Intro to Interactive Computing
Spring 09

FINAL EXAM: Friday, May 8, 2009 10:30AM - 1:20PM Forcina Hall 103.

Requirements: You must attend unless you make prior confirmed arrangements with Dr. Wolz.

1) You must hand deliver your take home exam during that time slot

2) You must demonstrate your final project during that time slot.

3) You must walk Dr. Wolz through your html based portfolio during that slot, and load it onto her harddrive. You will be given a check sheet of deliverables at that time.

The final exam will be posted HERE on April 27th.

SAMPLE PORTFOLIO STRUCTURE FOR DOWNLOAD AS ZIP

Course Requirements (as pdf)

Summary of all assignments to date

Tutorial Volunteers for Jan 23 assignment

The Class Wiki (email Dr. Wolz if you can't get in)

Programming Examples

Tentative(!) SCHEDULE

Assignments and Notes Posted on:
Topics

Project Assignments

DUE

January 20
Intro To Programming via Scratch
 
January 23
DAHLIA 1: Data & Algorithms
Designs assigned
January 27: Homework due
File organization for the web, practice project demos, design pitching
Designs due for discussion
January 30
DAHLIA 2: Logic and Interface

Design documents due

Sample 1, Sample 2

February 3 Homework due
Scratch Draft Demos

Present demos in class

Usability critique

February 6
DAHLIA 3: Heuristics and Abstraction
Draft reports and code due
February 10

Guest lecture, Mike Maney in Forcina 134

Code trouble shooting (Dr. Wolz on line)

 

February 13 Homework due

Scratch Final Demos
 

February 17 Homework Due

Intro to Processing

Final reports & code due

Code Critique

Final Report Instructions

February 20 Code sharing & web search (Dr. Wolz on line)  
February 24 Homework Due Code sharing demos & animation intro  
February 27 Animation Lab  
March 3 Homework Due Intro to images  
March 6: Please go to the Wiki Image lab (Dr. Wolz on line) Designs assigned
March 10 - 13: Spring Break  

March 17 Homework due

Intro to typography & events
design spec discussion
 
March 20 Typography & events lab  
March 24 Homework due More events and Sound Designs due
March 27 Project Lab  
March 31 Homework due Processing Draft Demos Usability Critique - Processing
April 3 Color representations & Classes  
April 7 Homework due Relative Addressing, Intro to HTML & Dreamweaver Draft report assigned (see journalling homework
April 10 Project lab & portfolio construction  
April 14 Homework due Processing Final Demos Draft report due
April 17 Other languages: Flash/Actionscript, PHP, Javascript Choice Designs assigned
April 21 Homework due 3-D in Processing Final Reports due
April 24 Websites and Objects  
April 28 Final exam distributed, Homework due Choice draft demos Choice draft reports due
Finals Week: May 8: 10:30 - 1:20 FH 103. Choice final demos Final demos & reports due