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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
26 August
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Introduction to the Course
Introduce the Student Information Sheet.
Discuss course technologies & introduce Technology Checklist.
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Make certain that you have your login and password for accessing
ICS machines (a Career Account) and an email address that accommodates
attachments. If you have questions about your accounts visit ICS
in STEW 068 ( Phone: 494-9944
Email: ics-info@purdue.edu).
Reading: Scrolling Forward (Preface, pp. xi-xxiii). If
you don't have the book yet, you can read
the Preface in a digital version (PDF format; 125 kb; Passowrd req'd) |
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Thurs.
28 August
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Professional and Personal Business Documents Project Assigned
Post your response to Scrolling Forward to the 390 Publishing
Blog Turn your completed Student Information Sheet in to
the 309turnin folder in your course resources.
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Complete Technology Checklist.
Reading: Looking Good in Print (Chapter 1,
"Getting Started" and Chapter 10, "Business
Communication")
Review Purdue
OWL Guidelines for Resume Preparation.
Bring a copy of a current resume to class. |
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Week 2 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
2 Sept.
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Turn
in Technology Checklist in printed, signed form OR sign it digitally
in Acrobat and place it in your turn-in folder.
Design Principles/Resume Design
Demo: The Evolution of a Design Concept (PDF
File; 968 KB)
Purdue
OWL Guidelines for Resume Preparation |
Bring
a draft of your resume to class for feedback and further development. |
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Thurs.
4 Sept.
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Logos and Business
Cards
Resume Development
View OWL's Resume PowerPoint |
Bring a draft
of a business card to class for feedback and further development.
Reading: Looking Good in Print (Chapter 2, "Tools of
Organization") |
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Week 3 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
9 Sept.
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Letterhead,
Envelopes, Fax Cover Sheets, Labels
Resume Review Sheet (Each person should write one review)
Study samples of letterhead/business cards/fax cover sheets. For
some samples see these selections from Robin
Williams Design Workshop (PDF format; 332 KB; password req'd) |
Continue working on professional documents.
Resources
Microsoft's Business Templates
Avery Products, Templates, Software
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Thurs.
11 Sept.
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PowerPoint Templates
See Purdue's PowerPoint Template |
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Week 4 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
16 Sept.
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Note Change:
The Professional and Personal Business Documents Project is now
due on Thursday, Sept. 18.
In-Class work on professional documents. |
Professional
and Personal Business Documents Project Due. All deliverables
should be prepared as PDF documents and placed in a Project 2
folder in your Turn-in Folder. |
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Thurs.
18 Sept.
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Professional and Personal Business Documents Project
Due. All deliverables should be prepared as PDF documents
and placed in a Project 2 folder in your Turn-in Folder.
Sales and
Marketing Documents Project Assigned
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Review Sales
and Marketing Documents Project
Team members should discuss possible clients
on the 309
Blog and be prepared to discuss and confirm client choice on
23 September. |
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Week 5 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
23 Sept.
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Review Sales
and Marketing Documents Project
Assign Teams, Discuss Client Criteria
Make
client choices and plan interviews and other research. Confirm your
choice of clients in the 309
Blog (under a new post, and signed by
each team member). |
Project
Teams
Team 1
Nikita Anderson
Anna Pentikis
David Glaze |
Team 4
Betsy Conklin
Levi Haynes
Sophia Voravong
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Team 2
Kim Lovely
Chris Velasco
Betty Guerrero |
Team 5
Brad Threlkeld
Ali Harris
Emily Schaler |
Team 3
Amy Jirek
Anna Herkamp
Clare Walters
Rhonda Colby |
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Reading: Scrolling
Forward (Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 1-38)
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Thurs.
25 Sept.
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Discuss client
interview and document planning. |
Conduct intial client interview.
Reading: Scrolling
Forward (Chapter 3, pp. 39-58) |
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Week 6 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
30 Sept.
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Typography
In addition to the chapter from Looking Good in Print, here's
a good resource, in PDF format: Guidelines
for Typography in NBCS (Rutgers)
Review Client
Interview and Plan Production Sample Sites
Logosaur
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Reading: Scrolling
Forward (Chapters 4 and 5, pp. 59-100)
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Thurs.
2 October
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Drafts
of Flyer, Poster or Banner, Ad, or CD Label/Stamp should be ready
for review and discussion.
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Reading: Scrolling
Forward (Chapter 6, pp. 101-17)
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Week 7 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
7 October
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Drafts of Brochure,
CD Booklet/Insert, Newsletter, Company Guide should be ready for
review and discussion.
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Reading: Scrolling
Forward (Chapters 7 and 8, pp. 118-57)
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Thurs.
9 October
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Continue drafting.
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Reading: Scrolling
Forward (Chapter 9, pp. 158-79) |
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Week 8 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
14 October
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Fall Break |
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Thurs.
16 October
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Sales and Marketing
Project Deadline Extended!
Group Work.
Focus on offering critical feedback on design and content of Sales
and Marketing Documents. Groups: Please negotiate all remaining tasks and allow for each
person to offer specific feedback on the final documents. |
Reading: Scrolling Forward (Chapters
10 and 11, pp. 180-202)
Sales and
Marketing Documents Project Due. All deliverables
should be prepared as PDF documents and placed in a Project 2 folder
in
your Turn-in Folder. Make sure that all members of the team have
a copy of the final documents submitted. |
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Week 9 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
21 October
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Sales
and Marketing Documents Project Due. All deliverables
should be prepared as PDF documents and placed in a Project 2
folder in your Turn-in Folder.
Portfolio Interface Project Assigned
Digital Portfolios (Samples)
David
Blakesley
Anne Wysocki
Mark C.
Taylor
Victoria Vesna
Victor Vitanza
Kate Agena
Jennie
Blankert
Kristine
Blair
Jeff
Jablonski
Erin
Karper
Jessie
Moore Kapper
Mike Kapper
Paul Kei Matsuda
Karl
Stolley |
Reading: Looking
Good in Print ("Building Blocks of Graphic Design," pp.
73-89) |
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Thurs.
23 October
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Linda Haynes,
Guest Lecture
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Reading: Looking
Good in Print ("The Art of Illustration" pp.
91-120) |
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Week 10 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
28 October
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Page Design
Practice (Draw!)
Creating
a Website on Career Accounts (ITap)
Dreamweaver Basics--Get
the handout! (PDF format)
Webstyle Guide Compact Notes (PDF
format; Blakesley) Organizing Information on a Website Interface (Design Grids)
Other useful handouts: Web
Page Design (PDF Format)
Documentation by Michael Kapper
Webmonkey (Site Design)
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Reading: The
Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing (Chapter 1, "Introduction,"
pp. 1-31). |
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Thurs.
30 October
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Week 11 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
4 Nov.
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Draft of Interface
due for in-class review. |
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Thurs.
6 Nov.
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Week 12 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
11 Nov.
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Interface Presentations |
Portfolio
Interface Project due. You should submit your URL via
an email to me and place your Design Notes in your Turn-In Folder. |
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Thurs.
13 Nov.
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Portfolio
Interface Project due. You should submit your URL via
an email to me and place your Design Notes in your Turn-In Folder.
Interface Presentations |
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Week 13 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
18 Nov.
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Book, Multimedia CD, eBook, Magazine, eZine Project Assigned
Plan work and meet in teams. |
Acquire book contents;
Reread The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing (Chapter
1, "Introduction," pp. 1-31).
Team A |
Team B |
Nikita Anderson
Betsy Conklin
David Glaze
Ali Harris
Anna Herkamp
Emily Schaler
Brad Thelkeld
Clare Walters
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Rhonda Colby
Betty Guerrero
Levi Haynes
Amy Jirek
Kim Lovely
Anna Pentikis
Chris Velasco
Sophia Voravong |
* Teams will choose which book to work with after
the initial meeting |
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Thurs.
20 Nov.
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Begin production and design; conduct research on copyright.
Discuss reading: The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing (Chapter
1, "Introduction," pp. 1-31).
Read (and print) "Repurposing Print:
How to Create Searchable PDF Archives and
Digital Versions of Printed Texts through OCR" (PDF Document; 659
Kb)
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Complete assigned
work on projects. Have complete PDF copy available for further processing
and OCR.
Reading: The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing (Chapter
6, "Composition, Design, and Graphics," p. 219) |
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Week 14 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
25 Nov.
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Continue Production
Work
Helpful Files/Templates:
Specs for 6 X 9 Book (incl. cover
and spine calculation) (PDF
format; 439 Kb)
6 X 9 Template for Inside
(book block) in Adobe InDesign 2.0. Includes fonts (Zip file; 270
Kb)
6 X 9 Template for Cover in Adobe
InDesign 2.0.
Includes fonts (Zip file; 105 Kb) |
Work on OCR
of Scanned Book Block from PDF original. Work on prototype
of cover designs.
Everyone should read Lightning Source's "Digital
File Submission Tips" (PDF file) on their "Book Designers'
Resource Page," which you can find under "Resources" on the main
menu here:
https://www.lightningsource.com/ |
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Thurs.
27 Nov.
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Week 15 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
2 Dec.
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Thurs.
4 Dec.
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Week 16 |
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Class Meeting
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For Next Meeting
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Tuesday
9 Dec.
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Book, Multimedia
CD, eBook, Magazine, eZine Project due.
You should submit all deliverables as PDF files in your Turn-In folder
or send the relevant URL to me as an attachment. |
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Thurs.
11 Dec.
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Last Day of Class
Book, Multimedia CD, eBook, Magazine, eZine Project due.
You should submit all deliverables as PDF files in your Turn-In folder
or send the relevant URL to me as an attachment. |
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Week 16 |
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Finals Week
15-20 Dec.
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Final Exam Week
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