GRD 470 - Interactive Media I

1. Explain the limitations and advantages of working in multi-media and the web.
   1. Analyze the internet and its role in entertainment and commerce.
   2. Discuss the technical aspects of delivering text and graphics via the web and how bandwidth, hardware and software impact the user experience.
   3. Identify the technical requirements of creating a website by studying provided hand-outs
   4. Discuss the impact of hand-held and other new devices on the design and implementation of web sites
2. Demonstrate “best practices” workflow for planning and creating an identity on the web.
   1. Understand the concept of planning with a purpose for commerce, information, community, and/or entertainment
   2. Plan for the design and user-interface of a website based on primary, secondary, and peripheral audiences
   3. Discuss strategies for utilizing graphics, photos, and other illustrations that are viewer focused and that reinforce the purpose of the site
   4. Identify possible copyright and property issues related to web content.
3. Develop a strategy to develop and maintain effective content
   1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of updating sites built in different frameworks
   2. Develop site format and content based on pre-defined marketing objectives
   3. Integrate a client-focused strategy for maintaining content.
4. Demonstrate the use of specialized software to author HTML and JavaScript, control typography, and layout pages.
   1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using authoring software to generate HTML and javascript vs. writing code by hand.
   2. Produce HTML files that render accurately in major browsers and on all platforms using CSS and tables
5. Demonstrate how to work within a “Dreamweaver site” to manage files and links.
   1. Identify and explain the purpose of the tools and menus in site management software
   2. Discuss the relationship between the site window and the actual files on the hard disk.
   3. Create and manage links and hyperlinks without errors.
   4. Manage the various file types and formats correctly within a site.
6. Author basic animation and navigation with Flash software.
   1. Identify and explain the purpose of the tools and menus in the authoring software.
   2. Produce efficiently created animation files using symbols and vector graphics.
   3. Write basic scripts to control selected aspects of your animation.
   4. Export correctly optimized animation files to the proper folder within your website.
7. Demonstrate professional lab techniques when creating websites.
   1. Demonstrate creative thinking skills to design the user interface and graphics.
   2. Produce quality projects within given timeframe to meet established deadlines.