Class Topics, Readings and Due Dates

• 08/25/08
  
  • Topic: Course Overview
    
  • Topic: Contexts for Writing
    
• 08/27/08
  
  • Topic: History of the Internet
    
  • Due: Ex 1-1: Personal Statement
    
• 08/29/08
  
  • Topic: Intro to SHU Weblogs
    
  • Text: Schackner
    
  • Text: Lewin
    
• 09/01/08
  
  • Topic: Writing Effective E-Mail
    
  • Text: Bauer and Jerz
    
• 09/03/08
  
  • Topic: From the Social to the Professional
    
  • Text: What Happens Online Stays Online?
    
  • Topic: File Skills Intro
    
• 09/05/08
  
  • Topic: Basic HTML Workshop
    
  • Due: Ex 1-2: Basic File Skills
    
• 09/08/08
  
  • Topic: Basic HTML Skills 2
    
  • Due: Ex 1-3: E-mail Skills
    
  • Text: Castro p.1-30
    
• 09/10/08
  
  • Topic: Group HTML Workshop
    
  • Text: Castro p. 31-64
    
• 09/12/08
  
  • Topic: Group HTML Workshop
    
  • Text: Castro p. 65-92
    
• 09/15/08
  
  • Text: Clueless Usenet Newbie
    
  • Due: G1: Collaborative HTML Quiz
    
  • Topic: HTML Skills
    
• 09/17/08
  
  • Topic: HTML Group Troubleshooting Practice
    
• 09/19/08
  
  • Text: Happy Birthday, Smiley :)
    
• 09/22/08
  
  • Topic: Words on the Web
    
  • Due: Q1: Solo HTML Skills (moved from Sep 19)
    
• 09/24/08
  
  • Topic: Strengths, Weaknesses, and History of the Web
    
  • Due: Portfolio 1 (Updated with Details)
    
  • Text: Kilian, Intro & Ch1
    
  • Text: Kilian, Ch2
    
  • Due: Allen Kukovich Visit
    
• 09/26/08
  
  • Topic: Organization and Content
    
  • Text: Kilian, Ch3
    
  • Text: Kilian, Ch4
    
• 09/29/08
  
  • Topic: Online Editing
    
  • Topic: Corporate Websites
    
  • Due: Ex 2-1: Revising Prose
    
  • Text: Kilian, Ch5
    
  • Text: Kilian, Ch6
    
• 10/01/08
  
  • Topic: Personal Expression
    
  • Text: Kilian, Ch7, Ch8
    
  • Text: Creative Hypertext
    
• 10/03/08
  
  • Due: Ex 2-2: Editing and Resume
    
• 10/06/08
  
  • Topic: Hyperfiction Discussion
    
  • Text: Creative Hypertexts
    
• 10/08/08
  
  • Topic: Hyperfiction Discussion
    
  • Due: Ex 2-3: Creative Hypertext Response
    
  • Text: Electronic Literature
    
• 10/10/08
  
  • Topic: Intro to Interactive Fiction
    
  • Due: Portfolio 2
    
  • Text: Storytelling and Computer Games
    
  • Due: Ex 2-2: Review and Revisions
    
• 10/15/08
  
  • Topic: IF Discussion
    
  • Text: IF Readings
    
• 10/17/08
  
  • Due: Q2: Revise Website (CANCELED)
    
  • Due: G2: IF Website Exercises (moved from Wednesday, Oct 15)
    
• 10/20/08
  
  • Topic: Intro to the User Experience
    
  • Text: Krug, Intro-Ch3
    
  • Text: Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: Text Adventures (Optional)
    
• 10/22/08
  
  • Topic: Interactive Fiction Authorship
    
  • Due: Ex 3-1: IF Exercise
    
• 10/24/08
  
  • Topic: Usability Testing
    
  • Text: Krug, Ch4-6
    
• 10/27/08
  
  • Text: Krug, Ch7-8
    
  • Due: Ex 3-2: Usability Testing Exercise
    
  • Text: Usability Testing Tips
    
• 10/29/08
  
  • Topic: Interactive Fiction Authorship
    
  • Due: Ex 3-3: IF Exercise
    
  • Text: IF Game - Slouching Towards Bedlam
    
• 10/31/08
  
  • Text: Krug, Ch9-11
    
• 11/03/08
  
  • Topic: Interactive Fiction Authorship
    
  • Due: G3: IF Implementation Exercise
    
• 11/05/08
  
  • Topic: User Experience
    
  • Due: Q3: Usability Analysis Skills
    
  • Text: Finish Krug
    
• 11/07/08
  
  • Topic: Wikipedia Workshop
    
  • Text: Wikipedia and Society
    
• 11/10/08
  
  • Topic: Term Project Workshop
    
  • Due: Term Project: Proposal
    
  • Due: Ex 3-4: IF Implementation Exercise
    
• 11/12/08
  
  • Topic: Term Project Workshop
    
  • Due: Portfolio 3
    
  • Due: Term Project Progress Report
    
• 11/14/08
  
  • Due: Term Project Progress Report
    
  • Topic: Term Project Workshop
    
• 11/17/08
  
  • Topic: Alpha Testing Workshop
    
  • Due: Term Project: Alpha Release
    
• 11/19/08
  
  • Topic: Term Project Workshop
    
  • Due: G4: Alpha Reports
    
• 11/21/08
  
  • Topic: Term Project Workshop
    
• 11/24/08
  
  • Topic: Term Project Workshop
    
• 12/01/08
  
  • Due: Term Project: Beta Release
    
• 12/03/08
  
  • Due: Q4: Beta Reports
    
  • Topic: Project Workshop
    
• 12/05/08
  
  • Topic: Project Workshop
    
  • Due: Portfolio 4
    
• 12/08/08
  
  • Due: Term Project: Final Presentations
    
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