Week #1
DESIGN FOR THE WWW
ART 365 - 002
SPRING 2019
Tuesday, 2:00pm - 5:50pm
CA 4030
Instructor : Ryan Smith
webpage:
ryanSmithArt.com/courses/2019
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Syllabus }
DESCRIPTION:
Authoring techniques as related to interactivity, information design and digital imaging.
Prerequisite: ART 217.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This semester we will look at:
- Navigation, and Usability
- Various Forms of Multimedia (image, sound, animation, video)
- Internet Based Art
- Web Design Basics
- Typography
- Scripting Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
- Adobe Dreamweaver (basics)
*Let's look at some Websites:
Radiohead
the Flaming Lips
Tool
Lady Gaga
Beyoncé
Ravi Shankar
DOWNLOAD
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BBEDIT(TextWrangler)
(page1.html)
<!-- this is a comment in HTML -->
w3schools.com (HTML5)
Some more HTML:
<
a href="http://www.website.com"> Link to a webpage </a>
<a href="..." target="_blank">Link to a webpage </a>
Headings:
<h1> </h1>
HOMEWORK:
[part 1]
Pick an artist that you admire.
Find at least 3 images of their work.
Do some research about the artist.
Write a paragraph or 2 about the artist.
[part2]
Design 1 HTML page (about that artist) with the following:
- 1 heading
- 3 images
- 1 paragraph
- 3 hyperlinks