schedule


  • Date Before Class In Class Assignments Due Dates
    Tues, Jan. 19 Introductions

    Class outline

    Syllabus and schedule

    Thurs, Jan. 21 Watch The Internet: Behind the Web Intro to the class blog

    Intro to Project 1

    Intro to TextWrangler

    Intro to HTML basic structure

    Project 1

    Tues, Jan. 26

    Discuss web hosting

    Thurs, Jan. 28

    Tues, Feb. 2

    • Continuing HTML
      • Navigation Strategy
      • Multiple Pages

    Thurs, Feb. 4 Work day for Project 1 Project 1 due Feb. 5th by midnight
    Tues, Feb. 9

    Project 2

    Blog Post 1

    Thurs, Feb. 11

    • Continuing CSS
      • classes and ids

    Blog post 1 due Friday, Feb. 12th by midnight

    Blog comments due Sunday, Feb. 14th by midnight.

    Tues, Feb. 16

    • Have ideas ready for your original website logo or header

    • Handout: Intro to PhotoShop
      • work on original banner image
      • optimizing images
    • Class and ID quiz

    Thurs, Feb. 18

    • Continue to work on Project 2 outside of class

    Work day for Project 2 Project 2 due Feb. 19th by midnight
    Tues, Feb. 23 Review HTML and CSS handouts.

    • Review concepts
    • Discuss Troubleshooting Assessment
    • Blog Post 2
    Blog Post 2
    Thurs, Feb. 25

    • Troubleshooting Assessment

    Blog post 2 due Friday, Feb. 26th by midnight

    Blog comments due Sunday, Feb. 29th by midnight.

    Tues, Mar. 1

    • Begin work on Responsive Exercise
    • Break into teams for iMovie

    Responsive Exercise
    Thurs, Mar. 3

    • Continue to work on Responsive Exercise outside of class

    • Work day for Responsive exercise
    • Get approval for iMovie exercise topics

    Responsive Exercise due Mar. 4th by midnight
    Tues, Mar. 8

    • Brief overview of iMovie functions
    • Intro to iMovie exercise
    • Collect Footage

    iMovie Exercise
    Thurs, Mar. 10

    • iMovie workday

    iMovie Exercise due Friday, Mar. 11th by midnight

    Tues, Mar. 15

    Spring Break! No class! 
    Thurs, Mar. 17

    Spring Break continued!
    Tues, Mar. 22

    • Intro to Bootstrap
    • Intro to Project 3
    • Intro to Blog Post 3

    Project 3

    Blog Post 3

    Thurs, Mar. 24

    • Bootstrap
      • the repository
      • the grid
      • components

    Blog post 3 due Friday, Mar. 25th by midnight

    Blog comments due Sunday, Mar. 27th by midnight

    Tues, Mar. 29

    Slideshow/ Carousel Exercise
    Thurs, Mar. 31

    • Bootstrap troubleshooting
    • P3 workday
    • Brief intro to Final Project

    Decide on a topic for Final
    Tues, Apr. 5

    • Discuss Final Project topics
    • P3 final workday

    Thurs, Apr. 7

    • Intro to WordPress
    • Handout: WordPress
    • Set up subdomains for Final Project
    • WordPress Install

    Project 3 due Friday, Apr. 8th by midnight

    Pick a WordPress theme over the weekend

    Tues, Apr. 12

    • Discuss theme customization/child themes
    • Discuss plugins and widgets
      • install a child theme
    • Handout: WordPress Plugins
    • Creating menus
    • Creatings pages
      • adding/organizing pages on a menu

    Final Project
    Thurs, Apr. 14

    • Be gathering footage, interviews, content for Final Project

    • Menus, pages, site organization cont’d

    Tues, Apr. 19

    • Data Visualization
    • Advanced WordPress customization
    • Final Blog Post

    Blog Post 4
    Thurs, Apr. 21

    • Have AT MINIMUM:
      • 1 story complete
      • 2 multimedia components complete

    • Content Review – this WILL be part of your final grade

    Blog post 4 due Friday, Apr. 22nd by midnight

    Blog comments due Sunday, Apr. 25th by midnight

    Tues, Apr. 26

    • Work on Final Projects

    Work day for Final Projects
    Thurs, Apr. 28

    • Work on Final Projects

    Optional work day for Final Projects
    Tues, May. 3 no class – see open lab hours
    Thurs, May. 5 no class – see open lab hours Final Projects due Friday, May. 6th by midnight.