Tips for success in this class.
Week 1 – Jan. 8: Overview & Digital Basics
Media Literacy & What’s New About New Media?
Raster Graphic Techniques (Photoshop Basics)
Notes and Homework
Week 2 – Jan. 15: Manipulating Digital Images
Due: Photo Retouch
Digital Basics - What is a Pixel?
Ethics of Digital Manipulation
Adobe Photoshop mini-projects
Notes and Homework
Week 3 – Jan. 22: Visual Communication
Due: Duckie
Visual Cues & Perceptual Theories I
Start Self-portrait Project
Notes and Homework
Week 4 – Jan. 29: Combining Digital Images
Due: Self-portrait Images
Critique Self-portrait Image
Visual Cues & Perceptual Theories II
Visual Montage
Start Triptych Project
Notes and Homework
Week 5 – Feb. 5: Combining Text & Images
Due: Triptych Images
Critique Triptych Image
Raster vs. Vector Graphics
Page Layout w/Adobe InDesign
Notes and Homework
*Mardi Gras Break (Feb. 11-17)
Week 6 – Feb. 19: Time-based Visual Communication
Due: InDesign Project
NL Digital Video Editing w/Apple Final Cut Pro
Work on mini-video project
Notes and Homework
Week 7 – Feb. 26: Videography & the Camera
Due: Quiz #1
Due: Mini-video project
Due: Video project proposal
Form and Content of Communication Messages
Shooting video: Videography & The Camera
Start Video Project
Notes and Homework
Week 8 - Mar. 5: Video Project
Due: Storyboards and/or shot lists
Visual Ethics for Video
Begin shooting and editing video
Notes and Homework
Week 9 - Mar. 12: Video Project
Using Copyrighted Materials
Work on Video Project
Notes and Homework
Week 10 – Mar. 19: Video Project
Due Thursday: Video Project (posted on masscomm server)
Exporting & distributing video
Work on Video Project
Critique Video Project
Notes and Homework
*Spring Break (Mar. 25-Apr. 1)
Week 11 – Apr. 2: Making Web Pages
Basic HTML
Notes and Homework
Week 12 – Apr. 9: Building a Web Presence w/CMS
Due Tues: Basic HTML Page(s)
Authoring for the Web in CMS
Begin Web Project using Wordpress
Notes and Homework
Week 13 – Apr. 16: Final Project
Due: Quiz #2
Due Tues: Web Project
Due Thurs: Final Project Proposals
Critique Web Projects
Discuss Final Projects
Notes and Homework
Final Project proposals are due Thurs by class time. Detailed guidelines here. Specific project goals, content, context, and evaluation criteria are discussed in class. Drop your proposal in the class drop box as an MS Word or PDF document.
Week 14 – Apr. 23: Final Project
Begin Final Project
Notes and Homework
Week 15 – Apr. 30: Final Project
Work on Final Project
Finals Week: Project Presentation
Final Project due date and presentations during final’s week:
Section 1: Thursday, May 9, 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Section 2: Tuesday, May 7, 11:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Section 3: Tuesday, May 7, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
It is mandatory that you present your final project at the assigned time for your section of our class. It is an essential component of the grading (10% of project grade). Contact the professor immediately if a problem arises prior to the presentation.