: http://english.asu.edu:8080/~matsunaga
Foundations
August 20 - Introduction to the course. WebBoard activities
August 22 - (Aug 26th is last day to add/drop) Basic Internet use: Browsers and Searches.
The Basics of Internet Searching *IE only
Activities - Searching
August 27 - Read Searching the Internet | More Basic Internet use.
August 29 - IC Preface and Ch 1. Listservs
See WebBoard for assignments | What's a Luddite? | Marshall McLuhan site1 site2
Public Interest Show from 8/28/01 (RealAudio) on Waldrop's book The Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personal (Optional listening).
September 3 - Labor Day, No Class
September 5 - Word (bring in resume material)
Check the links section for tips on building an effective resume
A good Word Tutorial.
September 10 - IC Ch 4.
Hypertext examples: Mark Amerika's Grammatron and Alt-X
Carolyn Guyer's homepage
Beehive is a hypertext/hypermedia journal
September 12 - (Sep 14th unrestricted withdrawal deadline)
Class Cancelled due to terrorist attacks on NY and Washington D.C.September 17 - IC Ch 5.
Peer reviewing using MS Word's Review feature | Peer Review Instructions (in Word)
September 19 - IC Ch 2, 3 -Due: Word assignment (on WebBoard)
PBS Nerds 2.0.1 Timeline | PBS's history of Micro Computers | Tech TV's Ode to MS Bob | CNN's Chat page | A Dilbert Cartoon | MacTech's Magic Cap article | Steve Wozniak's web page
September 24 - IC Ch 6. PowerPoint, -Due: Listserv assignment (on WebBoard)
Link to PowerPoint tutorial | Another PowerPoint Tutorial
The Software Agents group | A Wired article on Firefly | Another Wired article on Agents
September 26 - IC Ch Conclusion. Intro to Research Assignment
Images
October 1 - Photoshop Basic Overview | Toolbar reference
Link to Photoshop tutorials | WebMonkey's Crash Course on Photoshop | Photoshop tips
Cool Archive's Graphics | Free ClipartOctober 3 - Scanning with Photoshop
Scanning for web use | Get the redeye out
Special web cast - David Halperin in CC Auditorium 12:00 - 2:00
October 8 - Special web cast - Dominick LaCapra LSE 104, 6:30-8:30
October 10 - Creating graphics for the Internet
October 15 -
October 17 -
HTML
October 22 - HTML and Dreamweaver -
Good beginners guide to HTML | Webmonkey's Dreamweaver tutorial | Setting up your Site folder
October 24 - Wlad Godzich, The Fletcher Lecture, 6-8 PM in LSE 104.
October 29 - DW, Usability issues, Research Project Due *new date*
useit.com | webpages that suck.com | Creating Killer Web Sites | Great Website Design tips
October 31 - Dreamweaver, Project Presentations
November 5 - DW - Macromedia Exchange
November 7 - DW
November 12 - Veteran's Day, No Class
November 14 - DW, using free web hosting - Tripod | Angelfire | Geocities | Spaceports
November 19 - DW, Web Portfolio, Emerging Technologies
November 21 - Workshop Portfolios
November 26 - Workshop Portfolios
Portfolio Presentations
November 28 - Where to put your stuff for free - Tripod | Angelfire | Geocities | Spaceports | 50 megs | Crosswinds
Dreamweaver Site set up for Tripod
Securing your web site - ASU Jukebox's resources | an example secure folder (id "eng" / pwd "294") Download the example .nsconfig file
CSS Info - Bugs and workarounds | Compatibility Chart | W3's core styles | Style Bank
Topstyle Pro, my favorite css editor