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August 31, Thursday

For Thursday, September 7

  • Complete the HTML Flash Cards
  • Begin research, email me a list of your sources and notes!
  • Send me links to your completed Flashcards (1, 2 and 3)

Pick a topic and begin researching it. If you want to do a topic other than one of the ones I've provided, please talk with or email me before you start researching to discuss it! By the start of class Thursday I want you to send me a list of at least 7 resources you are using to research (articles, videos, books) along with at least a total of 3 'pages' of notes from those resources. At this stage, more is better.

September 7, Thursday

Select two different audiences and focus your research with them in mind.

For Monday, September 11

In Class, Monday, September 11

For Thursday, September 14

Outline, wireframe, or sketch 2 different approaches for your zine. Think about how different structures of your content impact how the audience will engage with it. Do you break it up into bite size pieces, do you let the user move through it at their own pace?

Send me an email with your outline's or sketches in whatever form they take. We'll discuss them Thursday in class.

In Class, Thursday, September 14

For your chosen structure, refine your proposed outlines into high fidelity designs. Remember the file size restriction and how it impacts your ability to include graphics. Design your website in the digital design tool of your choice (Figma, XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, etc). Think about your reasons for communicating with this audience and evaluate your design decisions against this goal.

Your designs should be high fidelity in the sense that they should look like screenshots of the final built site. They should be comprehensive, in that they should visualize enough of your final site that there is no question about how your final zine will look or work through any of it's states. As part of that process, begin to author final copy for your zine as you work out these designs.

For Monday, September 18

In Class, Monday, September 18

Due Thursday, September 22

  • Have your designs ready for crit in class!

In Class, Thursday, September 22

  • Crit on designs, here is our order:
William
Feier
Cassia
Yawen
Lee
Ashton
Julie
Jenny
Kelly
Leona
Meg
Hana
Cindy

Due Monday, September 25

In Class, Monday, September 25

Due Thursday, September 28

  • 50% build check in.

The 50% Review, your content should be complete and present in your HTML and CSS, and the structure of your site should be in place, even if behaviorally or visually your site is not final. Remember to keep an eye on your final downloaded size!

In Class, Thursday, September 28

  • Work day on our sites.

Due Monday, October 2

  • Continue to make progress on your sites.

In Class, Monday, October 2

  • Final in class work day before final crit.

Due Thursday, October 5

Complete Project 1 and have it uploaded to your class site by the start of class for final crit.

In Class Thursday, October 5

Final Crit on Project 1, here is our order.

Feier
Ashton
Lee
Kelly
Yawen
William
Hana
Jenny
Cindy
Leona
Julie
Meg
Cassia

Due Monday, October 9

Watch and respond to Derek Watkins @ Eyeo 2017 and respond in the weekly doc.

In Class Monday, October 9

Due Thursday, October 12

  • Have 3 different directions for Project 2 sketched out for desk crits!

In Class Thursday, October 12

  • Demo on p5js for prototyping
  • Discuss sketches for Project 2 (Step 1 Due)
  • Begin prototypes

Due Monday, October 16

  • Continue working on prototyping potential approaches to building your experience.
  • Read and respond to Fuck Content in the Weekly Doc

In Class, Monday October 16

  • Reading discussion on Fuck Content
  • Work time on your prototypes.

For Thursday, October 19

'Complete' your prototypes, focus on how the interaction works and what information it communicates to the user! Don't worry about visual polish, but focus on interactive craft.

In Class Thursday, October 19

With the knowledge we've gained from the prototypes, refine your design into its final visual form in a digital design tool. These should be high fidelity designs, though you need not replicate work from the prototyping stage by drawing every possible state. Focus on working through the details of your visual language, and lean on the prototype to communicate the behavior of your experience.

Due Monday, October 23

In Class Monday, October 23

For Thursday, October 26

  • Have final designs for Project 2 for review.

In Class Thursday, October 26

  • Desk crits on designs.
  • Begin building Project 2 final.

For Monday, October 30

  • Make progress building Project 2.

In Class Monday, October 30 πŸŽƒ

  • Work time on Project 2

For Thursday, November 2

  • Finish Project 2 and have it uploaded to your class site for final crit.

In Class Thursday, November 2

Final Crit on Project 2, here is our order.

Kelly
Cindy
Julie
Leona
Feier
Cassia
Ashton
Jenny
Yawen
Hana
Lee
Meg
William

For Monday, November 6

In Class Monday, November 6

For Thursday, November 9

Thursday, November 9

For Monday November 13

  • Read An App can be a Home Cooked Meal and respond in the weekly doc.
  • For your selected concept, design at least three pages/states of your site (in Figma, XD, whatever). Focus on working out type, color, hierachy, the grid. Pretend these are screenshots of your website. If I click through your design sketches, will I understand how this website exists online?

Monday November 13

For Thursday November 16

  • Make progress on building your site, come to class stuck!

Thursday November 16

  • Student Evals!
  • Work time on code in class.

For Monday November 20

  • Be ready for 50% build review.

Monday November 20

  • 50% Build Review in groups.

For Monday November 27

Monday November 27

Will's out sick, check in via email! Prior class plan below.

For Thursday November 30

  • Have your sites nearly done with any final issues ready to work through in class!

Thursday November 30

  • In class work time on our sites.

For Monday December 4

  • Have your site uploaded to fluxus and linked from your interactive 2 homepage for final crit!

Monday December 4

Final Crit! Make sure your site is uploaded to your Fluxus class site and linked from your Interactive 2 homepage!

Here is our order:

Hana
Feier
Jenny
Leona
Lee
Kelly
Yawen
Ashton
Meg
Cindy
William
Julie
Cassia