SEMESTER: Fall 2008
CREDIT: 3 credit hours
PLACE: Udvar Hazy Building 120
TIME: Section 01 MWF 10:00-10:50 a.m.
INSTRUCTOR: Eric Pedersen
OFFICE: UHB 328
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 9:00-10:00a.m. TR 9:30-10:30a.m.
PHONE: 652-7977
E-MAIL: pedersen@dixie.edu
Presentation Schedule
SCHOOL YEAR: 2008-2009
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
A USB Drive OR other storage media is required.
SUGGESTED TEXT: "The Elements of User Experience" by Jesse James Garrett. Published by New Riders: ISBN#1-56205-949-1. The cost of the text is approximately $29.99. There are many other online texts/readings for CSS and other topics of the course.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Upper level curriculum for students pursuing a degree in Computer and Information Technology (CIT) or advanced skills in visual technologies or web development. Teaches Internet publishing and design principles and concepts. Topics include interface design, PHP scripting, intermediate and advanced HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) techniques, Cascading Style Sheets, XML (Extensible Markup Language), JavaScript, Quicktime Virtual Reality (QTVR), and other advanced web publishing tools. Emphasis is on interface design and appropriate use of technologies in Internet development. Pre-requisites: VT 1300, VT 1400, VT 2500, and VT 2600.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of VT 3000 the student will be able to understand, create, and/or explain the following:
Artistic Interface Design Elements
- Interface Design and Development - (1) strategy, (2) scope, (3) structure, (4) skeleton, and (5) surface (as per elements of the user experience).
- The Preferred User Experience -- Principles of Usability
- Interface Comps -- Conceptual approaches to interactive web design
- Color, Logos, and Typography. Mixing color, type and illustrations/logos and photographic elements artistically for interactive design
- Color - including color schemes, bit depth, monitor settings, dithering, color lookup tables, intermediate optimization issues, hue, saturation, etc., rgb, hexadecimal values, converting to hex, and safe and non-browser safe colors.
Technical Elements
- CSS -- Cascading Style Sheets. Implementing conceptual designs
- Javascript -- Web based scripting - a variety of javascripts including javascript rollovers, multiple event handling, and interface elements.
- Client side image mapping (Concepts and software applications such as MapEdit).
- Open Source Panos - CSS/JavaScript panorama development and digital imaging (digital cameras, digital video cameras (used for content creation and management). Pano stitching, development, and navigation.
- Animated Web graphics - animated GIFs.
- Productivity tools for graphics - droplets, scripts, and batch processing.
- PDF (portable document format) web pages - creation, multi-page, and software used.
- Background images - seamless, patterned, full screen, speed, and aesthetics of backgrounds.
- HTML editors, text editors, browsers, and online resources - where, why, and what to learn.
- Advanced HTML and graphics development including pixel stretching graphics and layout techniques.
- XHTML, XML, and XSL standards and code efficiencies.
- Cross platform issues, fonts, colors, and web typography, browsers, compatibility, cross-platform fixes, resolution, bit depth, and monitor size.
- Commercial web development process.
- Careers in Internet development. Skills needed in the marketplace and jobs in Web design.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING:
Your grade will be based on the percent of the total points which you have earned. Your grade will be composed of the following elements.
| Participation | 25 points |
| Assignments 1-4 | 25 points |
| Assignment 5-12 | 75 points |
| Mid-term Exam | 75 points |
| Final Exam | 75 points |
| Total | 275 points |
Grades will be issued on a percentage of total points possible as follows:
94-100% = A
90-93% = A-
87-89% = B+
84-86% = B
80-83% = B-
77-79% = C+
74-76% = C
70-73% = C-
67-69% = D+
64-66% = D
60-63% = D-
Below 59% = F
All assignments, quizzes, and tests are due on the date designated by the instructor.
Special Needs
If you are a student with a physical or mental impairment and would like to request accommodations, please contact the Disability Resource Center (652-7516) in Room 201 of the Student Services Center. The Disability Resource Center will determine your eligibility for services based upon complete professional documentation. If you are deemed eligible, the Disability Resource Center will further evaluate the effectiveness of your accommodation requests and will authorize reasonable accommodations that are appropriate for your disability.
ASSIGNMENTS AND SCHEDULE:
Here are the Assignments for VT 3000 - Internet Publishing and Design
Send questions and comments to
pedersen@dixie.edu
