Grading

Overview

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I will asses your motivation and personal learning individually . Everyone learns differently and is at different levels of their education. I will not be comparing you to anyone else other than your own learning. I will asses where you are individually and how much you are motivated to learn. Ultimately, I believe that we actually teach ourselves. We are responsible for our own education. I will only provide a structure and environment for learning. Motivation and interaction with your peers and me, is what I need to see. If I see that you are just trying to  simply "earn the credit", there is no way for you to get a grade above a "C". In my book a "C" is average work. "B" means you are applying yourself and motivated to learn. An "A "means that you are going far beyond the expectation of the course.

Assignments

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The grade for this course will be composed of many components: 50% comes from the Seminar days and 50% comes from the Animation Lab days. Each section of the course is broken down as follows;

//////////////////////// Seminar /////////////////////////////////

1. Game board / Knowledge Map

2. Your Blog and Readings

Everyone is required to have a Blog for this course. It will be the site for posting your responses to our readings for our seminar days of the course. You responses need to be insightful and have self reflection. So the Blog correspondes directly to our readings. If you miss a response then your grade will be effected.

3. Team Presentations

A final presentation during the seminar days of the course will be required. I will be discussing the specifics of this project when the time comes. In short you and your team will be required to select a client, integrate the readings, write an analysis and project brief and propose a design in wireframes to illustrate the teams proposed new design.

4. Participation in Discussion

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1. Project One: animations and loops

2. Project Two: animations and trigger

3. Process: A course Flickr site will be available for posting design concept development. You will be required to update your album regularly. Comments must be added to images to contextualize your process and thinking.