Sessions28
  1. Part IProject 1: Single Page Website, MVP
  2. 01Wed Jan 20Welcome back
  3. 02Mon Jan 25Snow day
  4. 03Wed Jan 27Design process
  5. 04Mon Feb 1Mobile first and prototyping
  6. 05Wed Feb 3Patterns
  7. 06Mon Feb 8Prototype workshop, project check-in
  8. 07Wed Feb 10Memes and participatory culture
  9. 08Mon Feb 15Snow day
  10. 09Wed Feb 17Project 1 presentations, and typography
  11. Part IIProject 2: Content Management Systems
  12. 10Mon Feb 22Content management systems
  13. 11Wed Feb 24Responsive web design
  14. 12Mon Feb 29Preprocessors, and workshop
  15. 13Wed Mar 2Workshop
  16. Mar 7No class
  17. Mar 9No class
  18. 14Mon Mar 14Workshop
  19. 15Wed Mar 16One-on-one meetings, and workshop
  20. 16Mon Mar 21Workshop
  21. 17Wed Mar 23Workshop
  22. 18Mon Mar 28Project 2 presentations
  23. Part IIIFinal: Portfolio Site
  24. 19Wed Mar 30Your work
  25. 20Mon Apr 4Beauty in web design
  26. 21Wed Apr 6Portfolios: inspiration, aspiration, and limitations
  27. 22Mon Apr 11Portfolios: patterns in code
  28. 23Wed Apr 13Showing your work: portfolio workshop
  29. 24Mon Apr 18Project 3 workshop
  30. 25Wed Apr 20Cross-browser testing, and workshop
  31. 26Mon Apr 25Workshop and snippets
  32. 27Wed Apr 27Final workshop
  33. 28Mon May 2Project 3 crits: final day of class

AVT 415 · George Mason University · Spring 2016

Assignments

6 marked pieces · 100% of the grade

Everything the term collects, in the order it comes due. Each row links back to the class that takes it, where the brief and the rest of the day are. Grades of record live with the institution; this is the schedule of the work.

Due dates

Everything28Readings25

Nothing is dated yet. The pieces this course marks are below; the days they are collected on are not in the ledger.

What each piece is worth

  • Project 1: Single Page Website, MVP75 of 400 points in the original scheme. A local startup's simple, responsive one-page marketing site, three weeks.19%
  • Project 2: Content Management Systems75 of 400 points. Version two of the startup site: a blog and several pages on a simple CMS.19%
  • Final: Portfolio Site125 of 400 points. A dynamic Bootstrap portfolio showcasing your voice as a designer.31%
  • Weekly assignments50 of 400 points. Due the first class day of the week after they are assigned.12%
  • Class participation55 of 400 points. Perfect attendance earned 10 credit points; critique attendance mandatory.14%
  • Exercises20 of 400 points, scored 0 to 3: a 2 is correct and complete, a 3 substantially exceeds the ask, the lowest score is dropped, never accepted late.5%
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