On line COMET schedule — fall 2009
Session 1: Monday, August 31
Due:
- Your cyber-presence.
- Module 1: Getting Started in the Course
- Begin your Personal, Professional Portfolio using Presence: Simple HTML
- Obtain an account on a web server
- Please join us for an optional webcast Monday, August 31, 7:00pm PST (find your time). You'll need the latest free Adobe
Flash Player for your web browser, and you may want to not be behind
a firewall. To be able to talk, you'll need a microphone (internal or external) and headphones, or combination headset mic. Test your connection here.
If you're unable to join us live, we always try to record—or archive—each webcast for later viewing. The archive is typically posted within an hour or so following the live webcast, though in some cases it's the next morning. Once the archive is posted, you can view it at the link below, and post any questions you have to the course listserv.
Archive of this webcast.
Session 2: Monday, September 14
Due:
- Read Williams & Tollett, Chapter 1 What is the web?
- Read Williams & Tollett, Chapter 4 Things to know before you begin your site
- Read Williams & Tollett, Chapter 15 How to upload and update your site
- Check pre-requisites skills
- Check technology used in class
- Obtain course materials
- Obtain an account on a web server
- If you're considering the masters or certificate program, consider signing up to receive free information from SAGE—the Student Association for Graduates in EDTEC and click on "Membership."
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio using Presence: Simple HTML
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, September 14, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 2: Uploading and Downloading
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio using either:
Session 3: Monday, September 21
Due:
- Read in depth: Williams & Tollett, Chapter 6 Basic design principles for non-designers
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio using either:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, September 21, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 3: Page Layout and Typography
- Discuss prospective final project ideas
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
Session 4: Monday, September 28
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 7 Designing the interface and navigation
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, September 28, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 4: Multimedia Interface and Navigation
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Continue Final Project Proposal
Session 5: Monday, October 5
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 5 Print vs. web and how it affects design
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 9 Color on the web
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, October 5, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 5: Interactivity
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Continue Final Project Proposal
Session 6: Monday, October 12
Due:
- Williams & Tollett Chapter 10 Graphic definitions you must know
- Williams & Tollett Chapter 11 How to prepare image files for the web
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, October 12, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 6: Using Images on the Web
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Begin Site map and story boards
Session 7: Monday, October 19
Due:
- Final Project Proposal
- Williams & Tollett, chapter 2 How to search the Internet
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, October 19, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 7: Using Animation
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
Session 8: Monday, October 26
Due:
- Progress on your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, October 26, 7:00pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 8: Accessibility [from JimThatcher.com]
- Continue your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
Session 9: Monday, November 2
Due:
- Site map and story boards
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 13 Advanced tips & tricks
- Finish up your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, November 2, 7:00pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 9: Making Prototypes
- Begin Final Project Prototype development
Session 10: Monday, November 9
Due:
- Your Personal, Professional Portfolio with either:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 14 Test and fix your web site
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, November 9, 7:00pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 10: Prototype usability testing session 1
- Continue Final Project development
Session 11: Monday, November 16
Due:
- Prototype of your final project site on web ready for testing
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, November 16, 7:00pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 11: Copyright
- Usability testing session on your own
- Continue Final Project development
- If you are interested in the on line masters degree in Educational Technology, this is a good time to think about applying to the department.
Session 12: Monday, November 23
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 12 Typography on the web
- Usability Report 1
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, November 23, 7:00pm PDST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 12: More Type Design
- Continue Final Project development
Session 13: Monday, November 30
Due:
- Williams & Tollett, Chapter 8 How to recognize good & bad design
- Beta version of your final project site on web ready for testing
- Don't leave your Journal Article Summary until the last moment!
Workshop:
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, November 30, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 13: Beta usability testing session 2
- Continue Final Project development
Session 14: Monday, December 7
Due:
- Williams & Tollett , Chapter 16 How and why to register your site
- Beta usability report 2
- Please join us for an optional webcast,
Monday, December 7, 7:00pm PST (find
your time).
Archived webcast from this date. - Module 14: Sound on the web
- Continue Final Project development
Session 15: Monday, December 14
NO WEBCAST THIS WEEK
Due:
- All assignments due by midnight Monday, December 14, including…
- Final web Site: Send URL to class listserv
- Journal Article Summary
Feedback on final project and course grade will be posted on the Progress database. All course grades available from SDSU web Portal. Click here if you need an official transcript or free unofficial transcript of your course work to date (be sure to wait until grades have been submitted to the registrar for a current course).