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Date	Design Skills	Technical Skills	Assignments/Read/View
Tuesday Jan 20, 8:00-8:45 Rm. 127	Online Success and Digital Design: It's all about COMMUNICATION! Types of Course Content PP=PowerPoint Presentation =Quicktime Movie CIB= Illustrator10- Classroom In A Book VQSG=Visual Quickstart Guide for Illustrator 10 NLT=No Later Than (date) Our class week goes from Mon-Sun		Welcome! Syllabus/Schedule Review Introductions Project Examples Online Basics BlackBoard The following is due NLT 25 Jan 1)Complete Online Survey 2)Send John an e-mail with a photograph attached. 3)Post a comment on our class message board.
Week 2 26 Jan-1 Feb	Overview: Graphic Design Terms	Illustrator:What's it all about? 103-Vector vs Raster 104-Artboard 105-Menu 106-Navigating 107-Tools Palette	CIB Lesson #1-Work Area Note: This lesson does not have to be turned-in. Introduce Project #1 Read:VQSG Chapt 1-4
Week 3 2-8 Feb	PP:Design: Line and Form-1 Sample Student Work	Working with Objects 301-Selecting Objects 302-Lasso Tool 303-Fill and Stroke 304-Assigning Colors 305-Preferences 307-Stacking Order PP-Creating an Image in Illustrator	CIB Lesson #2-Basic Shapes Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. Thumbnail sketches Due Read:VQSG Chapt 5-6 Due dates: Assignments for a particular week are due no later than the last day of that week. You are encouraged to submit assignments prior to the due date..don't wait 'til the last minute...
Week 4 9-15 Feb	PP:Design:Point of View	Shape Tools 401-Shape Tool Basics 402-Cornor Rect 403-Polygon/Star 407-Paintbrush Tool 408-Pencil Tool	CIB Lesson #3-Paint Tools Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. Project #1 Due Be sure to read Preview for project submission details Read:VQSG Chapt 7-9
Week 5 16-22 Feb	Color Theory for Digital Design Pen Tool-Tips/Tricks	Pen Tool-Very Important! 201-Pen Tool/Anchors 202-Basic Shapes w/pen 203-Direction Lines/Hndls 204-Convert Anchor 205-Finishing Paths 206-Direct Selection Tool	CIB #4 Pen Tool Note: Final file and Exercise 1 must be sent to me for credit this week. Exercise 1 Due 22 Feb Exercise Notes Quiz#1 Notes (Available through Blackboard from 17-23 Feb) Read:VQSG Chapt 10 Read About Project #2
Week 6 23-29 Feb	Layers as Tracing Templates For Project 2 Variations Project Samples	Layers 701-Layer Basics 702-Layer Options 703-Select Obj/Layers 704-Apperance 308-Group Selection 310-Bounding Box	CIB Lesson #10-Layers Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. Read:VQSG Chapt 11 Read About Project #2
Week 7 1-7 Mar	RGB vs CMYK (color gamut) Tutorials on Basic Drawing Skills-Effect of Light New! Mixing Tints	Color In Illustrator 901-Stroke Palette 902-Stroke Options 903-Gradient Plaette 904-Color Palette Basics 905-Swatches 906-Custom Swatches 907-Overprint 908-Color Filters	Project #2 Due Read:VQSG Review Chapt 9
Week 8 8-14 Mar	Logo Design History (Slide Show) Web Link to Logos Web Link to Brainstorming	Type Tools 1201-Text Tool 1202-Area Type 1203-Text on Path 1204-Blocks & Wraps	CIB Lesson #7 Type Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. Introduce Project #3 VQSG Chapt 12 Logo Pencil Sketches Due
Week 9 15-21 Mar	Typography Samples: (coming) Brainstorming Logo Project Phase 1	1205-Type Containers 1206-Rows and Columns 1207-Paragraph Palette 1208-Create Outlines	CIB Lesson #6 Transforming Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. VQSG Chapt 13 Revision of 2 Best Logos
Week 10 22-28 Mar	Gestalt TheoryI Similarity/Balance	No Movies This Week	Project #3 Due 28 Mar
Week 11 29 Mar-4 April	Gestalt TheoryII	607-Gradient Tool 608-Paintbucket/Eyedropper 609-Blend Tool 610-Knife and Scissors 611-Auto Trace 1003-Rough/Scribble	CIB #8 Blending Shapes and Colors Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. Introduce Project #4 VQSG Chapt 18 Gradients
Week 12 5-11 Apr	Spring Break	No Movies This Week	No Work Due This week-yeah!
Week 13 12-18 Apr	Packaging Design Samples	1004-Transform 1005-Stylize Options 1006-Warp 1007-Pathfinder 1008-Rasterize 1009-Bitmap Filters	Quiz #2 CIB #12 Cylinders and boxes (Note: CIB is a change!) Note: Final CIB file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. VQSG Chapt 17 Paths Due-Project #4 Scan, Sketches & Paragraph
Week 14 19-25 Apr	Creating a Bar Code:PDF Visual Hierarchy..What is it?	707-Styles Palette 708-Filter Effects 801 Transparency Palette 804-Transparency Options 805-Compound Paths 1301-View Menu 1304-Snap to Point 1307-Align Palette	Project #4 Due (Label)
Week 15 26 Apr-2 May	Dealing with Fonts:PDF CDs Now-see CD cover samples	1302-Ruler & Guides 1303-Grids Special Tools 503-Twist Tool 505-Resahpe Tool 506-Liquify Tool 613-Art Brush 614-Scatter Brush	Introduce Final Project CIB #11 Airbrush Effects Note: Final file must be sent to me for credit on the lesson. VQSG Chapt 20-22
Week 17 10-16 May	Pantone Color Matching Offset Color Printing Color Jeopardy-Test Your Color Knowledge	1401-Transparency Flattening 1402-Print Menu 1403 Saving Files 1404-Saving as Adobe PDF 1405-EPS Files 1406-Export File Types	CIB #14 Combining Photos CIB#13 Printing Artwork-info only Note: Final CIB files do not need to be sent! VQSG Chapt 26 Output CD concept design due for individual comment. Quiz #3
Week 18 17-23 May	Finals Week!	Work on Final Project Layer Mask Tutorial FYI	Final Project due NLT 23 May Submit Via E-Mail