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SPRING 2016
( 01/25/2016 - 05/17/2016 )
Room : CA4030

Instructor : Ryan Smith, MFA
email (for students) : ryansmithstudent@aol.com
office hours : by appointment only

Wednesday 2:00pm - 5:50pm
&
Friday - 9:30am - 1:20pm

students:
Wednesday Samantha Harris Gosnel McDermott Adam Sandler Miranda Szczesny Ilana Strauss Marisela Bolanos-Ramirez Sydney Cross Braughan Morrison Mackenzie Williams Aaron Miller MaameYaa Danso Christian Amy Kayla Sears Anthony Petrillo Rodrick Campbell Khalani Chapman Jordyn Alexander Roberta Figueroa	Friday Jessie Wyrick Grace Buxton Scott Edwards Ronald (Tyler) Jordan Danielle Trombetti Eric Andersen Jade McDonnell Saalika Khan Katie Lively Folakemi Awe (Leo) Congyue Lin Tray Tribble

~ Week #1

*Snow delays = classes cancelled Wed. at Towson.
- REQUIREMENTS & Course Policies
- Some HTML 5
- get to know each other

~ Week #2

*Wed. class is catching up.
- Friday : more HTML 5
- get to know each other
- Hexadecimal System(RGB)
- CSS syntax
- CSS, external style sheets
<link href="365.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" >

~ Week #3

*Wed. class is still catching up.
- Friday : more CSS & CSS3
- start talking about first project :
website for a contemporary (living) visual artist

~ Week #4

*Wed. class is catching up.
- More CSS & CSS3
- Assign : "Project A"
- Uploading, making a website
- How the Web Works
- ID vs. Classes

~ Week #5

*Wed. class is caught up.
LET'S MAKE AN IMAGE GALLERY
Photoshop: FILE > AUTOMATE > BATCH...
CSS : image transparency

~ Week #6

* A rough draft of "Project A" is due
Review:
- how to upload
- CSS : image transparency
- Rollover images

~ Week #7

"Project A" is due
- CSS positioning & other fun stuff
- Assign : "Project B"

~ Week #8

- Work on : "Project B"
- NO CLASS : Spring Break!
- Enjoy your hiatus
- March 21 (Monday) Classes resume. "Mid-Semester"

~ Week #9

- Work on : "Project B"
- Basic JavaScript

~ Week #10

- Work on : "Project B"
- editting sound
- .gif animations

~ Week #11

- "Project B" is due this week ( April 6th & [fri] April 8th)
- Assign : "Project C" : promotional website
- "smoothScroll"

~ Week #12

- Work on "Project C" : promotional website
- Review jQuery
- What's a Favicon ?
- Review for Quiz.

~ Week #13

- "Project C" (promotional website) is due
- talk about "Final_Project" : original artwork
- talk about project grades

~ Week #14

- QUIZ
- talk about "Final_Project" : original artwork
- talk about project grades

- self-assessment / "self-worth" / the value of work & art
- What's your "asking price"?
- "Project C" grades? & Class participation grade?
- Another jQuery Slideshow (from Week #12)

~ Week #15

*Last week of class, last day to update or finish Projects: A, B, & C (for grade change)
CLASS PHOTO
- RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

~ You can't always predict the ways your life is going to change.
So, you might as well embrace the changes, and enjoy the rest of your life.