Notes for Monday-

Bring your objects into class if you would like to make your images in studio or bring your images of the object to start production on images. 

1. We will discuss image preparation/production for Flash
   
2. Storyboards for animation- Process
3. Flash work 'Environment'
4. Breaking down how an animation movie is constructed
   
5. Importing assets

Welcome Back! It's Winter term.

Happy New Year to everyone.

This is the ART 342 course Blog. Please refer to this Blog for class announcements, schedule, and projects. 

Wednesday Calendar

W/January 7
Reading and responses to articles:
1. The Rules of the Game, Eric Zimmerman
2. Rules, Play and Culure: towards an aesthetic of Game, Frank Lantz and Eric zimmerman
3. Knowledge Maps, Mararek Kohn

In-class: play game board
Project: game board visual map


W/January 14
-Analysis and Defining a Project
reading:
ActionableAnalytics.PDF

- Design Research
Reading:
InformingOurIntution.PDF
GoingDeeperSeeingFurther.PDF

- Design Process
IDEO and it’s Process
reading: http://www.ideo.com/thinking/approach/


W/January 21
**Make Groups for Final Project

- Inspirations
readings: QuestionEverything.PDF

- Interactive Design
readings: InteractionsIDEO.pdf

- Design and Managing Change
readings: Managing Change.pdf


W/January 28
Due: Visual maps project critique

Group Client selection Due

W/February 4
3. Know your technology, Know your Audience

- Semantic, Hierarchical Mark-Up Structures
reading:
PresentationLayersAccessibility.PDF

- SEO- Search Engine Optimization
reading: SOFA.PDF

W/February 11
4. Content and Information Architecture
readings: Content Strategy.PDF
more to come still in this theme.

W/February 18
In-class working

W/February 25
In-class working

W/March 4
Final presentations

W/March 12
Final presentations