Tuesday, January 16

Class CANCELED due to inclement weather

Thursday, January 18

Course overview; brief introductions (PDF slides)

Deliverables: student account and profile

Tuesday, January 23

Web Usability: page design (PDF slides)

Readings: Nielsen ch. 2 (handout)
Deliverables: page usability forum

Thursday, January 25

Web usability: content design (PDF slides)

Readings: Nielsen ch. 3 (handout)
Deliverables: content usability forum

Tuesday, January 30

Web Usability: site design

Readings: Nielsen ch. 4 (handout)
Deliverables: site usability forum

Thursday, February 1

Introduction to HTML

Readings: Getting Started with HTML

Tuesday, February 6

Introduction to CSS

Readings: CSS intro, syntax, and how-to
Deliverables: completed personal page

Thursday, February 8

Accessibility: text and navigation

Readings: Bruce Lawson on navigation lists
Deliverables: my mouse-less experience forum

Tuesday, February 13

Accessibility: page structure and images

Readings: page structure, image accessibility
Deliverables: images and ALT text forum

Thursday, February 15

CSS and accessibility

Readings: Jim Thatcher on CSS,
UT Web guidelines (all sections listed to the left)

Tuesday, February 20

Introduction to Photoshop

Deliverables: personal page accessibility update

Thursday, February 22

Photoshop: basic image editing

Deliverables: Photoshop ch. 1, 3

Tuesday, February 27

Photoshop: navigation visuals

Deliverables: Photoshop ch. 4, 6

Thursday, March 1

Photoshop: collage banners

Deliverables: Photoshop ch. 9, 11
Tell us about your Zen garden theme.

Tuesday, March 6

Photoshop: animated graphics

Deliverables: Photoshop ch. 13, 15

Thursday, March 8

Advanced CSS

Reference: CSS2 Properties

Spring Break

Tuesday, March 20

Class CANCELED.

Thursday, March 22

Overview of Redesign Project

Readings: Goto and Cotler, Intro, ch. 1 and 2
Deliverables: final CSS design

Tuesday, March 27

Designing for specific audiences

Readings: Gogo and Cotler ch. 3
Deliverables: communication brief

Thursday, March 29

Site structure

Readings: Goto and Cotler ch. 4
Deliverables: content inventory & audit methodology

Tuesday, April 3

Team work: HTML production

Deliverables: site map & content delivery plan

Thursday, April 5

User interface

Readings: Goto and Cotler ch. 5
Deliverables: individual page sketches

Tuesday, April 10

Team work: visual design

Thursday, April 12

Presentations of site prototypes

Deliverables: site prototype

Tuesday, April 17

Team work

Thursday, April 19

Team work

Tuesday, April 24

Final redesign presentations

Thursday, April 26

Professional portfolios

Tuesday, May 1

Individual work: portfolios

Thursday, May 3

Final portfolio presentations