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October 29 – SetUp and Document

Class Topics

  • Meet in MCC 133 to set up Absentee Ballot Party

Homework

  • Finish Process Book for Friday. Remember that the process book is the way you document all of the work you did for the project; if it is not included in the process book it will not be counted/evaluated.
  • Please bring the team evaluation forms to class on Friday (they were due two weeks agao and I am missing most of them).

Please note that October 31 is advisement day for undergraduate art an design students. If you need to go to advisement go straight to 34 Lanigan at the start of class. The entire class period is an open studio to work on process books. Rebecca will not be available during that time.

October 29 – Critique

Topics

  • Critique of Digital Prototype at 10am in 35 Lanigan.
  • Menu screen designers should grab the TV from 34 at the start of class.
  • Ordering user flow students should make their prototypes live and write the URLs on the white board in 35.

October 29 – Exercise 6

Class Topics

  • Work on Exercise 6

Homework

  • Continue to work on Exercise 6 for Friday.
  • Read the following children’s books (and take detailed notes) for Friday. Pay attention to the similarities and differences between the stories. Learn as much as you can about each character and the world they live in. They are on reserve at Penfield Library.
    • The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
    • The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
    • There’s a Wolf at the Door by Zoe B. Alley

Reminder: Wednesday 10/31 is advisement day for art and design students. If you need to participate in advisement go straight to Lanigan 34 to partake. Other students can use the studio to work on Exercise 6. Please be aware that Rebecca will not be available during that class period.

October 26 – Final Production

Class Topics

  • All design work for the Absentee Ballot Party must be complete by 12:30pm today
  • 11×17 poster files need to be set up for bleeds and sent to Rebecca by email to send to Vote Oswego.
  • All lamination needs to happen today.
  • All production of all items needs to be completed by the end of class.
  • A checksheet needs to be created for all items that need to go to Vote Oswego today (i.e. all items they need for the table set up without the classroom). A second checksheet needs to be created for items that need to be gathered for the room and divided between who is bringing those items (Vote Oswego or the Creative Team).

Homework

  • Process books will be due on November 2. Take the weekend off?

October 26 – Final Prototypes

Class Topics

  • Get feedback on paper prototypes (focus on user experience and hierarchy and organization of information).
  • Finalize prototypes. Prototyping has to be complete before you leave today.

Homework

  • Start transitioning prototypes from paper to code. Focus on good structured and semantic HTML (and do not layer in extra unnecessary divs or classes). For those working on the form, focus on mobile for Monday. Rmember that forms will need some ARIA code. For those working on the large menus, work on setting up the grid and getting the information in the correct places, then focus on the details. Remember that to make the design fit on screen you should use vh and vw units. There are excellent tutorials on grid listed under 317 for today.

October 22 – Copyright

Class Topics

Homework

  • Our next exercises will give you the opportunity to experiment with fair use. The first exercise will be to create a regular grid where all elements on the grid are the same size and same format (like a card layout). The second exercise will still use a grid, but will allow you to experiment with different sizes and allow items to overlap or go across multiple rows or columns on the grid. For this assignment pick one issue/topic that you care about amd want to make a commentary on. Gather images and materials that you can use to put your idea forward. Remember that we want to stay in the territory of fair use. Use graph paper to sketch out a few different plans for each exercise.

October 22 – Pitches

Class Topics

  • Pitch final ideas to Vote Oswego Grass Roots team in Mahar 467 (meet there)
  • Revise designs
  • Develop production plan

Homework

  • Design revisions.
  • Production tasks.

October 15 – Critique

Class Topics

  • Project 1 URLs
  • Critique (take notes on the following): Unity (Consistent Theme/Brand and styles), Modular (header and navigation on each page are identical), Typography/Readability (equilateral triangle, baseline grid, modular scale), Responsive (design on smallest screens to design on largest screens). Test live sites on Mobile devices, iPads, and large screens.

Homework

  • Explore the work of Kelly Walters prior to class on October 17.
  • Project 1 Revisions, process and copyright spreadsheet due by noon on Sunday, October 21.

October 12 – Brainstorm

Class Topics

  • Reflection on L72.
  • Final documentation of L72
  • Clean up L72 files on Drive.
  • Establish Absentee Ballot Party teams: Promo, Voting Experience, Education
  • Clarify briefs for each team. Absentee ballot party is Oct 29 & 30 in Room 133 MCC from 10-3.
    • Promo: Check mailboxes poster and digital signage, invites to absentee ballot party (must be produced by Oct 27), Absentee ballot party posters, sidewalk posters, etc. Goals: getting people prepared for and at the absentee ballot party.
    • Voting Experience: Complete ballot, weigh ballot, stamp ballot, mail ballot, feel like accomplished something, “I Voted” stickers, etc. Goals: make voting as an absentee feel like a “real” voting experience.
    • Education: produce publications to help people prepare for the voting experience, direct people to website, answer questions for people before they vote, design entrance into party.

Homework

  • Initial paper prototypes (must be to scale).

October 12 – Troubleshooting

Class Topics

  • Q & A
  • Review Questions
  • Work time: get all small screen design issues resolved.
  • Get design to work correctly on mobile with this line of code in the head of your document: <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>

Homework

  • Media Queries. Prepare for critique (site needs to be live before class starts).

October 10 – Documentation

Class Topics

  • Photograph tables and promo materials in context.
  • Process Books:
    • 8.5×11 or 1024×768
    • Include bulleted list on first page of all contributions.
    • Document all contributions to L72.
    • Include written work.
    • List all production tasks.
    • Include final images of work in context.
    • Include quick summaries of key changes and key decisions.

October 8 – L72 Final Production

Class Topics

  • Kelsi: Laminate floor graphics.
  • Carly: Get FAQ approved and printed.
  • Kayla: Get Banners printed and finished.
  • Kim & Nicole: Get final approval on interactives.
  • Rasheda & Miles: Get final approval on example forms.
  • Ngan: Top and Front View Mockups for Set Up Directions
  • TBD: Setup Instructions
  • TBD: Production of Interactives
  • TBD: Production of Example Forms

Homework

  • Last minute L72 production.
  • Process books.

October 5 – Production

Class Topics

  • Complete Budget/Plan
  • Scale prototypes of everything: prioritize table runner, example forms, and all promo materials
  • Grassroots team approvals
  • Print and cut all L72 posters (ease of use, hourglass and circle) and pocket schedules.
  • Submit digital signage.
  • Send list of items to be ordered to Dr. Rank.

Homework

  • Produce pieces needed for tables.
  • Design instruction/set-up kits.

October 5 – Finishing Touches

Class Topics

  • Critique with Rebecca.
  • Work on finishing touches.
  • Prepare site for launch on Monday.

Homework

  • For Monday: Submit Site
  • For Wednesday: Submit Process Books; Submit evaluation plan; Submit team evaluation form

New project starts on Wednesday.

October 3 – Revised Design

Class Topics

Meet in 36.

  • Revise 6ft and 12ft design plans. Keep budget under $300. Budget must include chum.
  • Conduct tests with fabric printer for additional table runners.
  • Critique and revise all promo items for L72: posters, pocket schedules, etc.

Homework

  • Complete assigned tasks

September 28 – Micro Typography

Class Topics

  • Q&A
  • Open Type Features: ligatures, small caps, old-style figures, lining figures, tabular figures, em dash, en dash, hair space, non-breaking space, thin space, smart quotes, prime marks, ellipsis
  • CSS Properties: font-variant-ligatures, font-variant-caps, font-variant-numeric, font-feature-settings, text-rendering
  • Get feedback from classmates.

Homework

  • Finish Exercise 4.

September 28 – Work Day

Class Topics

  • Review priority list with Rebecca
  • Review persona list with Rebecca
  • Finalize code to start phase 2 (have Rebecca review?)
  • Discuss ways to take advantage of AIR-U resources (accessibility, but also design ideas for challenging content)

Homework

  • Assigned tasks. Use task sheet on drive.

September 26 – Phase 2

Class Topics

  • Task sheet. Include all enhancement suggestions from all teammembers. Prioritize list.
  • Clean up code
  • Organize Drive (I got you started)
  • Consider Personas

Homework

  • Assigned task (see task list spreadsheet on Drive.)
  • Post status updates in Slack.

September 24 – Table Idea

Class Topics

  • L72: What does success look like?
  • Share table ideas. Finalize two ideas to pursue (each idea needs to have a 6ft and 12ft plan — reusing as many elements as possible). Remember to use the origin and concept stories to guide choices.
    • Firm up ideas by 9/26. Need budgets for each idea.
    • Prototype and test ideas 9/26-9/28
    • Prepare pitch for grassroots team on 10/1
    • Full production complete by 10/8

Homework

  • Assigned tasks. Post list in Slack.

September 24 – Baseline Grid

Class Topics

  • Vertical Rhythm: Baseline Grid
  • Horizontal Rhythm: letter spacing (tracking), kerning, indenting (p+p selector, text-indent property), hanging punctuation
  • Check Browser Support

Homework

  • Exercise 4: Set paragraphs (equilateral triangle), implement baseline grid, implement horizontal rhythm on paragraph text. Implement media queries so that the text works well across screen sizes.
  • Read Chapter 7 in Better Web Type
  • Read Fair Use FAQ and Public Domain FAQ from Teaching Copyright

September 24 – Team Regroup

Class Topics

  • Take time to get to know each other and build trust (45 min; Nicole will facilitate). What do you like to do? What are your constraints outside of class? Share your design work from other classes. What is important to you? How do you like to be communicated with? Share a group experience that went well–what made it work so well?
  • What do you want changed about part 2 of this project? How will the team work more cohesively?
  • Set goals for final version of site. How will you know you are successful?

Homework

  • Get files organized and cleaned up. Don’t start any new work.
  • Create a spreadsheet that includes all desired enhancements. Everyone should contribute. Prioritizing that list and setting schedule for a launch on 10/5 will be your first task on 9/26.
  • Reflection (hand-written and put in sealed envelop):
    • What have you learned about campaign work?
    • What have you learned about design teams?
    • What have been the best points in this project?
    • What have been the worst points in this project?
    • What skills have you gained or improved?