ah teaches web design & development (term schedule)

The schedule for the Fall 2024 term of IAT-339Web Design & Development

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September 12 (Wk 01)
September 19 (Wk 02)
September 26 (Wk 03)
October 3 (Wk 04)
October 10 (Wk 05)
October 17 (Wk 06)
October 24 (Wk 07)
October 31 (Wk 08)
November 7 (Wk 09)
November 14 (Wk 10)
November 21 (Wk 11)
November 28 (Wk 12)

Fall 2024 term of IAT-339Web Design & Development
Date (Week)	In lecture	In Lab	Due	Reading(s)
September 12 (01)	The Interwebs An overview of the course, some fundamentals when thinking about design on the web, and an introduction to semantic markup.	Introduction to P1: Process HTML exercise Reflection #1		Soueidan, Sara. (2019). "What a Year of Learning and Teaching Accessibility Taught Me." Retrieved 11/21/2024, from https://www.sarasoueidan.com/blog/what-accessibility-taught-me
September 19 (02)	Styling the Webs Thinking about our websites as modular components and the fundamentals of styling websites.	Critiques CSS exercise	HTML exercise	Frost, Brad. (2016). "Atomic Design Methodology (Chapter 2)." Atomic Design. Brad Frost.
September 26 (03)	Like Building Blocks More depth on styleguides, as well as thinking and building responsive structures online.	Critiques Layout exercise	CSS exercise	Andrew, Rachel. (2017). "The New Layout (Chapter 3)." The New CSS Layout. A Book Apart.
October 3 (04)	The Utility Belt Approaches for debugging code and an introduction to git.	Introduction to P2: Company Git exercise	P1: Process Layout exercise	Demaree, David. (2016). "Thinking in Versions (Chapter 1)." Git for Humans. A Book Apart.
October 10 (05)	Devices and their Fickle Owners Thinking about how users use websites, and more options for laying out your site.	Critiques Positioning exercise Reflection #2	Git exercise	Thomas, David. (2020). "User Bias (Chapter 2)." Design for Cognitive Bias. A Book Apart.
October 17 (06)	Usefulness More depth on accessibility and usability online.	Critiques JavaScript exercise	Positioning exercise	Marquis, Mat. (2016). "Getting Set Up (Chapter 1)." JavaScript for Web Designers. A Book Apart.
October 24 (07)	Content is Key Considerations of structuring and writing quality content.	Critiques Accessibility exercise Reflection #3	JavaScript exercise	Williams, Gareth F. (2021). "Dyslexic Myths Presented as Truths." Retrieved 11/21/2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dyslexic-myths-presented-truths-gareth-ford-williams/ Barstow, John C. (2021). "Adding A Dyslexia-Friendly Mode To A Website." Retrieved 11/21/2024, from https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/11/dyslexia-friendly-mode-website/
October 31 (08)	Being the Unicorn Portfolios... just portfolios.	Project review Introduction to P3: Portfolio Employment exercise	P2: Company Accessibility exercise	Mall, Dan. (2018). "A Portfolio Hiring Managers Can't Deny." Retrieved 11/21/2024, from https://danmall.me/articles/portfolios/
November 7 (09)	More Code than Design Thinking further about web development.	Critiques Coding quiz exercise Reflection #4	Employment exercise	Monteiro, Mike. (2017). "A Designer's Code of Ethics." Retrieved 11/21/2024, from https://deardesignstudent.com/a-designers-code-of-ethics-f4a88aca9e95
November 14 (10)	The Coding Quiz This entire lecture will be our time for completing the coding quiz.	Critiques Survey	Coding quiz exercise
November 21 (11)	Debugging Day As the title suggests we'll spend this lecture helping you debug your final projects in addition to covering some speed optimization.	Critiques		Böck, Max. (2021). "Space Jam." Retrieved 11/21/2024, from https://mxb.dev/blog/space-jam/
November 28 (12)	Portfolio Review Bring in your final portfolios to lecture. We will review them and provide further feedback and direction.	Critiques	P3: Portfolio Survey