This is the post for the Wednesday, January 28, 2015 class meeting.

Discussing Project 1 Examples

For homework, you explored the Project Examples linked from the assignment page. To kick off our discussion of the examples, I want you to share your reactions to the texts by completing the following survey:

• 10:10 Online Identity Examples Discussion
• 11:15 Online Identity Examples Discussion

Tools for Project 1

You will use Google Drive to write and share your project. I have created a sample document to demonstrate how to embed the image and layout your projects. Remember that it is just one example, not the only way to publish your work.

Consult the Google Drive FAQs and the help materials on the Google Drive site. The details on how to Insert an Image will probably be useful.

You can use whatever image editing tools you are comfortable with, but to work in class today, we’ll use picmonkey.com. You will find many options for touching up photos, adding filters, and (of course) inserting text.

Homework

• Friday, 1/30:
  • Aim to have at least a draft of your image ready to share in class. Ideally, you will have a nearly-finished draft of the image and your explanatory statement. We will spend part of the session on peer review, and part talking about the reflection memo.
• Monday, 2/2:
  • Go to one of the Lynda.com tutorials linked below and watch a minimum of three videos of your choice (not all three courses):
    • Design Aesthetics for Web Design with Sue Jenkins
    • Writing for the Web with Chris Nodder
    • Before & After: Things Every Designer Should Know with John McWade
  • Look for general advice on what makes a webpage/site work, and be ready to discuss what you found in class. Focus on general principles rather than any specific details on how to code something.

This is the post for the Monday, January 26, 2015 class meeting.

Discussing Today’s Texts

Today’s readings were the following:

• Sections 1 and 2 from Personal Branding Basics with Lorrie Thomas Ross
• “Henry’s Story- Creating Online Identities”
• “Should I Be a Jerk or a Human Being on Facebook?” from the NY Times.
• “Twitter, Facebook And LinkedIn: Social Media And American Identity [INFOGRAPHIC]” from Social Times.

To begin our discussion of the homework, we’ll use an anonymous online whiteboard to brainstorm some ideas. Go to the Padlet for your course and add some short responses to the framing question there, “Based on the texts you read and viewed for your homework, what goes into establishing an online identity? How would you define the phrase, and what are the characteristics that comprise online identity?”

• 10:10 Defining Online Identity
• 11:15 Defining Online Identity

You will also have the chance to talk about your reactions to the different online identity situations.

Overview of Project 1

For Project 1, you will create a statement of some aspect of your digital identity using an image and a short explanatory statement. The assignment includes all the details for the project, which is due Friday, January 30.

Homework

• Wednesday, 1/26:
  • View the “Images and Words” from Foundations of Layout and Composition with Sean Adams.
  • Explore the Project Examples linked from the assignment page. For each one, be prepared to share one thing that you think it does well and one thing the author could do to improve the project.
  • Work on Step 1 on the Project 1 Assignment. I will demonstrate some image editing strategies in class, and you can begin creating your image in the classroom.
• Friday, 1/28:
  • Aim to have at least a draft of your image ready to share in class. Ideally, you will have a nearly-finished draft of the image and your explanatory statement. We will spend part of the session on peer review, and part talking about the reflection memo.
• Monday, 1/30:
  • Go to one of the Lynda.com tutorials linked below and watch a minimum of three videos of your choice (not all three courses):
    • Design Aesthetics for Web Design with Sue Jenkins
    • Writing for the Web with Chris Nodder
    • Before & After: Things Every Designer Should Know with John McWade
  • Look for general advice on what makes a webpage/site work, and be ready to discuss what you found in class. Focus on general principles rather than any specific details on how to code something.