Date

Lectures

Readings & Assignments Due

1

May 26

Introduction

• Student Survey

Review Syllabus

Introduction to Web Design Lecture Notes

Student Survey (in class)

2

May 28

Lecture Notes

Readings

• Web Style Guide
• Intro to Color & the Web
• Intro to Web Accessibility
• Intro to HTML/XHTML
• Using SSH

Assignment 1 - evaluating web sites
(5 points)

3

June 2

Designing with Images

• Dreamweaver
• Photoshop

Lecture Notes

Readings

• Dreamweaver Tutorial
• Photoshop Tutorial

Assignment 2 - e-mail me your 1st page (5 points)

4

June 4

Designing with Style Sheets

• Dreamweaver
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Team Projects - 5 teams formed

Lecture Notes

Readings

• Introduction to CSS
• Learning CSS

Assignment 3 (5points) -link the URL to your homepage before the class

5

June 9

Intro to Fireworks

• buttons, slices and rollovers
• navigation bar (exercise)

Lecture Notes

• Fireworks Tutorials
• Fireworks Support

6

June 11

Final Project Description
Page layout, poor design, common mistakes

• Team 1 presentation (Photoshop)

Due:
Assignment 4 (5points) -link the URL to your homepage before the class

7

June 16

Fireworks (continued, creating a slideshow)

• Team 2 presentation (Dreamweaver, CSS)

Due:
Final Project Outline (1 page, print)

8

June 18

Introduction to Flash

• Timeline and frames
• Animation techniques
  • shape tweens
  • motion tweens
• Publishing Flash files

Lecture notes

Readings
Ulrich, Katherine. Adobe Flash CS3 professional for Windows and Macintosh Berkeley, Calif. 2007.

E-book, available through http://library.albany.edu/

9

June 23

Flash (continued)

• Motion tweens (continued)
• ActionScript

Team 3 presentation (Fireworks)

Links

• Flash Tutorials
• Flash Samples
  

10

June 25

Forms in Dreamweaver
Templates in Dreamweaver

• Team 4 presentation (Flash)

Lecture notes

Readings

• UAlbany ITS resources
• Accessible Forms

11

June 30

JavaScript, and other web development tools. FormMail instructions (optional)

• Team 5 presentation (Flash)

Class wrap up: work on final projects, questions, discussion

Links

• JavaScript Tutorials
• JavaScript Examples

Due:
Assignment 5 (5 points) - link the URL to your portfolio before the class

12

July 2

Final Presentations

Final Projects Due - link the URL to your portfolio "Projects" page!!