webpage:
ryanSmithArt.com/courses/fall2020
SYLLABUS:
syllabusFall2020.pdf
DESIGN FOR THE WWW
ART 365
FALL 2020
TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Tuesdays
mostly at home or CA 4030
Instructor : Ryan T. Smith
email:
rtsmith@towson.edu
DATES:
Today, September 8th
Scheduled Zoom chats.
Tuesday, September 8
Weather forecast Towson
:
Partly to mostly cloudy, 86°F - 67°F
If you have not yet downloaded - BB Edit
or
Brackets, please do
(Review) HTML basics
Classwork:
- ) What's your name? and/or what would you like me to call you?
- ) What are you studying here?
- ) Why are you studying Digital Art, GD, etc.?
- ) Why are you taking this class?
- ) Anything you want to learn this semester?
- ) What will you be doing for fun outside of class?
- ) What kind of other responsibilities/jobs do you have?
- ) Are you from Maryland?
- ) Do you have any previous experience with coding, HTML, CSS, and/or Dreamweaver
Some more HTML:
O.L. tags
vs.
U.L. tags
HOMEWORK:
Start planning your 1st project:
- Pick a visual artist (not yourself, and not a musician).
- Collect at least 10 images of the artist's work and/or images of the artist.
- You will be using HTML & CSS to create a website about this artist.
- Start by planning a color scheme.
- Think about appropriate typefaces.
More thorough instructions will be given next week.
*Note: Always put all of your images, HTML pages, and CSS in 1 folder
Please email me with any questions: rtsmith@towson.edu
updated 2020
© ryanSmith