Interactive Web Design I
DM2280B spring 2013 · Corcoran College of Art + Design
Instructor: David Ramos
alberto_ramos@corcoran.edu
Schedule
Reading assignments are listed under the class when they are due.
We will adjust this schedule as the semester progresses. Guest speakers t.b.a.
(Jump to current class)
4 Feb.
Lecture by Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell
6:15 pm in Georgetown. (Optional.)
5 Feb.
Topics
- HTML/CSS typography: capturing meaning
Projects
- Exchange Instructions
- Start Recipe markup
Reading
- Frank Chimero, Designers vs Coding
- HTML & CSS, ch. 1 (available for download)
- Suggested: Don't Fear the Internet:
Not a Series of Tubes and HTML (video)
12 Feb.
Topics
- HTML/CSS page layout
- Grid systems
Projects
- Critique Instructions
- Exchange Recipe markup
Reading
- HTML & CSS, ch. 2, 3
19 Feb.
Topics
- An interaction design process
Projects
- Start Event
- Exchange Recipe markup again
Reading
- HTML & CSS, ch. 10, 12
26 Feb.
Topics
- Templates
- File management (“code layout”)
Reading
- HTML & CSS, ch. 15
5 March
Topics
- Navigation systems
Projects
- Present final Recipe markup
Reading
- HTML & CSS, ch. 5 (images)
12 March
Topics
- Publishing a website
Reading
- HTML & CSS, ch. 16 (images and CSS)
19 March
Spring Break!
26 March
Topics
- CSS detailing
Reading
- HTML & CSS, ch. 14 (Lists, tables, and forms)
9 April
Topics
- Mobile/responsive sites
Reading
- 99% Invisible: The Blue Yarn
Projects
- Critique Event
- Start Narrative (PDF)
23 April
Topics
- JavaScript fundamentals
- Visit?
30 April
Topics
- Working with and evaluating scripts
7 May
Topics
- Accessibility
14 May
Topics
- Site planning
- Resources for future learning
Projects
- Final critique