Professor Swisher
Spring 2020
Graphic Design 1
Interactive Design 1
Interactive Design 2
Design Portfolio
Office Hours
Interactive Design 1
Revised Class Calendar
Extra Resources
W3Schools (code help)
LinkedIn Learning Videos (formerly Lynda.com)
Syllabus
Lecture: History of the Internet and What Is Interactive Design
Who Invented The Internet video
Web Design Gallery
Intro to HTML
Styling Text
Typography and Hierarchy
Site setup and file naming
Project: Typography Bio Page
HTML character entities
HTML character symbol list
Columns example. (Either view the code or select "save as" from your browser.)
@font-face Overview
Google Fonts
Goo Fonts - Searching Tool
Article: What Font Should I Use
"The World's Worst Web Site Ever"
Lecture: Organization, Space, and Conventions
Organization Exercise
Project: Vacation/Tourism Site
Site Planning Infographic
Sitemaps
Wireframe Lecture
Wireframe Example
Demo Example: Button
Demo Files: Background Images
Images with Text Overlays
Image Editing Samples
Saving Images for Websites/Screens
POST-PANDEMIC TEACHING STARTS HERE
Revised Class Calendar
Check-In Exercise (If you didn't do this Tues., do it ASAP.)
Design Comps (Make sure you are working on this right away.)
Critique Instructions for Comps (To do during classtime.)
Site Folder Setup
Vacation Site Layout: Video Demo
Box Model Part 2
Code Part 2: Header Layout
Code Part 2: Floats Preview (Note: Read, but don't panic. No one understands floats the first time.
Code Part 3a: Video Demo on Feature Area and Specificity
Code Part 3b: Video Demo on Text Wrap
Code Part 4a: Navigation
Code Part 4b: Other Pages and Last steps
Read this, but you do NOT have to purchase.⇢
Lecture: Purchasing a host and a domain
Read this, but you do not have to follow it ⇢
Lecture: Uploading your site to the host