Week 2 Day 2- Wednesday, Aug 29 - Homework

1. Create homepage for your own ART271 site (file should be called index.html and placed in webpage folder on shared space). Spend some time applying HTML tags to personalize your own website, which will be used primarily in this class for exercise submission.

Home page should include:

• Your name
• Links to recent assignments (flowchart exercise and html exercise 01). Please also include a date for each link that indicates the date of (assignment) completion.

2. Keep up with visual journal blog. Blog entries (required Monday-Friday) will be graded weekly on Saturdays and factored into studio practices portion of grade. 

Top 5 Browsers

Interesting changes in Global User Browser Statistics  over the years.

Week 2 Day 1 - Monday, Aug 27 Homework

1. Add content and personalize your own website for exercise submission. Links should include flowchart exercise and html exercise 01. Apply HTML knowledge covered in class today to your main page.

2. Begin Visual Journal blog daily entries** (Monday thru Friday). Entries will be reviewed at end of each week and factored into studio practices portion of course grade. **Entries should not include project work or assignments done for other class or client work.

Visual Diary/Journal

Set aside 10-15 minutes each day to create something new. Sketch, doodle, paint, photograph, write, design, type, collage. Whether you do it by hand, on paper or on the computer, document these creative exercises each day into your visual journal blog, as to develop a means to explore potential creative ideas and have digital documentation of all your thoughts, in order to revisit them when falling into a design rut.

 1. Read Visual Diary handout

2. Create your own visual journal blog. Sign up for a free blog account at blogger.com, tumblr.com, wordpress.com specifically for your visual journal this semester. Completion of daily entries will be factored into Studio Practices portion of course grade.

3. Email me your visual journal blog URL by the end of today's class session.


Sketchbook Resources
Claire Sambrook

The Sketchbook Project

Moleskin Sketchbooks

Flowchart Resources

Flowcharts 

Lovely Charts (Free Online Flowchart and Wireframe application)
Sample flowchart from Wired.com
Another sample flowchart from Wired.com
Should I make more coffee? Flowchart

Accessing your UI class Webspace

URL to UI webspace will be in format of:
www.webpages.uidaho.edu/art271-vand1234

For example:
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/art271-moll234/

To publish or upload file to webspace
1. Cmd +K on mac to open connect to server window

2. Type in server address:
cifs://files.uidaho.edu/shared

3. Type in your vandal username and password

4. Look for webpages folder, drag and drop files to your folder (that lists your vandal user name)

Class Exercise: Flowchart 01 (how to)

Create a detailed flowchart using appropriate flowchart symbols that maps out steps of an instructional task (how to make sandwich, change a lightbulb, wrap a present). Imagine the person you are explaining this task to has no knowledge or experience whatsoever with this specific task.

 Flowchart due by start of next class, Monday, Aug 27, 2:30pm.

History of the Internet

What is a Browser?

UI Webspace / 1and1 Domain and Hosting

Everyone registered in this class will receive UI webspace free of charge to use for the semester. Details to following on coming week. Your webspace will be where you will post assignments and/or projects daily.

Web Domain + Hosting space

If you are interested in purchasing a custom web domain with hosting space, I recommend 1and1.com. The Linux 1&1 beginner hosting package costs $3.99 a month---that package includes 1 web domain; 50 GB web space; 250 e-mail accounts;

Week 1 Day 1 (Aug 20): Homework

1. Accept dropbox invitation by start of next class session. If you have not received a dropbox invite from me, please see me after class.

2. Take Learning Styles Quiz here (click on "start quiz" blue link)

3. Bring in 10 different digital images to class, 72 resolution, at least 900px width by 500px height

Syllabus + Student Profile

Download Syllabus

Download Student Profile (fill out and submit via email rfujita@uidaho.edu by end of first class session)