Tuesday, May 14th

Class Hours: 10:05 – 2:45
Mr. Cronin

Notes

Tuesday!
Otto 1:20.

10:05 Attendance and Article

10:10 Web Design

Web Accessibility

We want as many customers as possible / we want as many users.
We should strive to make the web accessible, and “usable” by as many customers and users as possible.
Today we will take a look at WCAG and WAVE and other tools that can help us make as usable an interface as we can.

Review of Monday’s Content

Iframes in applied project using an html widget
Using JS to create a random effect on page load

10:50 Morning Break (10 minutes)

10 Minute break – you have to exit the room.
When the door near the TV is open, you are welcome to come back in.

11:00 Critiques

Each week we will upload our work on Monday as a class. I will then present your work to the class. Every week we will pick a new student to proactive giving constructive criticism. Constructive criticism is a type of feedback that offers specific and actionable advice to help employees to improve. In the professional setting we need to be to talk professionally about the work, even if you don’t “love” the person who created it.

If selected, you will pick 1 thing that works, and 1 thing to improve upon next time. Remember we are separating the Design from the Designer. We are looking for actionable input.

Today Dylan will give Constructive Criticism.

11:30 Web Design

You want your own site, what do you need to do?

Web Hosting
Domain Name
FTP Software to move content to the server
SSL – almost a requirement now
Option 1 – Combining Hosting and Domain – could save $ and make it a 1 stop shop
Option 2 – Separating Hosting and Domain – control, you have more control, easier

11:55 Study Guide

When complete work on CAWD work.

12:25 Lunch

No food in the room / eat in the Cafe.
You are welcome to return to the room when you have finished eating and work / hang out.

12:55 Attendance and Article

1:00 Steve Jobs Biography

Read along with Mr. Cronin. Improve literacy, word decoding, enjoy a nice story, and unplug from the world.

1:20 Afternoon Break (10 minutes)

10 Minute break – you have to exit the room.
When the door near the TV is open, you are welcome to come back in.

1:30 Speed Design

Speed Designs are 10 minute sprints in CAWD where we practice. It could be any medium – 3D, 2D, video, programming, etc.

1:45 Afternoon Practice & Production

DH34: Nose and Mouth
- lastNameDH34.jpg
Week 34 Agency
- (lastName)Agency_1.jpg
- (lastName)Agency_2.jpg
- (lastName)Agency_3.jpg
- … or give me an mp4 if animated, or a still if a sketch

2:20 Dailies

2:25 “19 Minutes”

4 of 5 days per week we will end our day in CAWD with the “19 Minutes” of silent reading. Closing down our day with silent reading provides many benefits:

Improve Literacy Skills / Reading Stamina
Create space for a small reading meditation where we can disconnect from the world and get lost in a story
Unplug

At 2:44 each day I will come to 3 students and ask for a 1 sentence explanation of what happened in your story over that day’s reading session. It is neat to hear little pockets of a story, here and there.