Calendar for ITNW 1392.7501 Fireworks Web Graphics / Fall 2003
Terms, Abbreviations & Icons
- Bookwork = Chapters in text. You should work through each chapter, performing all exercises. Bookwork chapters are required assignments, checked off as completed and uploaded to the NL server, but not graded.
- Readings = Articles for reading--not graded.
- Topics = Short graded papers or projects. These assignments may be uploaded to the NL server or sent to your instructor as attachments to email messages.
- Quizzes = Online multiple-choice quizzes over the copyright guidelines and chapters in your text. Submitted as attachments to email messages.
- Exercises = Ungraded assignments that expand on material in the textbook.
- Projects = Graded assignments. Projects take from the equivalent of two class sessions to an entire semester. Uploaded to the NL server.
- References = Documents provided for additional information. You will never be tested on a reference document. If you're falling behind in class, the reference documents should be ignored.
- Admin = Administrative items needed to make the class run more smoothly.
- Notes = Tips on how to handle particular assignments.
- MFDP = Macromedia Fireworks Design Professional, your textbook
| This Color | Class Dates |
| This Color | Homework Alert -- all homework due next class session unless noted. |
| Gray | Old material -- Typically we'll gray out each class session after the session ends. |
= Content posted after we've covered associated material
in class.
= Gallery of web sites serving as examples of techniques or
concepts discussed in class
= Viewlet (short movie) demonstrating a software technique. Hoover over
the icon to see the show's title. Please remember that a Viewlet's content
does notreflect all the material in a chapter.
= Link to a web site used in lecture. Hoover over the icon to see the site's
name or URL.
= Supplemental reading
| Monday August 25 | ||
| Admin | Syllabus, Lab Policies (Read), Open Lab Informaion (Read), Student Profile | --- |
| Exercise | Scavenger Hunt | ic |
| Admin | Name Game | ic |
| Exercise | Ed Emberly Drawing | ic |
| Lecture | Color   |
ic |
| Project | Project One: Bookmarks | 10/6 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Reading | DWG Introduction and Ch. 1: Getting Stared | 9/8 |
| Lab | MFDP, Unit A Lessons 1-3 | 9/8 |
| Note | HELP WITH TEXTBOOK HOMEWORK -- Sorry for the delay! The last few steps of Setting Up Your Folders have instructions for downloading the textbook files. If you have trouble with this please call me. My number is in the syllabus. Turning In Fireworks Assignments will help you FTP your homeowkr to the server. If you have trouble with FTP don't worry about it -- just save your finished results to a floppy and bring them to class on the 8th. I'll help you upload then. | --- |
| Monday September 1 | ||
| Note | Labor Day Holiday | --- |
| Monday September 8 | ||
| Review | Simple Geometric Designs | --- |
| Admin | Setting Up Your Folders | ic |
| Admin | Turning In Fireworks Assignments | --- |
| Exercise | MFDB remainder of Unit A | --- |
| Reading | NLC Computer Graphics Copyrights Guidelines | 9/15 |
| Quiz | NLC Computer Graphics Copyright Quiz | 9/15 |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 9: Color Aestetics and Ch. 2: HTML Editors | 9/15 |
| Topic | Exploring Color | 9/22 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Reference | Resources: Fireworks Web Sites | --- |
| Monday September 15 | ||
| Exercise | MFDP, Unit B | 9/15 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 3: Strategy and Ch. 4: Web Authoring Environments | 9/22 |
| Monday September 22 | ||
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Exercise | Print Bookmarks | ic |
| Exercise | Photograph Bookmarks | ic |
| Lecture | Web Backgrounds | --- |
| Exercise | Create one tile background, one pancake background, and one matchstick background. | |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 12: Background Tiles | 9/29 |
| Monday September 29 | ||
| Lab | MFDP, Unit C | 10/6 |
| Exercise | Ungraded Quizzes on Backgrounds and on File Formats | ic |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 5: Web File Formats | --- |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 6: Low Bandwidth Graphics | |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 8: Browser-Safe Color | 10/6 |
| Monday October 6 | ||
| Note | Project One due 10/27 | --- |
| Note | Ungraded Quiz | --- |
| Lecture | Typography Basics | --- |
| Lecture | Simple Things To Do With Text | --- |
| Reference | Font Resources | --- |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 8: Browser-Safe Color | 10/6 |
| Reading | Death of the Web-Safe Color Palette | |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Monday October 13 | ||
| Lab | MFDP, Unit D | 10/20 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| DWG Ch. 10: HTML Color Tags and DWG Ch. 11: Linking Basics | ||
| Monday October 20 | ||
| NOTE | Sharon in Milwaukee. You will have a substitute -- please work on Cool Stuff, your textbook, and your project. | 10/29 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Reading | DWG Ch. 7: Color Calibration Issues and | |
| Monday October 27 | ||
| Lab | MFDP, Unit E | 11/3 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| DWG 16: Typography | ||
| Typography Resources |
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| Monday November 3 | ||
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| Note | Project One Due | |
| Monday November 10 | ||
| Lab | MFDP, Unit F | 11/17 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| DWG Ch. 13: Transparent GIFs | ||
| DWG Ch. 14: Rules, Buttons, and Bullets | ||
| Monday November 17 | ||
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| DWG Ch. 15: Image Maps | ||
| Monday November 24 | ||
| Lab | MFDP, Unit G | 12/1 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| DWG Ch. 20: Scanning for the Web | ||
| DWG Ch. 21: GIF Animation | ||
| Project Four: GIF Animated banner | ||
| Monday December 1 | ||
| Lab | MFDP, Unit H | 12/8 |
| Exercise | Cool Stuff | ic |
| DWG Ch. 22: Javascript | ||
| Monday December 8 | ||