Class 1

• Introduction to the course

• Group discussion of student backgrounds and interests

• Demonstration of student work as well as professional work

Assignment 1 - Due September 14/15

Purchase text book

Bring a project representative of your work to class

Submit your idea (on paper) for final project

Go to http://www.cybertown.com/hilf.html and read the article on digital interactivitiy "Beginning, Middle, and End - Not Necessarily In That Order" by William Homer Hilf

Class 2

• Demonstration & discussion of student (past and present) and professional work

• Discussion of the digital interactivity article "BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END - NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER" by William Homer Hilf

Assignment 2 - Due September 21/22

Bring in a rough wireframe of final project (narrative, documentary, or experimental)

E-mail the instructor the URL of an (interactive) web site which you find interesting

Class 3

• Brief demonstration & discussion of professional work

• Review project ideas, considering content

• Workshop and 1 - 1 discussion with instructor

Assignment 3 - Due September 28/29

Bring in 2nd rough of wireframe (navigation only) for final project

Submit (on paper) collaborations

Class 4

• Screen 2nd drafts of wireframes for final projects with class feedback and user testing

• Workshop and 1 - 1 discussion with instructor

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 4 - Due October 5/6

Bring in flow chart (on paper) of final project

Collaborations must be final

Class 5

• Screen wireframes for final projects with class feedback and user testing (navigation only)

• Workshop and 1 - 1 discussion with instructor, review flow chart

• Presentations of note this week at Cantor, room 101

- Thursday 2pm - Digital Filmmaking in the 21st Century - Steven Fredericks of Digital Domain

- Friday 2pm - Convergent Media - Robert Greenberg of R/GA Interactive

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 5 - Due October 12/13

Begin fleshing out wireframes

Continue gathering materials

Class 6

• General review - content and technical

• Workshop

• 1 to 1 review and discussion with instructor of storyboards/outlines/wireframes for final project

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 6 - Due October 19/20

Continue fleshing out wireframes

Class 7

• Screen partially completed prototypes of final project with class feedback

• Director 7 - general

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 7 - Due October 26/27

Continue final project

Due in two weeks - A short representation of the final project for the class web site due. This can be a still image with some text, a Quicktime movie, a Shockwave movie, a Flash animation, or almost any type of media to serve as a teaser or a trailer of the final project.

Class 8

• Short discussion of basic issues re: Director 6.5 -> Director 7

• General review of Director movie management basics

• Workshop and 1 - 1 discussion with instructor

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 8 - Due November 2/3

A short representation of the final project for the class web site due (see class 7 for more specifics)

Class 9

• Workshop and 1 - 1 discussion and review of projects with instructor

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 9 - Due November 9/10

Continue final project

Class 10

• Guest Lecture/Demonstration of Film/NewMedia/Websites by Kevin Dreyfuss, Senior Content Specialist at t3 media

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm

Assignment 10 - Due November 16/17

Continue final project

Class 11

• Workshop and 1 - 1 discussion and review of projects with instructor

• Optional class (extra help) session this Thursday at 6pm, Saturday and/or Sunday afternoon

Assignment 11 - Due November 23/24

2nd Draft of Final Project - class critique/user testing

Class 12

• Screen final projects with class feedback and user testing

Assignment 12 - Due November 30/December 1

Final project due - Director movies, all essential external files AND projector, all in one folder - to be burned on CD

Thanksgiving Recess

Class 13

• Burning Final Project on CD

• Optional classes (extra help) the following Thursday & Friday at 6pm & Saturday or Sunday afternoons

Assignment 13 - Due December 7/8

Final project due on CD (burn modified version if necessary)

Reminder - the CD must include all Director movies, all essential external files AND projector - all in one folder

Class 14

• Final Project Screening - each project will be screened from student CDs

• Optional classes are available on the following Thursday & Friday evenings

Assignment 14 - Due December 14/15

Bring final project on CD (burn modified if necessary)

Required: one CD to turn in, and one CD to keep - extra blank CDs are available

Class 15

• Final project showing - guests invited