Thursday, July 19, 2007
Trends in New Media | Summer 07
Edited on 31 Jan 2008 around 12pm
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Monday, September 22, 2008
During this session we look at the basics of blogging as a way to deliver content to a web site. Each student will be given a web space and a blog. From this day, students will be able to post items to their blog using a basic template.
Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm
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Monday, September 29, 2008
The web is full of images - even Google provides a way to search specifically for images. Most images on the web are photographs and with most cameras now purely digital, most people are distributing their photos online.
But what about making an image from more than one source. What about experssing oneself or decorating the screen medium with 'montages'. This talk discusses the history, techniques and contexts for such digital images.
Edited on 15 Sep 2008 around 8am
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Monday, October 06, 2008
All of our work ends up on the screen. What is a screen exactly and how can we build something for it?
Edited on 05 Oct 2008 around 12pm
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Monday, October 13, 2008
Graphic design is an important part of our work. There are certain issues to consider even before we get to the screen as medium.
Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm
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Monday, October 20, 2008
We may be using ExpressionEngine to manage the content but it is possible to use Dreamweaver to help us define the look of our site. We can take the existing templates and make modifications to the CSS.
Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm
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Monday, October 27, 2008
No formal lecture. Just bring your images along for help with techniques.
Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm
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Monday, November 03, 2008
We want to put our images together and add some text.
Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm
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Monday, November 10, 2008
The basics of delivering web content by styling with CSS.
Edited on 09 Nov 2008 around 9pm
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Monday, November 17, 2008
How to create audio content and publish on the web as a series of episodes.
Edited on 17 Nov 2008 around 9am
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Friday, November 21, 2008
In this lecture I cover the basics of XML, it's history and how it can be used.
Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm
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Monday, November 24, 2008
How to publish the podcasts with RSS.
Edited on 23 Nov 2008 around 11am
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Advice about preparing an giving a presentation. This is in anticipaton of the following week where students on this course will be expected to give a 7 minute presentation (worth 10% of the marks!).
This session will also 'mop up' any other issues such as posting Podcasts.
Edited on 30 Nov 2008 around 6pm
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Monday, December 08, 2008
During this session, each student will give a short (7minutes) presentation of the images produced for the web site gallery. The presentation can use 'Powerpoint' or a similar technology to explain the rationale behind the selection of images and issues encountered when producing them.
Edited on 30 Nov 2008 around 6pm
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Monday, December 15, 2008
There will be no formal lecture on this day. Just help with any technical issues as needed.
Edited on 01 Aug 2008 around 5pm
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
The focus of this session is to introduce the concept of the computer as a medium for the delivery of a reading experience. We will look at eBooks in relation to the assignment as well as an introduction to the blogging system that each student will use throughout the semester.
Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm
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Monday, February 09, 2009
This session considers trends in web technologies and focusses on online tools for project management.
Edited on 08 Feb 2009 around 8pm
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Issues for delivering text to the screen. From computer text to text that it structured for the screen.
Edited on 11 Feb 2009 around 9am
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Controlling the appearance of a web page with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
Edited on 24 Feb 2009 around 10am
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
This session builds on the talks given during the previous weeks. We will make use of InDesign and consider the relationship between style, content and final markup.
Edited on 24 Feb 2009 around 10am
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
We look at the basic principles of design as it applies to the web and look at some different examples of layout.
During this session we will look at Dreamweaver and ExpressionEngine in combination and then make changes to our CSS. This will enable us to change the appearance of our 'blog' and other pages.
Edited on 24 Feb 2009 around 10am
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
We will look at all other types of media that can be included in the eBook, through Indesign.
Edited on 24 Mar 2009 around 6pm
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Acrobat PDF format is much more than just a way to distribute content to a printer.
Edited on 24 Mar 2009 around 6pm
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
From Indesign to XML. For some this may be a recap but it is very important to know the steps to take to get a decent XML file.
Edited on 24 Mar 2009 around 7pm
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Looking in detail at markup.
Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 3pm
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
In this session we will re-visit the concept of document structure, keeping the style separate.
Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
PDF ebooks can be distributed online or on a CD-ROM. What are the issues?
Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 1pm
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Each student will describe their ideas for the eBook and demonstrate the interactivity.
Edited on 27 Dec 2008 around 12pm
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