Policy Statement and Syllabus: FA 4100- Interactive Multimedia Design
Arts Technology Program - University of Utah
Semester: Spring 2007Instructor: Julie Callahan

Email: julie@cosmic.utah.edu
Phone: 585-9331 or 484-2299
Office Hours: by appointment

Online Information & Server Address
http://help.finearts.utah.edu
http://www.finearts.utah.edu/help/student/srvreq.html
fileserver.artstech.utah.edu

Week 1 - January 9-11
Introductions
Review drawing tools

Week 2 - January 16-18
Review animation tools
Begin work on first animation assignment: Create up to 30 second animation that tells some sort of story

Week 3 - Jan 23-25
More animation and drawing techniques
Work on 30 second animation

Week 4 - January 30-Feb 1
Advanced drawing and animation tools
continue work on 30 second animation

Week 5 - Feb 6-8
30 second animation due
Flash website - lectures and tutorials
Personal Flash website

Week 6 - Feb 13-15
Flash website - tutorials and tutorials

Week 7 - Feb 20-22
Flash website - tutorials and tutorials

Week 8 - Feb 27-March 1
Flash Website due
Beginning Actionscript - lectures and tutorials
Begin Client based website

Week 9 - March 6-8
Actionscript continued
Continue Client based website

Week 10 - March 13-15
Actionscript
Continue Client based website

Week 11 - March 19-23
Spring Break - no class

Week 12 -March 27-29
Client based website due
Advertising campaign - rich media for client based website

Week 13 - April 3-5
Final Project Discussion

Week 14 - April 9-13
Final Project

Week 15 - April 16-20
Final Project

Week16 - April 23-26
Final Project to be presented during class on the 26th.


Final All assignments due by the end of the term: animations, personal website, client based website, final project. This course is an investigative study using Flash, Dreamweaver and possibly other software programs for creating interactive online content.

This course does not satisfy the FA or IE requirements for graduation. To find courses that will fit those requirements, please visit your university or departmental advisors. Meanwhile, we hope you will consider the value of this course for the information and skills that it teaches.

Prerequisites- FA2000 or instructor's permissionn.

Jump or flash drive - We provide server space for this course, but you may find that transferring and storing files will be easier for you to do with one of these handy devices. Drive can be any size; a 256 MB drive tends to be most affordable right now. A few blank CD's are a good idea, too.

Course Requirements Attendance is one of the most important aspects of this course. This class meets approx. 3 hours a week. Missing class means you miss lectures, work time and time to meet with the instructors and fellow students. As a result, a great deal of work and effort is required on your part to make up any lost time outside of class, and also to keep up with what is currently happening.

Participation: Students are expected to participate in discussions, interact with the instructor and other students during lab time, and present finished projects to the rest of the class for review.

Lab Exercises: There will be a few short assignments given throughout the semester to be completed during lab time. These lab exercises are meant to help student's strengthen software skills after the technical information has been demonstrated in class. Lab exercises will not be accepted late.

Project Completion: Students will be assigned a variety of projects throughout the course. Each project will have a description stating project goals and due dates. Project evaluations will be based on meeting the assignment goals, demonstration of technical skills and the quality of the finished work. If you are unsatisfied with the results of a project, you have the option to re-work it and hand-in an updated version for a better grade, but only if the original version of assignment was handed-in on time. No late work will be accepted without discussing details with the instructor. Late work has an automatic 10% deduction from the grade, if the instructor chooses to accept it.

Grade Scale: A = 95-100 / A- = 90-94 / B+ = 86-89 / B = 83-85 / B- = 80-82 / C+ = 76-79 / C = 73-75 / C- = 70-72 / D+ = 66-69 / D = 63-65 / D- = 60-62 / E = 59Course Schedule: Daily assignments are subject to change. Any changes will be announced in class. You are responsible for being aware of them.

Additional Information

The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that reasonable accommodation be provided for students with physical, sensory, cognitive, systemic, learning, or psychiatric disabilities. Students requiring such accommodation should speak with the professor at the beginning of the semester in order to make appropriate arrangements for this course. The Center for Disabled Student Services (Olpin Union, 581-5020) will also need to be informed. See the following link for more information: http://www.sa.utah.edu/ds/The registrar cautions students that withdrawing from a course and other registration matters, including tuition, are the student's responsibility. See the following link for more information: http://www.saff.utah.edu/regist/calendar/datesDeadlines/fall2004.htm

In accordance with university policy (as articulated in the Student Code), academic misconduct-including cheating, fabrication of information, and plagiarism-is not tolerated in this course. A student found engaging in this behavior will receive a failing grade. If at any time you are unsure whether your actions constitute academic misconduct, please see the professor in order to clarify the matter. See the following link for more information: http://www.sa.utah.edu/code/Activities and materials assigned for this class have been carefully scrutinized and selected.

Some students may find some of the materials, presentations, lectures, or audio/visual materials controversial or in conflict with their core values. It is your responsibility to review the syllabus, readings, assignments, and materials to be sure that this is a course you wish to take. Should you have questions or concerns, please see me immediately. Details on the university's accommodation policy are available at this link: http://www.admin.utah.edu/facdev/accommodations-policy.pdf PPM 9-7 Sec 15:

Excused Absences: Students absent from class to participate in officially sanctioned University activities (e.g., band, debate, student government, intercollegiate athletics) or religious obligations, or with instructor's approval, shall be permitted to make up both assignments and examinations. The University expects its departments and programs that take students away from class meetings to schedule such events in a way that will minimize hindrance of the student's orderly completion of course requirements. Such units must provide a written statement to the students describing the activity and stating as precisely as possible the dates of the required absence. The involved students must deliver this documentation to their instructors, preferable before the absence but in no event later than one week after the absence