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Assignments

• Blogging Assignment
• Homework Assignments

 

Projects

• Project 1: PIFI
• Project 2: Joan Stolz (also see final brief)
• Project 3: Parkland Theatre (also see final brief)
• Project 4: Museum at the Crossroads (also see final brief)

 

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Personal Projects Site (and publishing)
• Exercise 2: Reverse Engineering
• Exercise 3: Webmaster Basics
• Exercise 4: Site Architecture (Developing the Content)
• Exercise 5: Optimizing Web Images
• Exercise 6: Advanced Photoshop Mockup
• Exercise 7: Slicing for Web Production
• Exercise 8: CSS and Javascript
• Exercise 9: CSS Basics (Happy Cog)
• Exercise 10: Advanced CSS (Mourning Dove)
• Exercise 11: CSS Floats (Résumé)
• Exercise 12: GIF Animation (Prairie Gardens)
• Exercise 13: Rounded Corners
• Exercise 14: Introduction to Flash (Clock)
• Exercise 15: Animated Logo (Ad Club)

 

Lectures

• Internet History
• Web Design Statistics
• Analyzing Web Sites

 

Resources

• GDS News & Announcements (or Subscribe)
• C138 Open Studio Hours (also see Policies)
• C138 Studio Use FAQ Wiki
• del.icio.us/parkland.gds (Internet resources for graphic designers)
• Facebook (become a fan!)
• Freephotosbank (free stock images)
• Just Dreamweaver (free templates)
• Jotform (free web based form processor)
• Parkland Academic Calendar
• Parkland Library
• Photospin (stock images for student use)
• Web Browser Elements (for mock-ups)
  
  Also see the Student Resources Page

 

Class
Handouts

• Blank IE browser window (for sketching)
• Browser test pattern (for measuring browser windows)
• Client Brief (Example)
• Classic Fonts Specimen Sheets
• Common Graphics Formats
• Desktop picture with monitor resolutions:
  (1024x768) (1280x960) (1680x1050)
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Macintosh
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Windows
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Flash
• Lorem Ipsum ("greek" text)
• Sample Thumbnail Sketches
• Spry Drop-down Menu Tutorial
• Vocabulary Wheel
• Web Design CSS Cheat Sheet
• Web Design CSS Code Snippets
• Web Design Javascript Code Snippets
• Web Design Site Maps (Examples)
• Web Design Survey: Part 1 / Part 2 (from GDUSA)

 

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