2. Getting to Know Each Other
Find someone in class you don’t already know and talk to
him/her.
Be ready to introduce him or her to the class and tell us the
following:
• name
• area of interest
• what he/she hopes to get out of this class
• Is there something they love, have to do, can’t stop
thinking about? What’s their personal passion or obsession
other than visual art or design?
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3. Getting to Know Each Other
Why not just introduce yourself?
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4. Three Parts to Every Job
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Task
5. Three Parts to Every Job
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Delegation
6. Three Parts to Every Job
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Communication
7. Three Parts to Every Job
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Communication
Delegation
Task
8. Three Parts to Every Job
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Communication
Delegation
Task
Entry level – mid managers
9. Three Parts to Every Job
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Communication
Delegation
Task
Managers - Directors
10. Three Parts to Every Job
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Communication
Delegation
Task
CEOs, presidents, vice
presidents
11. Lesson in a
Tweet
How well you communicate
determines how far up you
go.
Talent can’t match good
communication skills.
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13. ABOUT ME
Freelance CD-ROM/Web
Designer since 1999.
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14. ABOUT ME
Freelance CD-ROM/Web
Designer since 1999.
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15. ABOUT ME
Freelance CD-ROM/Web
Designer since 1999.
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16. ABOUT ME
Online Marketing and
Communications Manager
at the University of Dallas
in 2011.
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17. ABOUT ME
Web Marketing Director at
Parker University.
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18. ABOUT ME
Started teaching at
Richland College in 2000.
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19. ABOUT ME
Teaching at Richland
College
since 2000.
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2D Interface Design
Basic Animation
New Media & Storytelling
Multimedia Capstone
Introduction to Multimedia
Interactive Multimedia 1
Web Design 1
Web Design 2
Portfolio Development
24. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
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25. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
CARBONMADE
https://carbonmade.com/
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26. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
DEVIANT ART
https://www.deviantart.com/
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27. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
BEHANCE
https://www.behance.net/
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28. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
COROFLOT
https://www. coroflot.com/
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29. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will develop a
unique idea for a
website that
fills a need.
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30. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
BASECAMP
https://www.basecamp.com/
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31. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
BASECAMP
https://www.basecamp.com/
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32. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
SHOTKIT
https://www.shotkit.com/
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33. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
SHOTKIT
https://www.shotkit.com/
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34. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
THE SINGLE PLATE
https://thesingleplate.com/
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35. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will not create a
portfolio of your work.
There are plenty of
websites that can help
you do that.
Choose one.
THE SINGLE PLATE
https://thesingleplate.com/
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36. SEMESTER PROJECT
You will develop a
unique idea for a
website that
fills a need.
basecamp
project
management
made easy
organization
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the single plate
cooking for
single people
food
shotkit
inside your
camera bag
community
Hinweis der Redaktion
The breakdown changes when you move from entry level positions to manager- or director-level positions. As a manager and director you still have tasks to complete, but they you’ll be expected to delegate more and communicate effectively. The ability to communicate well is an essential function of these higher-level jobs.
One of my first large projects was developing a CD-ROM for Southside on Lamar, a luxury condo development in Dallas.
Flash Programming for Dig! The Maya Project in collaboration with the Dallas Museum of Arts.
In 2007, I created a Wordpress personal site for Dr. Mihai Nadin in 2007.
In 2011, I was hired full-time as Online Marketing and Communications Manager at the University of Dallas.
I’m currently the Web Marketing Director at Parker University.
I’ve been teaching at Richland College since 2000.
Some of the courses I’ve taught.
Okay, let’s discuss the syllabus. You can download it from http://starzer.net/is1/docs/atec3361_501-fall14.pdf
Although you’re not required to purchase a textbook for this class, you may be interested in some of the books that this class is based on.
These books are excellent resources for web professionals. http://www.abookapart.com/
The detailed overview of each is listed in your syllabus. Here is a convenient graphic that visually explains what we will be doing week to week.
Let’s discuss your semester project.
If you wanted to create a portfolio in this class, you’re not shooting high enough. There are many other sites that can assist you in doing that.
Carbon Made is a great website that has attracted many users: over 300,000 portfolios and over 5 million images.
Deviant Art is a great spot that attracts a wide range of artists, photographers, designers and illustrators.
Behance (.net) is a great network for designers.
Coroflot helps you get your portfolio in front of hiring managers. This is a great website because it attracts both designers and people who hire designers.
There are many sites that allow you create a portfolio. You won’t be doing that. Instead, you’ll create something new. You will find a need and fill it. Let’s look at some examples.
The guys at 37signals had clients that included Microsoft, Apple, Dell
and many other Fortune 100 companies. A few years ago they created a
project management tool for themselves that helped to manage all of
their projects. They eventually decided to give up all of their clients and
make their project management tool, Basecamp, available to others. It
has become wildly successful.
In 2004, a member of 37signals, David Heinemeier Hansson, launched
the Rails framework that runs on Ruby (also known as Ruby on Rails). It
has been used to build all the applications at 37signals and thousands
of other popular sites.
The need that Basecamp fulfills is the need for organization -- at both
the business and personal level. Yes, there are many websites that
attempt to do this. What was different about at 37 Signals’ approach
was that rather than focusing on bells and whistles and feature
overload, they stripped down their product to the essentials and made
an easy to use website that focuses on everything you need -- and
nothing else.
Shot Kit is a site where professional photographers show what’s in their camera bags. They offer advice and techniques. This helps meet a need for photographers to share their experience and connect with each other.
Here’s an example from UT Dallas alumnus Megan Edwards. She
designed this website in her Internet Studio class. Megan studied at Le
Cordon Bleu and used her knowledge of cooking to create this
simplified guide to the grocery, the kitchen and everywhere in between.
Each week she posts a simple shopping list and foodie tidbits for Dallas
locals.
Her website solves a problem for single people who want to eat well but
don’t necessarily know how to go about it. This idea is inspired because
Megan didn’t copy this from anywhere but used the knowledge and
experience she had to create a completely new website that fulfills a
need. This idea is great and Megan could sell this idea for money.
All three examples are a new ideas that fill a need -- real or imagined.
Basecamp fills the need for organization and makes managing projects
easy. The Single Plate answers one of the most basic human needs: the
need for food, and address a specific audience, singles. ShotKit allows users to show off their work, talk about their camera gear, and snoop inside the camera bags of other photographers.
Your semester project should do the same:
find a need and find a unique solution for that need.