| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 1 | 9/24 | Attendance | Read Introduction, pages xxxiii to xxxiv |
| Introduction to Course and Syllabus | Read Chapter 1, pages 1 through 21 | ||
| Projects explained | Read Chapter 2, pages 23 through 41 | ||
| "Brevity is Wit" | Read Chapter 4, pages 57 through 62 | ||
| Grammar issues | |||
| Clarity and Concision | Join the MM 270 Fall 2009 Facebook Group | ||
You don't have to "friend" anyone or share anything personal on this group. You just have to join the group to be able to do assignments there. |
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| Individual Assignment 1 (in-class option) Bring a pen! |
Individual Assignment 1 Introductory Essay (out-of-class option) Due on Tuesday, September 29th |
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| Team Script Writing Project Assigned | |||
| Teams assigned | |||
| Class Project discussed | |||
Past projects are here |
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| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 2 | 10/1 | Blogs and Blogging | |
| Ethics of blogging | |||
| Empathy and cultural relativism | |||
| Avoiding absolutism and defamation | |||
| Class Project discussed | Begin posting Class Project ideas on the Facebook group topic. | ||
| Team Script Writing Project discussed | |||
| Teamwork in Multimedia Writing | Read Chapter 5, page 63, middle of 67 through 71 | ||
| Coliteration exercise | Read Chapter 17, pages 269 through 278 | ||
| Linear Writing vs. Interactive Writing | |||
| Linear Writing and Narrative | |||
| Script analysis and extracting meaning | |||
| Elements of Linear Writing | |||
| Script writing basics | |||
| Individual Assignment 4 explained | |||
| Interactive Writing and Narrative | Begin Team Script Writing Project | ||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 3 | 10/8 | No Class | |
| Individual Assignment 2 Blog -- Due on Thursday, October 8th | |||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 4 | 10/15 | Storyboard and Shotlist | Begin work on Crew Project |
| Web site design | Read Chapter 3, pages 43 through 55 | ||
| Outline | Read Chapter 5, pages 63 to middle of 67 | ||
| Flowchart | Read Chapter 6, pages 85 through 87 | ||
| Site Map | Read Chapter 7, pages 91 through 107 | ||
| Planning and organizing | Read Chapter 10, pages 127 through 161 | ||
| Choose your Class Project section by Thursday, October 15th | |||
| Class Project discussed | Individual Assignment 3 Blog Response -- Due on Thursday, October 15th | ||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 5 | 10/22 | Human factors, usability, globalization | |
| User analysis, feedback | |||
| Accessibility | |||
| Class Project discussed. | Class Project ideas posted: Locations, Background Story, Environment, Economy. | ||
| Review for Midterm | |||
| Individual Assignment 5 Web Site Design -- Due on Thursday, October 22nd | |||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 6 | 10/29 | Midterm Test | WARNING: Last day to turn in Individual Assignments 1, 2 and 3. |
| Individual Assignment 4 ( in-class discussion) |
Team Script Writing Project -- Bring finished scripts to class for analysis | ||
| Q&A about Crew Project | Class Project ideas posted: Player character powers, skills, leveling, player goals. | ||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 7 | 11/5 | Individual Assignment 4 ( in-class discussion) |
Class Project ideas posted: Missions, quests, NPCs, team interaction, and all other topics. |
| Jobs in Multimedia Writing | Individual Assignment 6 Web Site Analysis -- Due on Friday, November 6th at 11:59pm | ||
| Intellectual Property Rights issues | Read Chapter 26, pages 431 through 440 | ||
| Q&A about Crew Project | |||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 8 | 11/12 | Q&A about Crew Project | Class Project ideas posted: Revisions to any of the first issues. |
(Optional Attendance) |
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| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 9 | 11/19 | Q&A about Crew Project | WARNING: Last day to turn in Individual Assignments 5 and 6 for credit. |
(Optional Attendance) |
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| Assignment 7, Option 3 Script reading tonight | |||
| Week | Lecture Topic or Test | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 10 | 11/26 | No Class -- Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Week | Final Week | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 11 | 12/3 | Present your Interactive Narrative | Crew Project due in class for first groups |
| Individual Assignment 7 due on Thursday, December 3rd. | |||
| Week | Final Week | Lab - What's due or what you should be doing | |
| 12 | 12/10 | Present your Interactive Narrative | Crew Project due in class for last groups |
| Crew Project written material due on Thursday, December 10th | |||
| Final Test (online) | Final Test Answers due on Friday, December 11th by 4:00pm. | ||
| Class Project World Creation final revisions due on Friday, December 11th by 4:00pm. | |||
| All assignments due by Friday, December 11th at 4:00pm. | |||
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Greg Kerr
