Week 1
M 1/5
- set up your WordPress site for this class and email me your URL
- create a draft of your anti/pseudo/sorta selfie, and post it at your WordPress site before class on Wednesday 1/7
W 1/7
- complete your anti/pseudo/sorta selfie; post it on your WordPress site (perhaps on a separate About Me page), and send me a copy of the JPG or PNG file by Sunday 1/11 at 9:00 pm
- read “The Big Four” by Garr Reynolds (in the readings folder of our class Dropbox)
- find a poorly designed document and write a brief critique of it, focusing on the CARP principles
- bring the document and your critique to class on Monday 1/12
Week 2
M 1/12
- create a draft of your document redesign, and make it available digitally or in print for class on Wednesday 1/14
W 1/14
- complete the Document Redesign project
Week 3
M 1/19 holiday!
W 1/21 Document Redesign Due
- create a draft of the Minor Flyer, and make it available digitally or in print for class on Monday 1/26
Week 4
M 1/26
- complete the Minor Flyer, and put the PDF in our class Dropbox, inside the “minor flyer” folder
- bring a color and black-and-white version of your finished flyer to class on Wednesday
W 1/28 Minor Flyer Due
- sketch out several ideas for the personal logo project, and make your top three options available digitally (for example, at your WordPress site) or in print for class on Monday 2/2
- read through the sites on logo design listed on the Resources page on this website
Week 5
M 2/2
- create several drafts of your personal logo (e.g., different colors, sizes, placement on a business card), and make these drafts available digitally or in print for class on Wednesday 2/4
W 2/4
- complete the Personal Logo & Business Card project
- bring 3 copies of your current resume to class on Monday 2/9
Week 6
M 2/9 Personal Logo and Business Card Due
- revise and complete your resume
- continue work on your alternative resume
W 2/11
- complete a draft of your alternative resume, and make it available digitally or in print for class on Wednesday 2/18
- write a draft of your application letter, and make it available digitally or in print for class on Wednesday 2/19
Week 7
M 2/16 Holiday!
W 2/18
- complete the Application Package project
- read “Slidedocs” by Nancy Duarte (in our class Dropbox folder)
- send me an email describing your plans for the SlideDoc Project
Week 8
M 2/23 Application Package Due
- draft several pages of your slidedoc, and post them at your WordPress site before class on Wednesday 2/25
W 2/25
- create a complete draft of your slidedoc, and post it at your WordPress site before class on Monday 3/2
Week 9
M 3/2
- continue to work on your slidedoc
W 3/4
- complete the SlideDoc Project
Week 10
M 3/9
- sign up for a web server and reserve a domain name for your website
- write a draft of your About Me page, and make it available digitally or in print for class on Wednesday 3/11
W 3/11 SlideDoc Project due
- finish the WordPress Website project
F 3/14 WordPress Website Due