Schedule

New material will be posted each Tuesday, unless otherwise noted.

Assignments will be due Monday by end of day.

Week 1 ~ 8/26/2025

• Intro to course
• Overview of class site
• Topic: Image
• Lecture: Image
• Demo: Adobe Photoshop Intro, Shape and Color
• Demo: Posting on the Open Lab
• Blog post 1: Abstract composition

Week 2 ~ 9/2/2025

• Demo: Photoshop image compositing
• Demo: Photoshop filters and adjustments
• Blog post 2: Composite image

Week 3 ~ 9/9/2025

• Demo: Photoshop patterns
• Demo: Image project submission
• Project 1: Image (combine shape, color, composite and pattern)

Week 4 ~ 9/16/2025

• Topic: Audio
• Lecture: Audio
• Demo: Audio recording and editing
• Demo: Audio sources
• Blog post 3: Audio recording

Week 5 ~ 9/30/2025

• Demo: Audio filters and effects
• Blog post 4: Audio update

Week 6 ~ 10/7/2025

• Demo: Audio layering and mixing
• Demo: Audio project submission
• Project 2: Audio (final audio edit)

Week 7 ~ 10/21/2025

• Topic: Animation
• Lecture: Animation (on Brightspace)
• Demo: Adobe Animate basics
• Blog post 5: Animated GIF

Week 8 ~ 10/28/2025

• Demo: Animate tweens
• Demo: Animate symbols
• Blog post 6: Animation draft

Week 9 ~ 11/4/2025

• Demo: Storyboarding
• Project 3: Animation final

Week 10 ~ 11/11/2025

• Topic: Web
• Lecture: Web intro
• Demo: HTML
• Demo: Publishing with GitHub
• Blog post 7: Publish a simple web page

Week 11 ~ 11/18/2025

• Demo: CSS intro and color
• Demo: CSS typography
• Demo: CSS layout
• Blog post 8: Choose Your Own Adventure draft

Week 12 ~ 11/25/2025

• Demo: Embedding media
• Demo: Project submission
• Project 4: Web (publish Choose Your Own Adventure final)

Week 13 ~ 12/2/2025

• Topic: 3D design
• Tutorial: Tinkercad
• Blog post 9: Find a sculpture for inspiration for the 3D model project, describe the sculpture and upload or link to an image

Week 14 ~ 12/9/2025

• Demo: Recreating a sculpture
• Demo: 3D design project submission

Week 15 ~ 12/16/2025

• Project 5: 3D design