Week 9
October 22: Design
AM
Desk Crit. Review initial designs.

PM
Upload Lynda.com ch 11 & Garrett ch 7
Upload two initial designs

Assignment:
Refine one design direction and apply to two secondary pages.
Upload jpegs to your projects website.
Lynda.com ch 12

Week 8
October 15: Design
AM
Desk Review - Information Architecture & Wireframes Due
Mood Boards Due
Present Project 03b : Design - Template
Demo - Design & Navigation

PM
Upload Final IA Diagram, Wireframes and Mood Board PDF.
Upload Lynda.com ch 10

Assignment:
Complete Two initial Homepage designs. Upload jpegs to your projects website.
Lynda.com ch 11. Garrett ch 7


Week 7
October 8: Design
AM
Group Review of Information Architecture revisions & Wireframes

PM
Upload Lynda.com ch 9. Garrett ch 6
Present Project 03a : Design - Mood Boards - Demo

Assignment:
Mood Boards - Collect images from any sources. Don’t try to find only
references to your topic, but images that have a look and feel of a
specific visual langauge.

Lynda.com ch 10
Read “Making the Invisibel Visible” by Hillman Curtis (176k pdf).


Week 6
October 1: Wireframes
AM
Group/Partner Critiques. IA Diagrams Due.
Present Project 02c : Wireframes

PM
Upload Lynda.com ch 8, Garrett ch 5.

Assignment:
Select a direction for the I.A. diagram and make refinements.
Lynda.com ch 9. Garrett ch 6

Create Wireframe PDF for next class. Make the wireframe for each page. For each of the major sections of your website create an annotated layer of information that explains what a user will find in that section.


Week 5
September 24: Architecture
AM
Content due. Present lists in Desk Review. Upload to website.
Present Project 02b : Information Architecture
Demo - Information Architecture

PM
Upload - Lynda.com ch 7, Garrett ch 4., Prolect 02a.

Assignment:
Complete three diagram sketches (Illustrator or Indesign).
Explore different symbols and I.A. formats.
Lynda.com ch 8, Garrett ch 5.


Week 4
September 17: Scope
AM
Strategy document and user personas due... Upload to Website
Group Exercise - User Personas
Present Project 02a : Information Architecture - Content

PM
Upload - Lynda.com ch 6, Upload Garrett ch 3

Assignment:
Complete all three lists for 02a - IA Content
Lynda.com ch 7, Garrett ch 4.


Week 3
September 10: Research & Strategy
AM
Essay due.
Present Project 01b : User Personas - Demo
Project assigned. Write a strategy document based on topic presentation feedback. Answer the following questions. What do you as the owner of this website want to get out of it? (e.g. deliver information, make money, build a community) What does your audience want to get out of it? (e.g. acquire information, buy something, connect with people pf similar interest). Begin user persona research.

PM
Tech Partner - Upload Garrett ch 1 + 2, Lynda.com ch 5/

Assignment:
Present topic to the class along with digital images.
Upload strategy document & three user personas to your process website.
Lynda.com ch 6, Garrett ch 3.


Week 2
September 3: Research & Strategy
AM
Desk Review of three initial phenomena

PM
Complete Process BU230 website
Tech Partner - Upload Lynda.com ch 3 + 4

Assignment:
Select one cultural phenomenon. Write a 2000-word essay about the
phenomenon with images included. Upload to your process website.
Webpage format.
Lynda.com ch 5, Garrett ch 1 + 2

Week 1
August 27: Course introduction and overview
AM
Introduction, Objectives, Assignments, and Examples.
Present Project 01a : research - cultural phenomenon

PM
Get book
Create Process BU230 Website
Start Research
Sign up for Lynda.com

Assignment:
Complete initial research for three different cultural phenomena.
Gather resources as well as text and image content.
View & Complete - Lynda.com ch 3 + 4.
Build Process BU230 website for -- Projects, Reading Responses, & CSS tutorials