Distance Learning Plan
Online Course Schedule & Details
For Spring 2020 Only
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this course will be delivered online after spring break. Below are related updates including all course-related details regarding Chris's distance learning plan for ART 128 Interface Programming 1.
No More Face-to-Face Classes
Effective immediately, we will be conducting all remaining classes online “asynchronously” (on your own time), where each week I will post a short "Weekly Video" (~10 minutes) with class related announcements, updates, and weekly instructions. Please watch the videos each week and follow the instructions posted within each weekly sub-section (see below).
Work Independently
You are to continue working independently on your three main projects (deliverables) for ART 128:
- Site #1: Your Student Site (be sure to post links to all assignments).
- Site #2: Sitebase (complete all steps for the multi-page site and single-page site).
- Site #3: Your FINAL custom coded site (based on your UI design from ART 229).
One-on-One "Open Thursdays"
Every Thursday, from 8am-10:45am, I will be available to meet with students 1-on-1 via Zoom
(meeting id and password will be sent via email). On even-numbered weeks (Weeks
12,
14, & 16), you
will have pre-set times to meet with me 1-on-1. On odd-numbered weeks (Weeks 13 &
15), Effective Week 14 all Zoom sessions will be optional "Open
Thursdays." I
will be
online each Thursday from ~8am-2pm
to meet with those that are able to join in at any time and/or sign-up for a time slot in
advance via Calendly.
Final Critique
The final critique will be conducted online “synchronously” (live) via zoom on Tuesday, May 5th from 8am-2pm. We will all connect via zoom at the same time and each student will take turns sharing your screens to present your final products and portfolio sites.
Have a Question?
Need help? Wondering how to best get in touch with me? There are multiple ways to contact me (e.g. email, Laulima, office phone, etc.), but the quickest, easiest, and best way is via Slack. You can either message me directly/privately (@Chris Gargiulo) or send a larger group message to the entire class via our private Slack channel (#art128). Designers and developers at top agencies use Slack, so should you. :)
Week 11
The primary goal of this week is to complete all Site Base lessons (Site #2) with two deliverables:
- Complete Multi-page Site Base (Step #6 + Step #7)
- Complete Single-page Site Base (Step
#8)
- Be sure to watch the Video Lesson
Due to the holiday, there will be no Thursday 1-on-1 Zoom sessions this week. 1-on-1 Thursdays will begin next week (Week 12).
Week 12
This week we will officially begin the final project: coding your UI design from ART 229. We will also have our first mandatory 1-on-1 zoom sessions on Thursday (see time slots below).
- Be sure to post a link to your FINAL UI Design (e.g. XD shared prototype, image, pdf, etc) on your class web page.
- Start coding your Version #1 (v1) first draft in a sub-folder with a "-v1" suffix to the folder name.
Thursday 1-on-1 Schedule:
| Time | Student |
|---|---|
| 8:00 am - 8:15 am | Venice |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am | Monique |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am | Anthony |
| 8:45 am - 9:00 am | Yiwen |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Melissa |
| 9:15 am - 9:30 am | Jennifer |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Chloie |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Miyuki |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Ai |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am | Mark |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Liana |
Week 13
Primarily a work week to work on the coding of your final project. You should be focusing on the overall structure of the site (working from "the outside in, top down.") Do not be afraid to try multiple times and start from scratch until you get it right.
- Knowing that you will be posting three different versions of your final site (v1, v2,
and final), be sure to plan for the naming of your subfolders and to post a link to each
of the site versions on Github from your class web page.
- Example #1: with a project named "final"
- https://github.com/yourusername/art128/final-v1/
- https://github.com/yourusername/art128/final-v2/
- https://github.com/yourusername/art128/final/
- Example #2: with a project named "sitename"
- https://github.com/yourusername/art128/sitename-v1/
- https://github.com/yourusername/art128/sitename-v2/
- https://github.com/yourusername/art128/sitename/
- Example #1: with a project named "final"
Either of the above naming conventions are ok.
This week's Thursday 1-on-1 Zoom sessions are optional. There is no pre-set schedule and all time-slots are open and able to be booked by apointment only.
Book a 1-on-1 Meeting
Week 14
This week you should be working toward a completed rough first draft (v1) of your coded final website. No placeholder images. No lorem ipsums. All final content should be in the markup (html). Visual bugs (css) and functional bugs (js) are OK and expected.
- First Draft (Version #1) of your Coded Site (Due this week)
New "Open Thursdays" Schedule
This week, and all remaining Thursdays from here on out, will be "Open Thursdays" which are optional 1-on-1 Zoom sessions from 8am-2pm. Unfortunately, due to recent schedule changes, my availability on Thursdays is hereby limited and subject to change on a week-by-week, day-to-day basis. Therefore, there will be no more pre-set, mandatory 1-on-1 schedules and all previously scheduled Thursday 1-on-1 time-slots are now open and able to be booked by apointment in advance. Please watch this weeks video for more details.
Book a Thursday 1-on-1 Meeting
Week 15
Primarily a work week to continue coding your final project. You should be working toward your next due date (second draft due Week 16).
This week's Thursday 1-on-1 Zoom sessions are optional. There is no pre-set schedule and all time-slots are open and able to be booked by apointment only.
Book a 1-on-1 Meeting
Week 16
This week you should be working toward a completed second draft (v2) of your coded final website. At this point, your site needs to be 100% complete and ready for launch (if needed). It should not be unfinished or incomplete at all. This week you should be focusing on quality assurance testing (see Chris's QA Checklist blog post), code refactoring (cleaning up), and adding bonus features like UI animation.
- Second Draft (Version #2) of your Coded Site (Due this week)
This week's Thursday 1-on-1 Zoom sessions are optional. There is no pre-set schedule and all time-slots are open and able to be booked by apointment only.
Book a 1-on-1 Meeting
Week 17
This week we will all be meeting "synchronously" on Thursday May 7th from 9:00am-10:30am via Zoom for a quick (1 hour) show-n-tell (celebration) of your final project coded websites. To save time, I will share my screen and click through them all briefly (~5min each). After, I will share advice on what you should plan on during the summer months, in preparation for the fall.
- FINAL Version of your Coded Site (Due this week)
Optional Student Videos:
- OPTIONAL: Short "Show-n-tell" Student video
- For those that would like to ask for specific feedback from your classmates, please feel free to post a video this week (Week 17) via your class website or our class Slack channel (#art128) and we will be sure to take a look and give you feedback. This is not a requirement for this course. This is OPTIONAL.
Thursday May 7th Zoom Schedule:
| Time | Class |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | ART 128 Interface Programming 1 |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | ART 285 Interface Design Studio |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | ART 293 NMA Internship |
