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COURSE SYLLABUS 1. TITLE OF COURSE: Web Motion Graphic Design I PREFIX/NUMBER: MGD 143 CREDIT HOURS: 3 2. PREREQUISITE: None 3. RESOURCES NEEDED: Jump drive at least 128mb REQUIRED TEXT: Learning Web Design, 2nd Edition 4. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is the intermediate phase of software applications for web development and design. Focusing on the role of interactive multimedia in communicating with an audience, students will gain knowledge in a variety of industry standard software applications. 5. COURSE GOAL: Enable students to design and develop interactive graphics for web applications in the multimedia industry. 6. COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, students will be able to: To create a website incorporating the following areas of motion design: (A) (B) (C) Text animation, Pacing. Streaming, Character animation, Rhythm, Motion, tweening, using Flash technology.Demonstrate drawing objects and symbols used for animation. Integrating sound and video clips into the website. 7. EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Standard Grading Scale based on attendance, quizzes, tests, and projects. 60% of your grade will be quizzes and tests 30% of your grade will be assignments 10% of your grade will be attendance and class participation Special Remarks: 1. Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog. 2. Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies. 3. Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion. 8. COURSE OUTLINE Topical Areas for exploration: History and Basics of web design All about Web Graphics:- File Formats- Image Resolution- File Size Matters- Tools of the Trade- Image Sources- Graphics Production Tips- Web Graphics Highlights Creating GIFs- All About GIFs- Creating a Simple GIF- Adding Transparency- Optimizing GIFs- Some Things to Remember About GIFs Creating JPEGs- More About JPEGs- Making JPEGs, Step by Step- Optimizing JPEGs- Some Things to Remember About JPEGs- Test Yourself Flash/ Animated GIFs- How They Work- Animation Settings- Creating an Animated GIF, Step by Step- A Cool Shortcut (Tweening)- Things to Remember About Animated GIFs 9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities. 10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor. 11. ADA NOTICE: Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.
COURSE SYLLABUS
REQUIRED TEXT:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
COURSE GOAL:
To create a website incorporating the following areas of motion design:
(B)
Integrating sound and video clips into the website.
60% of your grade will be quizzes and tests
30% of your grade will be assignments
10% of your grade will be attendance and class participation
Special Remarks:
1.
Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.
2.
Tardy Policy: A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.
3.
Assignments/Missed Exams: It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments. If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed. Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist. Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.
All about Web Graphics:- File Formats- Image Resolution- File Size Matters- Tools of the Trade- Image Sources- Graphics Production Tips- Web Graphics Highlights
Creating GIFs- All About GIFs- Creating a Simple GIF- Adding Transparency- Optimizing GIFs- Some Things to Remember About GIFs
Creating JPEGs- More About JPEGs- Making JPEGs, Step by Step- Optimizing JPEGs- Some Things to Remember About JPEGs- Test Yourself
Flash/ Animated GIFs- How They Work- Animation Settings- Creating an Animated GIF, Step by Step- A Cool Shortcut (Tweening)- Things to Remember About Animated GIFs