Fall 2010 week 2:—9/22: Wed 12:25pm - 3:25pm &—9/24: Fri 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Hi Everyone,
I'm excited about this class this term, and excited to have all of you in the class. It may seem difficult to some of you, but if you stick with it you'll be very happy with what you produce this semester. I enjoyed class this week because most of you (with a few exceptions) seem interested, engaged, and enthusiastic. The rest of you who are NOT, if you make a bit more of an effort to try and be excited, I promise that there is an interesting payoff at the end, when finally you'll begin to wrap your hands around coding and programming.

I'm sorry, once again, for being late in posting this week's blog. I seem particularly busy this term, and that business last week with my computer failure has just put me off-balance. Anyway, let's hope I'm back on track this week.

About this class, understanding is the most important thing, NOT getting it completed perfectly without mistakes. Challenge yourselves to truly understand what we're really doing, THAT is the key. Please don't just use your neighbor's script. Go step-by-step through the lesson, and the moment you come to a term or something that you do not understand, ask someone to explain it to you until you grasp it. Don't just ask for the script that I'm looking for for you to type down. That will NOT help you in the end.

Because of my tardiness this week, you'll only have two simple things to do. Please do NOT come to class without them.

Have a nice weekend!

1. WEEK 2
   
   1. Classwork
   • LINK    class file
   2. Homework
   • Exercise 1:    Remember to come in to class on Wednesday a MOCKUP of your final portfolio project.
   1. You must do this mockup in PhotoShop and/or Illustrator;
   2. It must look as close to your idea for the OPENING PAGE of your portfolio site as possible—this is NOT a finished and final design, however, only a first draft, but please do not come to class with a bunch of plain rectangles;
   3. Decide your colors, your fonts, where the title will go, where your menu will go, etc.
   4. Also, if you come in with some references to OTHER sites with aspects that you like and would like to do this term, please do. Graphic ideas too, like sketches, drawings, storyboards also help. The more work you do each week, the better your final project will be, especially now early on when your homework and projects aren't yet piling up.
   • Exercise 2:    Create a very simple Flash file that uses a looping structure to do something. Try to be CREATIVE!!!