George Mason University
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Course Description Fall 2001 Lecture: Thursday  4:30-5:45, ST 1, 122
Labs: Thursday 5:55-7:10,  Robinson A107 and Thursday 7:20-8:35, 8:45-10:00 Robinson A101
Instructor: Dr. Steve Schorling, Office, ST II, 447 Phone: 993:1547
Email: sschorli@gmu.edu, Office hours:  Wed 4:30-5:30 or by appt.

COURSE MATERIALS AND GETTING HELP:
Course web pages: Web CT  http://webct.gmu.edu
Office Hours of  IT 213 Instructors and TAs  http://mason.gmu.edu/~sschorli/IT213/it213officehours.txt

DESCRIPTION:
Through lecture, class demonstration, class discussion and hands-on lab experience students are introduced to Multimedia and Web Computer Graphics.  This course will focus on the development of web-enabled multimedia products from a practical business perspective.  Technological, aesthetic and human factors will be introduced and discussed.  Students will receive hands-on training experience in the use of Macromedia Fireworks, Dreamweaver and Flash.  Students successfully completing this course will have a good understanding of how a multimedia product is created from both the business perspective and hands-on design and engineering perspectives. GRADING POLICY:
 Student Deliverables (70%), Midterm (15%) and Final Exam (15%). Student Deliverables include the following: Proposal (5%), Storyboards (10%), Logos (2 versions) (5%), Web-enabled Multimedia Site (20%),  Lab Exercises (20%) , Lab Midterm Exam (5%) and Flash Project - Mutlimedia Commercial (5%).  The scores may be curved at the instructor’s discretion at the end of the term.  The “A” student will be required to attend all classes and labs.  All deliverables will be delivered on the due date.

Students who anticipate absences are discouraged from taking the class.  No makeups for exams for any reason.  Lab work needs to be completed as directed.  Contact the instructor in advance if you have a serious problem that prevents you from meeting course requirements.

READINGS:
Jennifer Niederst, Learning Web Design, Published by O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. HONOR CODE:
Each student is expected to do his/her own work.  Any student caught cheating on exams or project deliverables will be turned in to the Honor Committee.  Help is always available.  See your instructor or Undergraduate Peer Mentors (UPM) if you have any problems or concerns.  We want everyone to learn a lot and do well!

        GMU Honor Code
        GMU Responsible Use of Computing Policy

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
201 Joey Cowan                           email:  jcowan@gmu.edu
202 Nudrat Sultana                       email:  nsultana@gmu.edu
203 Douglas A Vazquez                email: dvazque1@gmu.edu
Sarom Sok                                    email: ssok1@gmu.edu

SCHEDULE (Lecture and Lab):

Week (Class time)

1      Reading: Web Design Chap 13
        Lecture: IT 213 Introduction
        Lab:  Fireworks Demo and Lesson

2     Reading:  Web Design Chap 1 - 2  and Chap 14
       Lecture: Multimedia: The Team
       Lab: Fireworks Lessons

3     Reading: Web Design Chap 15
       Lecture: Multimedia Development: The Process
       Lab:  Fireworks Lessons

4     Reading: Web Design Chap 19
       Lecture: Interaction Design
       Lab: Fireworks Lessons

Proposal Due Thursday, Feb 14 by  4:30pm

5     Reading: Web Design Chap 3-5
       Lecture: Storyboarding
       Lab: Dreamweaver  Demo and Lesson

6     Reading: Web Design Chap 13-16
       Lecture: Graphics
           Demo: Fireworks Compression and Palettes
       Lab: Dreamweaver Lessons

Logos Due - Tuesday, Mar 5  by 5pm - Email to your lab email account

7     Reading: None
       Lecture: Midterm Exam
       Lab: Dreamweaver Lessons and Demo: Webpage using Table

8     Reading: Web Design Chap 7 and 17
       Lecture: Writing for Multimedia Web Projects
       Lab: Dreamweaver Exam

9      Reading: Web Design Chap 18 and 19
        Lecture: Presentation Design
        Lab: Flash Demo and Lesson

Storyboards Due - Sunday March 31 by 10am.  - Email to the instructor

10     Reading: Web Design Chap 20
         Lecture:  Designing for a Technologically Diverse Audience
         Lab: Flash Lesson

11     Reading: None
         Lecture:  Guest Speaker, Nevin Fry, Web Graphics and Design
         Lab: Flash Lesson

12    Reading: Web Design Chap 4
        Lecture:   Design for Accessibility
        Lab: Flash Lessons

Web-enabled Multimedia Site Due - Sunday April by 10am - Email to the instructor

13    Reading: None
        Lecture: Guest Speaker, Sobia Fayyaz, Senior Web Applications Developer
                                Litton/PRC  -Cold Fusion/Oracle/Access
        Lab:  Q&A on Technical Problems with Flash project

14    Lecture:  Review Session

Flash Project - Multimedia Commercial Due - Thursday May 2 at lab time. - Email to your lab account