Requirements

Timely submission of weekly and bi-weekly exercises and a final digital presentation summarizing the term's work.
Class attendance, participation & demonstrated comprehension of reading assignments.

Required Software

All students must have primary access to a graphics personal computer and the required software and accompanying manuals:

@Last Sketchup - version 5
Adobe Photoshop - Creative Suite
Adobe GoLive - Creative Suite
Adobe Illustrator - Creative Suite
Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser
Fugu (Mac) or SSH Secure FTP (PC)

FormZ and Adobe Programs (Adobe Web Collection) are available at the UO Bookstore. Firefox, Explorer, FUGU and Secure FTP are available through the Duckware CD-ROM.

Required Texts

Software manuals and texts are on reserve in the library.

Grading

Assignment grades are based on the following criteria:

Concept (appropriateness to the assignment)
Design Quality
Technical Competence
Completeness

Assignments 1 - 6 are worth 10 points each, the final portfolio + poster is worth 25 points and class participation and attendance is worth 15 points, for a total of 100 points. 83 points are required for a graduate Pass (B-).

At the end of the term, students will vote to award bonus points for Most Improved Beginner and Most Helpful Student (up to 15 points) as well as Best Overall Performance. The instructor and GTF's will assess the final portfolio and poster for the ability to apply technical tools to creative design problems. The portfolio must include assignments 1-6 and may optionally include other applications of digital media.

To encourage timeliness, students need to submit a draft on time to have the potential to earn full points, late assignment hand-ins will be penalized. You may submit revised work for periodic re-evaluation if you have submitted a draft on time. It is your responsibility to make sure that your assignment is finished and running through your website and that you notify your GTF when it is completed. If disaster strikes you are still responsible for getting the assignment in on-time to your GTF - by handing in a disc or hardcopy. All assignments are due before the following lecture session from when they were presented unless noted otherwise.