Schedule

Date Due In Class
Week 1
Th Sep 04
  • Discuss: Syllabus and course introduction
  • Discuss: Why print & web for artists?
Week 2
Tu Sep 09
  • Meet at WCCL 125 @ 2:20pm
  • Discussion: History and Particulars of Print
  • Meet with Brenna Cooper to discuss the Riso machine
  • Experience:
  • Looking at paper, binding, and finish types
  • Looking at letterpress vs. offset vs. Riso printing
  • Bitmap vs. Vector Images
  • Introduce: Daily Project
Th Sep 11
  • Discuss: Adobe Suite, Part 1: Photoshop & Illustrator
  • Experience: Photoshop & Illustrator
  • Introduce: Post-Internet Zine
Week 3
Tu Sep 16
  • Discuss: Adobe Suite, Part 2 + Image Types
  • Experience: Photoshop & Illustrator
Th Sep 18
  • Experience: Diving deeper into Photoshop and Illustrator
Week 4
Tu Sep 23
  • Field trip: Meet at BYU Print and Mai—Use the south/main entrance @ 2:25pm
  • Discuss: Adobe Suite, Part 3
  • Experience: Photoshop & Illustrator
Th Sep 25
  • Discuss: Adobe Suite, Part 4: InDesign and multi-page design (Illustrator)
  • Experience: InDesign
Sa Sep 27
Week 5
Tu Sep 30
  • Introduce: Project/Exhibition Identity: Print
  • Experience: Zine Work Day: Get Input and Help (Attendance Still Required)
  • Examine mailers and catalogs
Th Oct 02
  • Discussion: History and Particulars of the Internet
  • Experience: Zine Work Day: Get Input and Help (Attendance Still Required)
  • Introduce: Exhibiton Identity: Print project
Week 6
Tu Oct 07
  • Video Lecture
  • Discuss: Web Design Basics, Part 1
  • Cascading Style Sheets: CSS
  • Experience: Adding CSS to HTML: Inline, Internal, External
Th Oct 09
  • Critique: Post-Internet Zine Project
  • Discuss: Introduce: Net Art project
  • Web Design Basics, Part 2
  • Experience: Building a basic HTML page
Week 7
Tu Oct 14
  • Discuss: More basic HTML
Th Oct 16
  • Discuss: Web Design Basics, Part 3
  • Responsive Design
  • Experience: Adding responsive elements
Week 8
Tu Oct 21
  • Discuss: Web Design Basics, Part 4
  • Images, sound, and video on the web
  • Experience: Placing responsive hypermedia on web pages
  • Site Structure / Journey, URLs (registering and taxonomy), hosting, file organization and calls, FTP, etiquette, security, analytics and SEO
Th Oct 23
  • Critique: Exhibition Identity: Print
Week 9
Tu Oct 28
  • Discuss: Tumblr, GitHub, and hosting
Th Oct 30
  • Experience: Work in class on your projects so you can get live feedback and help from the professor.
  • Introduce: Personal Portfolio
Week 10
Tu Nov 04
  • Experience: Work on Net Art project
Th Nov 06
  • Critique: Net Art project
Sa Nov 08
Week 11
Tu Nov 11
  • Experience: Work on Personal Portfolio project
Th Nov 13
  • Discuss: Portfolio Sites Show & Tell
  • Each student submits 3 examples of portfolio sites they admire and then walks through what stands out to them about the site (not just the artwork) including the code that makes it possible (look under the hood).
  • Experience: Work on Personal Portfolio project
Week 12
Tu Nov 18
  • NO CLASS
  • Experience: Work on Personal Portfolio project
Th Nov 20
  • Critique: Personal Portfolio project
Week 13
Tu Nov 25
  • NO CLASS: Work Day
Th Nov 27
  • NO CLASS: THANKSGIVING
Week 14
Tu Dec 02
  • Experience: Work on Daily and Final Projects
Th Dec 04
Week 15
Tu Dec 09
  • Daily Project show and tell
  • Discuss: Draft critiques of Final Projects (must sign up for one slot between weeks 14 and 15)
  • Sign up for draft critique
Th Dec 11
  • READING DAY
Week 16
Tu Dec 16