Week 1   
August 21 and 23
In Class: course overview
In Lab: technical skills assessment, software overview, UNM accounts
For next week
Kostelnick Chapter 1 RHETORICAL BACKGROUND
Begin document collection
Material Literacy and Visual Design: Read the following sections: If You Can't Handle This, Technologies of the Visual, Literacy as Design, The Web and Material Matters

Week 2
August 28 and 30

In Class: chapter 1 & Material Literacy review
In Lab: Using Microsoft Word
Class and Lab Exercises
Class Assignment

For next week
Kostelnick chapter 2 PERCEPTION & DESIGN

Week 3
September 4 and 6

In Class: chapter 2 review
In Lab: Using Microsoft Word
Class and lab Exercises
Class Assignment

For next week
Kostelnick Chapter 4 LINEAR COMPONENTS

Week 4
September 11 and 13

In Class: chapter 3 lecture & 4 review
In Lab: Using Microsoft Word
Class and Lab Exercise
Class Assignment

For next week
Kostelnick Chapters 8 & 9 PICTURES & ICONS

Week 5
September 18 and 20

In Class: chapters 8 & 9 review
In Lab: Using Paint
Class and Lab Exercises

For next week:
Kostelnick Chapter 9 ICONS

Week 6
September 25 and 27

In Class: Course Project Discussion
In Lab: Using Paint & Paint Shop Pro
Lab exercise

For next week:
Kostelnick chapter 10 SUPRA
Prospectus Draft Due 10-2

Week 7
October 2 and 4

In Class: course project discussion
In Lab: Proficiency Exam on Word and Paint
Take Home Midterm

For next week:
Prospectus Due 10-9
Midterm Due 10-11

Week 8
October 9
Note: Thursday is Fall Break. No class.

In class: Conferences on Course Project

For next week:
readings on color & web design (links YTK)

Week 9
October 16 and 18
Note: Meet in DSH 141 both days

In Lab: web design--information architecture, comics vs. hypertexts

For next week:
McCloud

Week 10
October 23 and 25

In Class: McCloud review
In Lab: web design--HTML, coding vs. software
Class and Lab Exercises

For next week:
McCloud

Week 11
October 30 and November 1

In Class: McCloud review
In Lab: web design--HTML, scripting languages

For next week:
Kostelnick chapters 5 & 6 TEXTFIELDS & NONLINEAR COMPONENTS
Comic Strip Due

Week 12
November 6 and 8

In Class: Chapters 5 and 6 review
In Lab: Excel--data tables
Class and Lab Exercises
Class Assignment

For next week
Kostelnick chapter 7

Week 13
November 13 and 15

In Class: Review Chapter 7
In Lab: Excel--graphs and charts
Class and Lab Exercises
Class Assignment

Week 14
November 20 and 22

Project Work Tuesday and Thursday

Week 15
November 27
Thanksgiving Holiday

Project Work Tuesday and Thursday
Take-Home Final

Week 16
December 4 and 6

Project Work Tuesday and Thursday
Exit survey

Notebook Due 12-7
Final Project Due 12- 7 at 5 pm
Take-Home Final Due 12-7 at 5 pm