The professor reserves the right to make minor changes to the schedule and reading assignments.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
| January 14 | Intro. Flexbox Review. |
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| January 16 | Perception. Javascript Review. |
Mind: 1 | |
| January 21 | Visual Structure. jQuery I. |
Mind: 2-3 | Personal Portfolio |
| January 23 | Color and Peripheral Vision. jQuery II. Server Space/Filezilla. |
Mind: 4-5 | jQuery “Fun House” |
| January 28 | Web Reading. Recognition. Decision Making. CSS Animations and Transitions. |
Mind: 6, 9, 12. | |
| January 30 | Attention. Text Effects and Smooth Sliding Menu. |
Mind: 7-8 | |
| February 4 | Learning. Drop Down Menus. Eye-Tracking Experiments. |
Mind: 10-11 | |
| February 6 | Coordination and Time. Documentary History. Documentary Planning. Review Midterm. |
Mind: 13-14; “What Gives Documentaries a Voice of Their Own” by Bill Nichols in Introduction to Documentary [Blackboard] ; “Documentary History” by Michael Rabinger in Directing the Documentary [Blackboard]; Mapping: Framing and Digital First [Blackboard] | SEMINAR. |
| February 11 | Midterm Exam: Mind + Javascript/jQuery debugging | Midterm Exam | |
| February 13 | Video Editing. | “Zen and the Art of Documentary Editing” by De Jong, Knudsen, and Rothwell in Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice [Blackboard] | |
| February 18 | Interactive Documentary + Journalism; Net Neutrality Lab | Mapping: Key Tensions | Children’s Educational Site due. |
| February 20 | User Interfaces. Lab. Media on the Web. | “The Documentary Designer: A List of Propositions for Interactive Documentary Practice Online” [Blackboard] “User Experience vs. Author Experience” by Sandra Gaudenzi in iDocs [Blackboard]; “Designed Experiences in Interactive Documentaries” by Siobhan O’Flynn in Contemporary Documentary [Blackboard]; Mapping: Case Studies [Blackboard] | SEMINAR |
| February 25 | Interviewing/Cinematography | “Interviewing: Gathering People’s Stories” by Fadiman and Levelle in Producing with a Passion [Blackboard] | Children’s Educational Site documentation due. |
| February 27 | Lighting. | ||
| Spring Break | |||
| March 10 | Web VR Video lab | Net Neutrality Interactive Doc. | |
| March 12 | Bootstrap Layout. | Documentary Proposal Due | |
| March 17 | Class Cancelled | ||
| March 19 | Bootstrap Visuals (margin/padding, fonts); Bootstrap extras (buttons, menus, etc.) | ||
| March 24 | Documentary Layout Workshop. Parallax Libraries. | ||
| March 26 | PHP | ||
| March 31 | Creating Forms/jQuery Validation | ||
| April 2 | PHP and mySQL | ||
| April 7 | PHP/mySQL lab | ||
| EASTER BREAK | |||
| April 14 | Social Media. Google Maps; timeline.js | https://developers.google.com/maps/; “Telling Stories with Data” by Nathan Yau [Blackboard]; https://timeline.knightlab.com/ | PHP/mySQL assignment due |
| April 16 | Lab | ||
| April 21 | Lab | ||
| April 23 | Class Demonstrations. Evaluations. | Interactive Documentary due w/Documentation. | |
| Friday, April 24 | Research Symposium: 1pm-4pm. | ||
| Finals Week | Industry Reflection Paper due. | ||