The calendar below provides information on the course's lectures (L), recitation (R) and project presentation (P) sessions.
Calendar
| SES # |
TOPICS |
KEy DATES |
| Part One: Constructing Arguments: Visual Representation and Analysis |
| L1 |
The Planner's Toolbox
Project I Assigned |
|
| R1 |
Macromedia® Dreamweaver® I
Lab 1 Assigned |
|
| L2 |
Planning a Web Site |
|
| R2 |
Adobe® Photoshop®
Lab 2 Assigned |
Lab 1 due |
| L3 |
The Photographic Essay |
|
| R3 |
Dreamweaver® and Photoshop® |
|
| Part Two: Spatial Data Representation and Analysis |
| L4 |
Change Over Time |
|
| R4 |
Microsoft® Excel
Lab 3 Assigned |
Lab 2 due |
| R5 |
ESRI ArcGIS™
Lab 4 Assigned |
Lab 3 due |
| L5 |
Top Down GIS |
|
| R6 |
Microsoft® Access
Lab 5 Assigned |
Lab 4 due |
| L6 |
Bottom Up GIS |
|
| R7 |
ArcGIS™ and Access
Lab 6 Assigned |
Lab 5 due |
| Part Three: Presenting Visual Arguments |
| L7 |
Web Portfolio Critique |
|
| R8 |
Introduction to Project 2 |
Lab 6 due |
| L8 |
Optional Session - Spatial Data Acquisition via MassGIS |
Project 1 due |
| R9 |
Project Work |
|
| L9 |
Optional Session - Capturing and Editing Digital Video |
|
| R10 |
Project Work (cont.) |
|
| L10 |
Optional Session - Advanced Photoshop® and Dreamweaver® |
|
| R11 |
Project Work (cont.) |
|
| P1 |
Student Presentations (4 groups) |
Project 2 due |
| P2 |
Student Presentations (6 groups) |
|
| P3 |
Feedback on Group Presentation and Web Portfolios
Course Evaluations and Wrap-up |
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