Week 1
Seminar: Unit introductions.
Workshop: No workshop.
Week 2
Seminar: Presentations of initial project ideas. These are not formal, students will have just a couple of minutes to share their ideas with the class.
Workshop: HTML/CSS refresher. For many of you, it will have been a few months since you last coded any HTML/CSS. This workshop offers a refresher and covers some useful approaches for positioning that can be deployed in the major projects.
Week 3
Seminar: Telling stories.
Workshop: jQuery refresher. For many of you, it will have been a few months since you last coded any jQuery. This workshop offers a refresher and also introduces some methods for handling and automating events using intervals, IF statements and switch statements.
Week 4
Seminar: Icons, symbols and representations.
Workshop: jQuery interactions. This workshop looks at binding events to audio and video playback.
Week 5
Seminar: Characters and development.
Workshop: jQuery: data, dragging and dropping. This workshop utilises the jQuery UI library to allow dragging and dropping of elements. You will also learn how to use HTML5 localStorage objects to manage information across pages.
Week 6
Seminar: Interactive logic.
Workshop: Photoshop. As your major projects will be image intensive, in this workshop we'll cover some basics of Photoshop.
Week 7
Seminar: No seminar.
Workshop: Negotiated workshop. This workshop is an opportunity for students to request tutoring on negotiated topics.
Weeks 8-12
Seminar: No seminar.
Workshop: Project development. These weeks are an opportunity for students to work on and develop their major projects. Assistance is always available during timetabled classes in this period.
Week 13
Seminar: No seminar.
Workshop: Finish up and submit projects.