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- art on the internet -

ryansmithart.com/courses/388/2014

FALL 2014
Monday & Wednesday - 4:00pm - 5:50pm
Room: FA112

Instructor: Ryan Smith, MFA
email (for students): ryansmithstudent@aol.com
office hours: by appointment only

students:
Katie Crowley
Andrew Skidmore
Jamie Smith
Maggie Frost
Ron Blevins
Chris Hogue
Sandy Nguyen
Hannah Robbins

Dan Grove
Josh Franklin
Olga Tertitsa
Kaytee Nichols
Deonte Engram

 

Week #1

-REQUIREMENTS & Course Policies
-Some HTML (5)
-get to know each other

Week#2

-Monday, Campus Closed - Labor Day
- CSS

Week#3

-Uploading, making a website
- how the web works
- assign "Project A"


Week#4

- More CSS
- More with Dreamweaver


Week#5


"Project A" is due Wednesday, September 24th
Talk about "Project B"


Week#6

- Basic JavaScript & some jQuery
" Let's look at this "


Week#7

more jQuery, "smooth scrolling"
sound, z-index, & animated .gifs

Week#8

"Project B" is due Monday
assign "Project C"- net.art

Week#9

- a little more jQuery/JavaScript
- some work time

Week#10

http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/soundlink.shtml
"Project C"- net.art is due Wednesday
assign "Project D" (marketing website for a product)

Week#11

Talk about Project D
- Branding & Identity
**Talk about Grades
Review for Quiz
what's a favicon?

Week#12

Project D rough draft due Wednesday
- a little more jQuery/JavaScript
- talk more about HTML 5 & CSS3

Week#13

* Project D rough drafts were due last Wednesday
Do you want some work time?
QUIZ Monday, Nov. 17th
Project D
due / presentations Wed. Nov.19th
- assign FINAL PROJECT

 

Week#14

Monday :
- CSS3 & HTML5 - "responsive web design" - & other fun stuff
- Here's some code
Wednesday :
Nov. 26th : no class
- Have a Happy
Thanksgiving

Week#15

Monday : some PHP
Wednesday : Blogs?
* course evaluations

Week#16

Rough draft of Final Project Due : Mon. December 8th
CLASS PHOTO
*Give back grades & quizzes

Wednesday, December 10 : NO CLASS, "study day"

Exam time :
MON, DEC 15
, 3:30-5:30 PM



Course Description:
This course provides a thorough introduction to formal, conceptual and technical issues related to the production of Internet-based interactive art. Emphasis is placed on experimental approaches to Web-based interactive navigation, interface and information design. The class offers a foundation to web design through research, readings, and discussions on various topics including historic perspectives and new media art. The course provides an introduction to the diverse scope and potential of screen-based media. Emphasis is placed on the production and critique of projects that explore website design, interactive navigation, and net art. The primary goal of this course is to provide students with an industry based, real world practice. Basic scripting concepts, tools and techniques, visual concepts, and integration of various media are introduced to provide students with the necessary skills to begin exploring their own creative approaches to Art on the Internet.
[Adapted from the UMBC undergraduate catalog]
(prerquisite Visual Concepts III, ART 212)