Grading

Classroom and Lab Participation – 20%
Mid-term Examination – 20%
Mini Projects – 20%
Final Individual or Group Project – 40%
Final grade: 100-90%=A; 89-80%=B; 79-70%=C;
69-60%=D; 59-0%=F

Attendance

Although attending all classes will not raise your grade, unexcused absences can, and will, lower it. You are allowed three unexcused absences—from the 4th absence on, your overall class grade will be lowered one letter grade per absence.

Absences may be excused for medical (with physician’s note) or other emergency reasons. The “excuse” approval judgment is at the discretion of the instructor

If, for whatever reason, you can’t make a class, please contact the instructor (colin@hawaii.edu or 956-3360) ahead of time.

You are expected to arrive promptly at the beginning of all class sessions. Three tardies will be considered as an absence. You are responsible for any materials missed due to tardiness or absences.

Readings, assignments, and projects are due at the beginning of the class on their respective due dates. No late submissions will be accepted.

Mini Projects

Throughout the semester a series of mini projects will be assigned to individuals and to small groups of students to allow them to demonstrate proficiency and to explore multimedia issues on a more personal level.

Mid-Term Examination

The mid-term examination (March 11th) will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions based on the materials covered in readings, class discussions, and lab sessions though that date. There will be no study guide provided so take good notes!

Site Maps & Wireframes

Site maps are due on February 26th.

Wireframes are due on March 18th.

Both site maps and wireframes should be submitted in paper form.

Final Project

All projects themes must first be cleared with the instructor.

All individual or group projects will need to include a Designer’s Statement (aka Final Project Proposal) that describes the project’s subject, purpose, and goals – due January 29th.

Final project designs should demonstrate an overall visual concept, intuitive navigation scheme, and professional level of execution.

Students who choose to work alone will create ten (10) or more web pages including a home page, at least three second-level pages, and at least two third-level pages.

Students can instead work as part of a two-person group but will need to create a minimum of twenty (20) pages including a home page, at least five second-level pages, and at least four third-level pages.

All projects, either individual or team, are due for initial presentation on April 17th and the final versions of those projects are due for presentation during the May 1st class.

Evaluation Criteria

  1. Creativity
    Creative, unique, innovative
  2. Design/Functionality
    Achieves design goals, user-centered, quality of execution
  3. Theme and Content
    Consistent graphic identity scheme, effective use of space and/or movement, content fits design
  4. Technical Achievement
    Effective use of different media types, promotes user interactivity, functional stability
  5. Professional Quality
    No untitled pages, broken links, missing alt tags, poorly named images, etc.