Week of January 20
Lecture 1: Intro to Class (Wednesday class only)
Online 1: Syllabus/Tour of TRACS site
Lab 1: All students must come to Friday lab this first week of class! Intro to Labs
Week of January 27
Lecture 1 (cont.): Intro to Class / State of Digital
Online 1: Syllabus/Tour of TRACS site
Lab 2: Intro to WordPress and Twitter
Week of February 3
Lecture 2: Online Content Basics
Online 2: Intro to website project/Social media
Lab 3: Web content and editing
Due Feb. 9 at 11:59 p.m.: Twitter Scavenger Hunt
Week of February 10
Lecture 3: Social Media and Native Content
Online 3: Writing for the web
Lab 4: Social media promotion
Week of February 17
Lecture 4: The Internet and Digital Technology (Trivia Game!)
Online 4: Advanced WordPress/History of the internet and web
Lab 5: Intro to HTML
Due Feb. 23 at 11:59 p.m.: Website Review 1
Week of February 24
Lecture 5: HTML and coding
Online 5: HTML and The Browser Wars
Lab 6: HTML II
Week of March 2
Lecture 6: Web Design & CSS
Online 6: HTML continued and History of Search
Lab 7: CSS
Due March 8 at 11:59 p.m.: HTML Assignment
Week of March 9
Lecture: MidTerms
Online: NO ONLINE CONTENT THIS WEEK
Lab: NO LABS THIS WEEK
Week of March 16 – Spring Break! No Classes, Online Modules or Labs
Due March 22 at 11:59 p.m.: Website Review 2
Week of March 23
Lecture 7: Mobile and Apps
Online 7: Building an App
Lab 8: Mobile Apps/User experience/Design thinking exercise
Week of March 30
Lecture 8: Digital Photography
Online 8: Visual Storytelling/Photoshop
Lab 9: Mobile Apps II
Due April 5 at 11:59 p.m.: App Prototype Assignment
Week of April 6
Lecture 9: Digital Video
Online 9: Online Video
NO LABS – GOOD FRIDAY
Week of April 13
Lecture 10: Online Business Models
Online 10: Entrepreneurship
Lab 10: Video Editing
Due April 19 at 11:59 p.m.: Website Review 3
Week of April 20
Lecture 11: Data storytelling and Interactives
Online 11: Trust on the Web
Lab 11: Trust on the Web
Week of April 27
Lecture 12: Net neutrality, AI, voice, what’s next?
Online 12: Media ethics/Moving forward with sequences
Lab 12: Video Challenge
Due May 3 at 11:59 p.m.: Video Interview Assignment
Week of May 4 (Monday section only)
Lecture: Net neutrality, AI, voice, what’s next?
Due May 10 at 11:59 p.m.: Website Review 4
Final Exams:
Monday Class: 11am on Monday, May 11
Wednesday Class: TBA