Application of Benjamin’s ideas to multimedia

Discuss the rhetoric of memos and email etiquette

Complete Project #1 proposal

Workshop proposal

Proposal due by end of class!

Skim definition of weblog

Read “Navigating the Blog Universe”

Introduction to weblog writing

Read Bolter, “The computer as new writing space”

Discuss Bolter article

Writing the artist's statement

Persuasion in professional documents

Read “Multimedia” (DCP)

Project management memo advice

"Multimedia" essay
Examine the following sites. Where do they fall among Cubitt's three modes of multimedia practice and why?

Re-move

Adobe Systems

World Wide Web Consortium

The Library of Congress

360 Degrees

Complete draft of Project #1

Peer Workshop—Project #1; Bring a copy of your artist's statement and your project. Get in the following peer response teams and complete the ms word document linked above. You may type in your answers directly into the doc, but make sure that you print out/email the comments to the writer. I will not be reading these statements until you turn in the final version on Tuesday, so be sure to give effective feedback to one another.

Team 1: Julie, Ryan, Carrie

Team 2: Natasha, Ivan, Sarah

Team 3: Tuan, Eric, Anna

Team 4: Tim, Rich, Jeff

Team 5: Khurram, Zac, Mary

Team 6: Tom, Heather, Gabe

Introduce Project #2

Project #1 due!
Bring your project, artist's statement, project management memo, and all drafts, and peer comments to class. With the project management memo on top, staple all of your documents together except for your artist's statement. Place your artist's statement inside your box. Turn in your project memo and drafts to me.

At the beginning of class, place your artist's statement next to your project near a computer station. Those of you with VHS videos will want to display your projects near the stations at the front of the classroom, and thus near the VCR/TV. We will go around the room and explore one another's projects and provide commentary on them.

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of Don't Make Me Think!

Start investigating professional positions in your field using the following sites:

Craigslist

Job Hunter's Bible

Riley Guide

Purdue's Center for Career Opportunities

Liberal Arts Career Services

Look at these two commercial sites that market professional portfolios and consider their strengths and weaknesses:

Resumeportfolios.com

Portfoliovault.com

Discuss examples of positions in your field and model portfolios

Analyze these sample job ads. Can you tell what they are looking for based on the wording of the ad? What kinds of skills do these positions require?

• Web Designer/User Interface Admin
• Graphic Designer
• Flash designer/developer

What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of the portfolio models on these two sites?

• Resumeportfolios.com
• Portfoliovault.com

Audience analysis and site design

Read Chapter 6 and 7of Don't Make Me Think!

Skim Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of Web Style Guide

Site design model structures and navigation possibilities

In groups, look at the following sites. Does each site pass the trunk test on pp 87-88 of DMMT?

• http://www.ncte.org
• http://www.mla.org
• http://www.attw.org
• http://www.microsoft.com/

Work in class on site design

Memo on job ads and model portfolios due!

Review resume resources

Read Jakob Nielsen on Deep Linking

Read Chilling Effects Clearinghouse FAQ on linking

Recommended Reading: "Lend Me Your Compass, Cap! Towards Informed Linking" by Greg Siering (Kairos online journal article)

Reminders about memos; discussion of resumes

Developing an online resume. Sample online resumes:

• Dr. David Blakesley
• Steve Jobs
• Claude Jones
• Matt Haughey
• Alison Weis
• Ian Whelan

The politics of linking

Finish drafting audience analysis and site diagram for workshop.

Audience analysis memo and site design for Project #2 due by end of class!

Download the audience peer review document. Get feedback from at leat two class members in the teams listed on the calendar for Thursday, Sept 18. Submit those peer review sheets with your memo by the end of class.

Keep working on Project #2

No class--Fall Break!

Read Chapter 6 in Web Style Guide

Read Chapter 5 of Don't Make Me Think!

Developing a sense of voice and style in online writing

Comment on current post to class weblog

See additions to Project #2 description

Resume and narrative hypertext for Project #2 due!

At the beginning of class, send a professional email to the class listserv with links to your resume and narrative hypertext.

Download the resume review document and provide peer review comments to the person who posted immediately before and the person who posted immediately after you. If you are the last person, comment on the first person who posted, and vice versa.

Completed Project #2 due to peers in class.

At the beginning of class, send a professional email to the class listserv with a link to your portfolio site.

Download the project #2 peer review document and provide comments to the person who posted immediately before and the person who posted immediately after you. If you are the last person, comment on the first person who posted, and vice versa. You might consider emailing the peer review document as an attachment.

Project #2 due to instructor

Introduce Project #3

Review Forum Analysis and analyze one of these Macromedia forums during class.

First Half of Class: Discuss instructions and information arrangement

Second Half of Class: Collaborate in your groups. By end of class, send a professional email to me with information on the topic of your movie or instructional document and the breakdown of your teams (who will be doing what with whom).

Evaluate the following examples of online instructional materials according to their level of uability (think about what you read in Don't Make Me Think and in the designing instructions/arranging information readings).

Flash quick reference sheets:
http://it.byu.edu/docs/Qref/flash.pdf
http://www.customguide.com/demos/flash_mx_qr.pdf

Tutorials:
Creating a Flash MX Component
Using the Flash 5 Timeline
Open Flash on your machine and examine the lessons and tutorials sections.

Work in class developing projects and instructions for next week

Basic Flash instructional sessions:

• Gabe
• Tuan/Ivan
• Heather/Ryan

Work on projects during class, if time allows.

Advanced Flash instructional sessions

• Natasha/Rich/Tom
• Jeff

Discuss final portfolio

Work on projects during class

Review format for Forum Analysis Reports

• Sample Forum Analysis
• Example of good "talking heads"
• Example of running headers and format

Asses the format of this sample report

Work on projects during class

Meet with instructor individually about forum analysis reports and Flash projects.

Presentation of Flash movies to class [if possible, presenters should post addresses for their movies on the class weblog or email them to the class list]:

• Sarah and Carrie
• Khurram, Julie, and Zac
• Anna
• Eric
• Tim

Provide feedback for these movies using the response form that I will provide; don't forget to give the form to your peers before you leave class.

Forum Analysis Reports due--we will attempt to provide feedback to one another in class for these, so bring at least two copies (one for me and one for peer review).

Revise for the portfolio

Return Forum Analysis Reports

Workshop for Portfolio

Bring a revised version of Project #1 to class for peer review

Workshop for Portfolio

Get into 2-3 different groups based on the project draft you brought to class. In groups, review and provide feedback on the revisions in your group.

Keep working on revisions.

Evaluations at the beginning of class.

Workshop for Portfolio

Bring a revised version of the project with which you need the most help.

Last Day of Class

Final Portfolios due!