Jan 4 Tuesday

• Introductions
• Syllabus overview
• Class website
• Software and materials
• Overview of terms and technologies

Readings

• Anil Dash’s “The Web We Lost”
• Ursula K. LeGuin’s A Rant About Technology

Jan 6 Thursday

• Class discussion about readings
• HTML basics slideshow
• Introduce Article assignment

Jan 11 Tuesday

• CSS basics slideshow
• Browser developer tools: Chrome, Firefox
• Work on Article

Jan 13 Thursday

• CSS intermediate slideshow
• CSS night time landscape excersize

Readings

• Oliver Reichenstein’s Web Design is 95% Typography

Jan 18 Tuesday

• Class discussion about reading
• CSS intermediate (continued) slideshow
• Figma walk through
• Working session for Article Assignment Part 2

Jan 20 Thursday

• Working session

Jan 25 Tuesday

• Work on Article

Jan 27 Thursday

• Work on Article

Feb 1 Tuesday

• Working session

Feb 3 Thursday

• Git and Github
• Introduction to design systems
• Working session

Reading

• Design System Fundamentals

Feb 8 Tuesday

• Midway class retrospective as Scrum/UX experiment

Feb 10 Thursday

• Flexbox and positioning exercise
• Introduce Final assignment

Reading

• Publishing Will Not Be Another Victim of the Pandemic

Feb 15 Tuesday

• Reading discussions
• Figma workshop
• Responsive design CSS intro
• More CSS goodies

Feb 17 Thursday

• Working sessions

Reading

• Jennifer Brook, “Platforms as Cultures”

Feb 22 Tuesday

• Reading discussions
• Responsive layouts
• SVG, image compression, and responsive-images
• Working sessions

Feb 24 Thursday

• Working sessions

Reading

• Frank Chimero’s Everything Easy is Hard Again

Mar 1 Tuesday

• Other ways to make websites!
• Working sessions

Mar 3 Thursday

• Working sessions

Mar 8 Tuesday

• Working sessions

Mar 10 Thursday

• Working sessions