session notes
This site is dedicated to two of our modules - Applied art for the web and Major Project. The schedule here serves the purpose of supplying links to the supporting material of these modules' sessions. For the complete timetable, check maweb.design.
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13/09/21
Welcome to our new students :)
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22/09/21
induction workshop
The web design process, tools and hosting
- workshop notes: PORTAL22 on maweb.design
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29/09/21 Design for Web Content
Web design and industry context
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06/10/21 Major Project
Final presentations
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13/10/21 Applied Art for the Web
Principles of graphic design
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20/10/21 Applied Art for the Web
Typography for the Web
- session notes
- (File) Sharing & Caring file naming conventions, file organisation and how to keep track of iterations.
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27/10/21 Applied Art for the Web
Colour
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03/11/21 Applied Art for the Web
Images for the Web
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10/11/21 Applied Art for the Web
Layout design
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17/11/21 Applied Art for the Web
Adaptive design planning
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24/11/21 Major Project
informal presentations - Concept
- session notes
- reminder: (File) Sharing & Caring file naming conventions, file organisation and how to keep track of iterations.
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01/12/21 User Experience Design
User Experience (UX): Research
- Moodle: User Experience Design online session via Teams with Steph Troeth
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08/12/21 User Experience Design
User Experience (UX): Design
- Moodle: User Experience Design online session via Teams with Chris How
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15/12/21 Major Project
Crit #1 - Business and Cultural Context
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break
Winter break
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19/01/22 Applied Art for the Web
Vector graphics
- session notes
- demo: 3 SVG methods
- video tutorial: design of @ icon as SVG
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26/01/22 Major Project
Crit #2 - Commodity
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02/02/22 Applied Art for the Web
Icon design
- session notes
- demo: SVG Sprite
- video tutorial: SVG Sprite setup
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09/02/21 Applied Art for the Web
Interface design
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16/02/21 Content Management
The .htaccess file and other oddities; PHP for site modularity
- Moodle: Content Management
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23/02/21 Content Management
PHP and MySQL for dynamic content; CMS's with PHP and MySQL
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02/03/22 Major Project
Crit #3 - Firmness
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09/03/22 Applied Art for the Web
Design for UX & Accessibility
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16/03/22 Social Media & SEO
SEO, SEM and site promotion, Branding design
- Moodle: Social Media & SEO
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23/03/22 Social Media & SEO
Site analytics and revenue generation, Social Media
- Moodle: Social Media & SEO
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30/03/22 Applied Art for the Web
WordPress theme design
- session notes link to tutorial site for theme build, includes videos and source files
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06/04/22 Major Project
Crit #4 - Delight
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break
Spring break
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04/05/22 Major Project
Crit #5 - Prototype
- Moodle: Major Project