ENGLISH 411: Writing Interactive Documents
Fall 1999. Professor Doug Smith

Schedule of Meetings and Due Dates

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WEEK 1: 9/21-24

Tuesday: The terms "interactive" and "multimedia"--what do they mean? What are the types and purposes of interactive documents? Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
Orientation
Familiarize yourself with this syllabus.

READ: Multimedia Authoring Web--Maricopa Community College


Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)


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WEEK 2: 9/27-10/1

Tuesday: The technical structure of a project: objects, properties,scripts, behaviors. Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
Thursday: Structured Computer Lab:
Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)



Work on your pocket project.


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WEEK 3: 10/4-8

Tuesday: The rhetorical structure of the project: relationship to an audience. Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)

TASK 2 (POCKET PROJECT) DUE
Turn in your project on a labelled zip disk.


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WEEK 4: 10/11-15

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
STUDENT PRESENTATION: ETHICS AND LEGALITY

Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)
Look at Pocket Projects

Talk with instructor about next project TODAY.


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WEEK 5: 10/18-22

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)

STUDENT PRESENTATION: SOUND

Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)
Look at Pocket Projects

Group work on next project: show insructor your plan.


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WEEK 6: 10/25-29

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
About writing web tutorials and quizzes.
STUDENT PRESENTATION: COLLABORATIVE WRITING

Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)
Group work on next project: show insructor your progress.


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WEEK 7: 11/1-5

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
STUDENT PRESENTATION: LINKS TO DATA BASES
FINISH VIEWING POCKETS!


Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)
Basic HTML review.

TASK 3 (TUTORIAL GROUP PROJECT) DUE
Submit your project on a labelled zip disk.


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WEEK 8: 11/8-12

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
STUDENT PRESENTATION: VIDEO

Thursday: Structured Computer Lab:
Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)

Look at tutorial projects. Talk with instructor about next project TODAY.


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WEEK 9: 11/15-19

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
STUDENT PRESENTATION: CAREERS
Careers in multimedia or electronic document creation.

Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)
Work on next project: show insructor your progress.

 


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WEEK 10: 11/22-26

Tuesday: Work on your own. The final project will be due next week.

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving.



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WEEK 11: 11/29-12/3

Tuesday: Demos and discussion (Building 2, Room 24)
Look at tutorial projects.


Thursday: Structured Computer Lab: Exercises and tutorials (Building 43, Room 458)

TASK 5 (FINAL PROJECT) DUE
Submit your project on a zip disk.


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FINALS: 12/6-10

The meeting during finals week (in Building 2, Room 24) will be at the time listed in the University Registrar's printed schedule. This quarter the time listed appears to be Tuesday from ten to one.

This final meeting will not be an exam. Instead, it will be a viewing and critique of final projects by class members.

A student must have turned in all course projects and sent a course summary email to the instructor before this final meeting in order to receive a grade in the course.


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