Assignments

• The Sketchbook
• Blogging Assignment
• Homework

Projects

• Project 1: PIFI
• Project 2: Student Show Web Catalog
• Project 3: Client Web Site (also see final brief)
• Project 4: Flash Banner Ad (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: Flash Banner (Beethoven)
• Exercise 10: Flash Banner (Cirque)
• Exercise 11: Advanced CSS (Mourning Dove)
• Exercise 12: Flash Banner (Shockzone)
• Exercise 13: Flash Menu (Heartland Spa)
• Exercise 14: Flash Intro (40 North)
• Exercise 15: Flash Web Site (Copenhagen)
• Exercise 16: Dynamically loading text and images
• Exercise 17: GIF Animation (Prairie Gardens)
• Exercise 18: CSS Columns (Resume)

Lectures

• Internet History
• Web Design Statistics
• Analyzing Web Sites

Resources

• GDS News & Announcements Blog
• GDS Discussion Group
• C138 Open Studio Hours (also see Policies)
• C138 Studio Use FAQ Wiki
• del.icio.us/parkland.gds (Internet resources for graphic designers)
• Parkland Academic Calendar
• Parkland Center for Academic Success (Peer Tutoring, Writing Center, more...)
• Parkland Library
• Parkland Online (Email, Angel, Grades, Registration, more...)
  
  Also see the Student Resources Page

Class
Handouts

• Blank IE browser window (for sketching)
• Blank 1024x768 browser chrome PNGs (IE7) (Firefox) (Safari)
• 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)
• Javascript Code Snippets
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Macintosh
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Windows
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Flash
• Lorem Ipsum ("greek" text)
• Sample Thumbnail Sketches
• Vocabulary Wheel
• Web Design CSS Cheat Sheet
• Web Design Site Maps (Examples)
• Web Design Survey (from GDUSA)