9104 Tentative Schedule

• Intros, Administrivia
• Technology Intro
• Twitter

#MMJC10DoT

• Video: How the Web Works
• Reading: Integrated Storytelling: A Primer
• Listen to Canadaland Short Cuts (repeat this activity every week, until we’re sick of Jesse Brown)

• HTML, CSS and other Nerdy Things

• Finish Exercise
• Reading: Cull, Barry. “Reading revolutions: Online digital text and implications for reading in academe.” First Monday
• The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper vs Screens, Scientific American
• Infographic: The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions
• Video: Typography with Sprinkles

• How People Read & Writing for Scannabilty
• Typography

• Finish exercise
• Article: The difference between IDs and Classes
• Video: User-Centered Design
• Video: Make Technology Work for Everyone (Accessibility)

• User-Centered Design: Ethics, Principles and Accessibility

• Finish Exercise

• Guest Speaker: Keith Tomasek

Pitch Due

• Finish Exercise

• Production Week

• Video: How Search Works
• Infographic: How Search Works
• Article/infographic: Search Engine Ranking Factors
• In Depth, and not required, but recommended: Google’s SEO Starter Guide [32pg PDF]

• Search Engines, Metadata & the Ethics of both
• 10:15 am — Guest Lecture: “A Day in the Life of a Social Media Manager” with Melissa Cheater

• Video: Psychology of Perception
• Video: Color Theory
• Reading: Composition and the Elements of Visual Design
• Reading: Gestalt Principles: How Your Designs are Perceived

• Perception, Color Theory, Aesthetics & Graphic Design
• Designing for Visual Communication (& Infographics)

Photoshop Intro

• Reading: What Makes a Good Information Visualization
• Video: David McCandless on Information Visualization (TED talk)
• Reading: 8 Tips for Using Visuals in Social Media
• Videos: Using Piktochart

• Guest Lecture: Making Integrated Stories w/ Patricia Kozicka (TVO)

• Reading: A Model of Social Media Engagement: User Profiles, Gratifications, and Experiences

• Infographic Design
• Guest Lecture: Dr. Quan-Haase — How People Use Social Media (9:30)

• Reading: The Discipline of Content Strategy

• Content Strategy
• Guest Lecturer: Ashley Wiseman, Case Study

Exercise – Portfolio

• Reading: Scan and Analysis of Best Practices in Digital Journalism
• Reading: Social Journalism: Exploring How Social Media Is Shaping Journalism

• Social Media Best Practices & Campaigns

Infographic Due *you can also elect to submit this with your integrated story, rather than now

Exercise – Portfolio

• N/A

Exercises Due

• N/A

• Panel: Working in Social Media and Keeping Sane

Integrated Story Due

• N/A