Credit: Three semester hours
Time: Tuesdays, 5:30-8:45 Through April 27
Location: Satterlee 300
Purpose: The purpose of this course is to provide and in depth experience in utilizing computer graphics for presentation and instructional purposes. Course topics are chosen to provide students with a base knowledge that is then applied in a more in depth Quicktime VR project.
Readings: Lopuck, Lisa. "Designing Multimedia: A Visual Guide to Multimedia and Online Graphic Design." Peachpit Presss, 1996. (recommended)
Kristof, Ray & Satran, Amy. "Interactivity by design." Adobe Press, 1995 (recommended)
Kitchens, Susan A. "The Quicktime VR Book." 1998 Peachpit Press.
Requirements:
Clarisworks Project
Powerpoint Presentation created with scanned images
Powerpoint Presentation created with digital still pictures
Digital Storage: Each student is required to have one 3.5" floppy disk for student communications and 2 100mb zip disks for storage.
Plagiarism: This course adheres to the College's policy on academic honesty as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog. Plagiarism may lead to grade reduction, course failure, or expulsion from school.
Course Schedule: (subject to change as needed)
| Date: | Topic: |
| 9/3 | Clarisworks Painting and Drawing. Graphic file formats and converting. Creating images from scratch. |
| 9/10 | Digital Still Pictures - Scanning // Editing/Manipulating Photos in Photoshop |
| 9/17 | Manipulated Photos Presentations/Planning for Morphing Project. |
| 9/24 | Morphing Project |
| 10/1 | QTVR Project - Panorama Stitcher - Shots from within Satterlee Hall |
| 10/8 | QTVR Project - Scene Maker - Making a Satterlee Hall Scene |
| 10/15 | QTVR Project - Planning For and Taking shots of campus Quad |
| 10/22 | QTVR Project - Making an Potsdam Academic Quad Scene |
| 10/29 | Using Hyperstudio interactively with QTVR Projects |
| 11/5 | Computer Graphics Jeopardy: Exam |
| 11/12 | Delivering QTVR Objects on the World Wide Web |
| 11/19 | Presentations of QTVR Projects. Packaging of Coursework |
Grading Policy:
5 projects 20 points each (100 points total)
QTVR Project 150 points
Participation 50 points
TOTAL 300 points.
270-300 points 4.0
255-269 points 3.5
240-254 points 3.0
225-239 points 2.5
210-224 points 2.0
195-209 points 1.5
180-194 points 1.0
Office Information:
E-mail: betrusak@potsdam.edu
Office: Satterlee Hall 216
Phone: (315) 267-2670
Office Hours: M-TH12:45-1:45 or by appointment
This page created January 12, 1999. Last updated January 12, 1999.