Fall 2008 Schedule for ART 383

This is a tentative schedule. Changes will be announced in class.
 If you miss any classes check with your instructor about possible schedule changes.

 
Date

CFA

Activity

 

8/26

215

Lecture: Course overview

Assignment:  Interactive information proposal & project

Read: The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich,
pp. x to xxxvi & pp. 3 to 93

 

8/28

136

Hands-on demo: Flash illustration, vector motion tweening

 

9/2

215

View & discuss: Man with the Movie Camera

Lecture: Interactive Information

 

9/4

136

Demo:  Flash vector animation and bitmap animation, text animation

 

9/9

215

Lecture: Interactive Information Structures

 

9/11

136

Hands-on demo: text progressive disclosure, transitions and synchronizing sound and linking SWF files

 

9/16

215

Lecture:  Flash structure: layers and levels, resolution, file size, loading movie clips

Submit:  Interactive Information proposal

 

9/18

136

Hands-on demo: button one action, button three actions, button moving a clip, button go to frame, textfield input, text button, textfield copy

 

9/23

215

Presentation/discussion: Manovich pp. x to xxxvi & pp. 3 to 93

Read: The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich, pp. 94 to 160

 

9/25

136

Hands-on demo:  vector button, enlarge vector button, enlarge raster button

 

9/30

215

Class cancelled: Rosh Hashanah (classes canceled after 6:00 pm 9/29; classes resume at 6:00 pm on 9/30)

 

10/2

136

Flash demos:  drag and drop with symbols, drag and match, loadSwf, buttonLoadSwf, makeButtonLoad, makeButtonLoadOne, next & previous keys, Slider frames, Timelines: pan buttons, external data slider

 

10/7

228A

Consultation: Interactive information
Meet with Mr. Rozak at his office at your scheduled appointment time. Have all of the files you wish to discuss in your site on the VS Department server. Follow this procedure to be sure that your files will be immediately accessible for the start of the consultation session.

Submit:  Final FLA & SWF files for your Manovich research presentation. Be sure to include narratorŐs script at the bottom of each slide.

 

10/9

136

Class cancelled: Yom Kippur (classes canceled after 6:00 pm 10/8; classes resume at 6:00 pm on 10/9)

 

10/14

228A

Consultation: Interactive information

 

10/16

136

Flash demos:  scrolling text, turning knobs, other automation

 

 

10/21

215

Critique: Interactive Information project

Determine: Manovich 2 research teams and topics

 

10/23

136

Hands-on exercise: sound and interactive conversation

 

10/28

215

Assignment:  Interactive Aesthetics proposal & project

Lecture: Interactive Aesthetics

 

10/30

136

Flash Demos:  Game controls: drag, drop & score

 

11/4

215

Presentation/discussion: Manovich, pp. 94 to 160

Read: The Language of New Media by Lev Manovich, pp. 161 to 285

 

11/6

136

Flash Demos:  Game controls: drag & match function; drag and add; basic text input.

Submit: interactive Information Project

 

11/11

215

Lecture: Print Myopia

Flash Demos:  hierarchical drop down menu.

 

11/13

136

Flash Demos: 

Submit:  Interactive aesthetics proposal.

 

11/18

228A

Consultation:  Group A:  Interactive aesthetics

 

11/20

136

Flash Demos: 

Submit:  Revised FLA & SWF files for your Manovich 2 research presentation.

 

11/25

228A

Consultation:  Group A: Interactive aesthetics

 

11/27

136

Class cancelled: Fall Recess

 

12/2

215

Critique:  Interactive aesthetics

 

12/4

136

Presentation/discussion: Manovich, pp. 161 to 285

 

12/11

228A

Submit:  Interactive aesthetics project and all three revised Manovich research reports