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Week 3 9/15/03	Overview of Color
Week 3 9/15/03	Glossary Terms: CMYK, RGB, Monitor Resolution, Indexed Color, Web Safe Palette
9/16/2003	Lecture: Color Theory (http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/color/colortheory2.PPT)
	Extra Reading: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/color/
	By dithering 2 or 3 browser safe colors, it is possible to make over 10 million different combinations. ColorMix provides a quick and easy way to combine these 216 hex values, reference the possibilities, and download new combinations. http://www.colormix.com/
	Exercise: http://poynter.org/special/colorproject/index.html
9/17/2003	Exercise: Transfer your Glossary terms to HTML
	Exercise: Web site on "Color Psychology". Create a web page (with the colors black and white) and describe what effect each of these colors have on the user: Black, White, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow. Create one paragraph for each color describing what effect it has AND include both a small image demonstrating this effect and a link to a website with that color as its primary color.
9/18/2003	COLOR QUIZ
	Alignment and Proximity Lecture --> http://library.albany.edu/imc/webdesign/page2.htm Examples --> http://www.essdack.org/webdesign/page4.htm
	Exercise Create a web page on fencing (the sport). Pick one alignment! Use examples of proximity when describing the three types of fencing.
	Glossary terms - proximity (in web design), alignment (in web design)
9/19/2003	VICA Assembly 8:40
9/19/2003	Team Building
Week 4 9/22/2003	NOCTI Testing
9/23/2003	NOCTI Testing
9/24/2003	Repetition and Contrast Lecture --> http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~dilger/nerd/webdev/williams-four.html
	Glossary terms - repetition (in web design), contrast (in web design)
	Exercise Continue fencing webpage. Using the same design features show that the three types of equipment used; all have one thing in common (they are fencing!), and also at the same time contrast the different features.
9/25/2003	Combine the principles Set a focal point.
9/25/2003	Exercise Using the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, create a website that contains his poem, and use a picture of a raven as the focal point of the stage.
9/26/2003	Paragraph vs. Break Lecture --> http://www.websiteprimer.com/article1073.html
9/26/2003	Exercise - Self - Guided Tour of the WWW
Week 5 9/29/2003	QUIZ ON BASIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES
	Organize your design (Post-its are your friend) - ACTIVITY
	One-Size Surfing (ALWAYS DESIGN FOR 640 x 480)
	Vertical & Horinzontal Format, primary visual impact of the page design should be appear in the visible, horizontal content area of the browser window.
	Exercise - Create 2 menus, one horizontal, and one vertical
9/30/03	Navigational design & style NO SCROLLING ON MAIN PAGE Importance of the Home button Importance of Good Navigation Don't trade clear communication for cleverness... If you have to explain you navigation system, it's wrong.
9/30/03	Exercise Read an excerpt from webmonkey. Summarize and give opinion (1 page, 250 words). http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial2.html