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| Day: | Topic: | Readings Due: | Assignment: |
| Jan. 21 | Buy the books and Zip 100 (PC) disks. | Good Sites/Bad Sites essay |
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| Jan. 28 | • What web pages are, and how to build them (basic HTML) • Basic design principles • In-class workshop: Resume Due: Good Sites/Bad Sites essay |
• Web Design, Ch. 1, 3, 4. • Dreamweaver, Ch, 3. • "Eyetracking study of Web readers." Jakob Nielsen, UseIt.com, May 2000. • "How Users Read on the Web." Jakob Nielsen, UseIt.com, October 1997. • "News Isn't Always Journalism." Katherine Fulton, Columbia Journalism Review, July/August 2000. |
Resume project. |
| Feb. 4 | • Finding and evaluating Web usage statistics • Online resources for journalists • Print vs.Web Design • In-class lab Due: Resume |
• Web Design,Ch. 5, 6. • Dreamweaver, 6, 8,9 •"The Third Wave of Online Journalism." Larry Pryor; Online Journalism Review, April 18, 2002. • "Preparing for the Coming Era of Participatory News," Dale Peskin; Online Journalism Review, March 26, 2002. • "News on the Go," J.D. Lasica; Online Journalism Review, April 4, 2002. |
Web Usage essay |
| Feb. 11 | • Discussion of Web usage essays • Discussion of design principles, navigation and usability In-class lab Due: Web Usage essay |
• Web Design, Ch. 7, 8 • Dreamweaver, Ch.12 •"Is navigation useful?." Jakob Nielsen, UseIt.com January 2000. • “Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability,” Jakob Nielsen, Useit.com May 2002. •" Microcontent: How to Write Headlines, Page Titles, and Subject Lines," Jakob Nielsen, UseIt.com, September 1998. |
Navigation essay |
| Feb. 18 | • Online Storytelling and writing for online • Review of online terminology In-class lab Due: Navigation essay |
• Dreamweaver,
Ch. 5 • "Writing News Online: A Dozen Tips,"Jonathan Dube; CyberJournalist.net, undated (2002). • "Ten Tips on Writing the Living Web," Mark Bernstein; A List Apart, August 16, 2002. •"Attract the College Set With Design, Interaction,"Steve Outing, Editor and Publisher Interactive, July 16, 2003. |
Review for Test 1; Final Project ideas |
| Feb. 25 | • Site planning, organization and preliminary design • Discussion of Final Project In-class lab Test 1 |
• Web,
Ch. 9, 12. • "Online Storytelling Forms." Jonathan Dube; CyberJournalist.net, undated (2002). • "Editing Online Documents: Strategies and Tips," Alysson Troffer, Contentious. |
Final Project idea and storyboard outline |
| Mar. 3 | • Site design and navigation • Legal issues; Copyright, privacy and (maybe) more • Discussion and in-class workshop Due: Final Project Site Storyboard/Outline |
• Web, Ch. 10, 11 • Dreamweaver, Ch. 10, p. 483-504 (esp. templates) •"Design Basics." Jim Frew; Webmonkey, July 2, 1997. Access item from menu. Click "print" for easiest-to-read version • "Web Design Features." Robin Williams (no, not that one); ratz.com, undated. Handy list of good and bad design elements • "2004 may see 'bit of a gold rush' for digital tunes." Byron Acohido, USA Today, Dec. 29, 2003. |
Photoshop Fun |
| Mar. 10 | No class - Spring Break | ||
| Mar. 17 | • Economic and regulatory issues • Discussion of Final Part 1 and in-class workshop – due next week In-class lab Due: Photoshop Fun |
• "Getting
a Lock on Broadband," Jeffrey Benner; Salon, June 7, 2002. • "The Bad Business of Media Mergers," Tom Rosenstiel, Bill Kovach; Committee of Concerned Journalists, 2000. • "Waiting for Wi Fi," Paul Boutin, Salon, March 5, 2002. |
Final Project Part 1 (8 pages) |
| Mar. 24 | • Site
creation and copyright issues • In-class lab. Due: Final Project Part 1 |
• Dreamweaver, p.
145-153 • "Research, But Carefully," Michael S. Overing, Online Journalism Review, August 8, 2002. • "Licensed to Link," Michael Overing. Online Journalism Review, March 21, 2002 • "Welcome to the Broadband Home of the Future", Chris Anderson. Wired Magazine, January 2004 |
Review for Test 2 |
| Mar. 31 | • Interactivity and weblogs In-class lab. Test 2 |
• The
Weblog Blog • Check out the following on two different days: instapundit.com,Oliver Willis: Like Kryptonite to Stupid, buzzmachine.com or other blogs linked to from these. • "Blogs have a place on news web sites,"Steve Outing, Editor and Publisher Interactive, July 31, 2003. •"Freewheeling Bloggers are rewriting rules of journalism" Kathy Kiely, USA Today. December 31, 2003. |
Weblog |
| Apr. 7 | • Ethical issues: Online rights and responsibilities • Multimedia In-class lab Due: Weblog |
•Dreamweaver, p.
154-159 • "Breaking-news Multimedia: Not an Oxymoron," Steve Outing, Editor and Publisher Interactive, Feb. 26, 2003. • "A Scorecard for Net News Ethics,"J. D. Lasica, Online Journalism Review, September 20, 2001. • "Interactive Journalism: Clicking on the Future," Jan Schaffer; Pew Center for Civic Journalism. (for APME News), Fall 2001 |
Final Project Part 2 (12 pages total) |
| Apr. 14 | • Traditional news media go digital • Commercial media: Advertising and Public Relations go digital In-class lab Due: Final Project Part 2 |
• "Interactive
News on the Tube," Michael Bartlett,
Online Journalism Review, June 20, 2002 • "Newspapers Want to Charge for Content, but Will Readers Pay?" OJR.org, undated. • "PR.com: The boon and burden of the Internet to the PR industry" Peter Granat; internetprguide.com, January 31, 2002. • Making Web Advertisements Work, by Jakob Nielsen and Don Norman, UseIt.com, May 2003. • "Will Plain-Text Ads Continue to Rule?," Jakob Nielsen, UseIt.com, April 21, 2003. • "The Trouble With Ad Targeting -- and a Solution," Steve Outing, Editor and Publisher, August 13, 2003. |
Student Site Critique |
| Apr. 21 | • Discussion about finishing final projects,
media site critique • Future of online journalism In-class lab Due: Student Site Critique |
• Dreamweaver.
162-168. • "Backpack Journalism Is Here To Stay," Jane Stevens; Online Journalism Review, April 2, 2002 • "The Backpack Journalist Is a `Mush of Mediocrity,'" Martha Stone; Online Journalism Review, April 2, 2002 • "USC J-School To Teach Convergence To All" Steve Outing, Editor & Publisher Interactive, March 2002 "More women in J-school doesn't translate to jobs," Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe, August, 27, 2003. (Available in Assignments > Readings area) |
Media Site Critique; review for Test 3 |
| Apr. 28 | • Future of online journalism Due: Media Site Critique Test 3 |
To be announced. | Final Project Part 3 |
| May 6 | Finals week | Final Projects Due by Friday, May 7, 5 p.m. |