Heather Shaw
Assistant Professor, Graphic Design
Curry College
hshaw0609@curry.edu
heathershawdesign.com
Sarah Smith
Instructional Technologist
ssmith0707@curry.edu
almyraonline.com/blog
enCode / deCode / reCode
Intro. to Interactive Media Workshop
Monday July 19 — Friday July 23 2010
Prepared for the Higher Education Press (HEP) Beijing, China
Workshop Schedule
Day One: Monday 19 July
Part One: enCODE
Morning, 9am-11:30am
- Project Introduction + Introductory Lecture
- Tutorial: Beginner CSS / XHTML
Afternoon, 2pm-4:30pm
- Tutorial continued: Beginner CSS / XHTML (if needed)
- Sketching and encoding original works using CSS / XHTML
- Testing / debugging
Day Two: Tuesday 20 July
Part Two: deCODE
Morning, 9am-11:30am
- Project Introduction, images of student examples
- Simple binding techniques
- Group brainstorming session / conceptual development for “books”
Afternoon, 2pm-4:30pm
- Teams present their rough “book” concepts
- Teams work together on “book” design
Day Three: Wednesday 21 July
Part Two: deCODE (continued)
Morning, 9am-11:30am
- Teams present their “books” in progress
- Teams continue to work on books
Afternoon, 2pm-4:30pm
- Teams finish “books”, presentation of all “books” at the end of the session
Day Four: Thursday 22 July
Part Three: reCODE
Morning, 9am-11:30am
- Project Introduction + Introductory Lecture
- Flash tutorials:
- 1. Animation Fundamentals
- 2. MovieClips and Basic Interactivity
Afternoon, 2pm-4:30pm
- Flash tutorial:
- 3. Instance Names, Listeners, Events and Functions
- 4. Properties
- Group brainstorming session / conceptual development for interactive prototypes
- Design of interactive prototypes
Day Five: Friday 23 July
Part Three: reCODE (continued)
Morning, 9am-11:30am
- Teams continue the design and development of interactive prototypes
- Additional Flash help if needed
Afternoon, 2pm-4:30pm
- Participants finish prototypes, screening of all prototypes at the end of the session