Schedule

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

Assignments will be due Sunday by end of day.

Week 1 ~ 1/27/2025

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

Week 2 ~ 2/3/2025

  • Photoshop image compositing
  • Blog post 2: Composite image

Week 3 ~ 2/10/2025

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

Week 4 ~ 2/18/2025 (Tuesday)

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

Week 5 ~ 2/24/2025

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

Week 6 ~ 3/3/2025

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

Week 7 ~ 3/10/2025

  • Lecture: Animation
  • Demo: Adobe Animate basics
  • Blog post 5: Animated GIF

Week 8 ~ 3/17/2025

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

Week 9 ~ 3/24/2025

  • Demo: Animation storyboard
  • Project 3: Animation final

Week 10 ~ 4/7/2025

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

Week 11 ~ 4/21/2025

  • Demo: CSS
  • Blog post 8: Choose Your Own Adventure draft

    Week 12 ~ 4/28/2025

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

      Week 13 ~ 5/5/2025

      • Final project
      • Blog post 9: Final project proposal, creative brief

      Week Fourteen ~ 5/12/2025

      • Final project workshop

      Week Fifteen ~ 5/19/2025

      • Final project due