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February 7 – Print to Screen

Class Topics

Homework

  • Complete Units 3&4 in WordPress Essential Training course on Lynda.com
  • Update UI Challenge website

February 6 – Creative Groups

Class Topics

  • Finish portfolio reviews
  • Interviews (as necessary) with Creative Group Managers
  • Creative Groups announced
  • Creative Group Challenge (1 hour): Brand your team (a winning team will be chosen based on clarity of presentation, professionalism, and ability to perform under pressure.
    • Name your group (remember that this might end up on your résumé)
    • Create logo for the group.
    • Create a 5 minute pitch/presentation introducing each membr of the team and what your team has to offer a potential client/employer.

Homework

February 5: CSS and Copyright

Class Topics

Homework

  • Complete Exercise 1
  • Read Chapters 4 & 12 in Better Web Type
  • Play Perfect Paragraph Game. Submit screenshot demonstrating a 75% or higher on Google Drive

January 31: Snow Day

Class Topics

Snow day: classes are canceled.

Homework

  • Please plan to finish your exercise for Monday. Please make your exercise live on the web for critique.
  • Please subscribe to the DailyUI mailing list.
  • Set up a free account on WordPress.com
  • Watch Introduction, 1. Up and Running with WordPress, 2. Content Management in WordPress 5 Essential Training on Lynda.com
  • Make sure you’ve created your folder for the class on Google Drive as per the instructions in the syllabus.

January 31: Snow Day

Class Topics

Snow day: class is canceled.

Homework

  • Join our Slack group and get familiar with Slack! There are some great getting started tutorials on their website.
  • Make sure you’ve created your Google Drive folder and shared it with me as per the instructions in your syllabus.
  • Continue working on Exercise 1
    • On your computer make a folder called Exercise 1.
    • Download and install Brackets (a free text/code editor) on your computer.
    • In Brackets go to File > New
    • In Brackets go to File > Save As and save the file as index.html in your Exercise 1 folder.
    • Follow your notes from class on Tuesday to create the basic HTML page for Exercise 1. The only thing that will be different is the heading and paragraph text that you include.
    • Use the sideways lightning bolt icon in the top right hand corner of the application (the live preview button) to see your webpage in a browser. Make sure the content you expect to show up does.
    • Remember to save and save often!
    • When you are done go the the HTML Validator in your web browser (I recommend using Chrome, do not use Safari). Click on the “Validate by File Upload” tab at the top.
    • Use the choose file button to find your index.html file on your computer, then click “check”
    • If you don’t have any errors or warnings you are all set. If you have errors or warnings pay attention to what line number those errors/warnings are on and go back into brackets to see if you can figure out what is not working. If you can’t figure it out, take note of what the error is and ask about it in class on Tuesday!
    • Back up your exercise 1 folder to an external hard drive and upload it to your folder for this class on Google Drive.
  • Read Chapters 1 & 2 in Better Web Type, Copyright Basics (Circ. 1), and Teaching Copyright: Public Domain Frequently Asked Questions

December 7 – Last Class

Class Topics

  • Semester Wrap up
    • Vote Oswego Survey
    • Vote Oswego Copyright
    • Recollection Copyright
  • Individual critique and troubleshooting with Mike and Rebecca

Due at 10:30am on December 12

  • Process Book
  • Timesheet
  • Portfolio Documentation (digital and printed)
  • Post-Mortem (digital and printed)
  • Final panel assets
  • Final presentation
  • High fidelity prototype or equivalent

December 7 – Final Class

Class Topics

  • Final Vote Oswego survey
  • What should be on Google Drive?

Due December 7 at 11:59pm

  • Website files
  • Shortcut to live URL
  • Copyright Documentation

Due December 12 at 8am

  • Presentation of Final project (slide deck)
  • Process Book (PDF)
  • Portfolio Documentation

November 28 – Prepare for critique

Class Topics

Homework

  • Make template page live for class on Friday. We will be doing some critique and accessibility testing. It is ok if the navigation is not implemented.

November 26 – Skills Assessment

Class Topics

  • Identify any technical skills you need for this project that you do not currently have or need significant review on. Discuss this list with Rebecca today.
  • Color of Water: Discuss next possible class visit.

Homework

  • Prepare for critique on Friday.

November 14 – Prototypes & Photos

Class Topics

  • Photos of objects with Julie
  • Critique of Prototypes
  • Presentations of new or missing research

Homework

  • Read personas. Be prepared for a quiz.
  • Brainstorm 5-10 ways the stories created with provided objects can be presented in the exhibition. Consider presenting the words as well as images. Does not need to be interactive, but can be.
  • Iterate on prototypes.

November 14 – Next Steps

Class Topics

  • Color of Water: share technical tests with Rebecca, plan for pitch tomorrow
  • Print to Screen: Review printed design in comparison to originals. Make final tweaks. Submit print and move on to the next step.

November 14 – Prototyping

Class Topics

  • Black and White prototyping (paper prototypes for the win)
  • Revisiting personas to determine content and user flows

Homework

  • Prototypes. Be prepared to narrow scope of web project on Friday with Rebecca.
  • Keep up on your process books!

November 12 – Critique

Class Topics

Today you will have one-on-one critique with Rebecca due to time constraints. Be sure to get feedback from one another earlier in class.

  • Finalize AIR-U submission.
  • Color of Water: Critique and strategy.
  • Print to Screen: Print critique. Must have prints for critique.

Homework

  • Print to Screen: Revise Phase 3 (print). Must bring print to class.
  • Color of Water: Work on pitch.

November 9 – Brainstorming

Class Topics

  • Ideas from the Participatory Museum
  • Disability presentations
  • Review Personas. Discuss Origin stories.

Homework

  • Finish Origin stories.
  • Research interactive exhibitions/displays. Bring 3 examples to class that you find inspiring (and be prepared to share). Put these examples in our research folder on the team drive for the Recollection project.
  • Bring 10-15 sketches/proposals of possible ways we could use the content we have in an interactive fashion.

November 9 – Work Day

Class Topics

  • Check-in about AIR-U competition.
  • Color of Water: Review Personas, Discuss strategy and next steps with Rebecca.
  • Print to Screen: Make sure you have appropriate approvals to move on to Phase 3.

Class Topics

  • Prepare for critique on Monday (second half of class).

November 9 – Final Preparations

Class Topics

  • Work on pitches. Remember to consider each of the personas you have (how do your ideas support the needs of each of these community members?). Remember to consider the research you did about peer organizations/campaigns —what can we learn from those to me our proposals stronger?
  • Prep possible questions the mayor may have.

Homework

  • Prepare for pitch. Come to class on Monday dressed professionally. Remember to practice!

November 5 – Recollection

Class Topics

Homework

  • Mini-reports on age-related disability. Provide a summary of common issues older adults face related to the specific category of disability and provide a bulleted list of key design related concerns (remember that these will be in a physical space). Due Wednesday.
  • Prepare for storytelling with Personal Objects workshop on Wednesdsay (fill out form and bring object).
  • Personas due Thursday.

November 5 – Project 3

Class Topics

  • Undergraduate students will start working on the Color of Water project collaboratively. By the end of class prepare a Google Doc in the shared drive with specific questions you have for students in ENG 337.
  • Graduate students will work on Print to Screen project independently.

Homework

  • Print to Screen: Work on Phases 1 & 2
  • Color of Water: Read provided materials; Get Organized; start research and personas.