Friday, November 4, 2011
Final Blog Assignments Due Monday
Please remember that your final three blogs are due at 9 a.m. Monday. They need to be posted on your blog. You can view the gradesheets on Blackboard. No late blog assignments will be accepted.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Winners of the In-Class Video Assignment!
Congratulations to the following winners of the in-class video assignment: Steve Larkin, Lucia Lombardo and Mike Page, Sam Terkel, and Chris Polczinski. They will all receive one extra credit point on their video projects!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Winners of the In-Class Animation Assignment
Congratulations to Maura Filosemi and Abby Chiki for winning the in-class animation assignments. Maura and Abby will receive an extra credit point for next week's animation project!
iMovie Tutorials
If you don't know how to do something in iMovie, you can watch Apple's video tutorials here.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
GarageBand Tutorials
If you are new to GarageBand, Apple has some nice video tutorials that will show you the basics.
How to Post a PDF using Scribd
Since everyone had so much fun attempting to post their PDF files to their blog, here is a tutorial showing you how to post a PDF file to your Blogger site using Scribd.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Blog Assignments Due Monday!
Dear Class,
Please remember that your first three blog assignments are due Monday at 9 a.m. They should all be posted on your class blogs. I look forward to reading them.
Please remember that your first three blog assignments are due Monday at 9 a.m. They should all be posted on your class blogs. I look forward to reading them.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Project One Grades
Dear Class,
You can now see your grades for your first project on Blackboard. Remember that the number you see is the number of points you received on the assignment, not your percentage. So if you see 47, that means you received 47 out of 50 points, 94%, not 47%.
Also, I wanted to remind you guys to bring a hard copy of your Powerpoint presentation to class on Friday. Those groups who do not will lose one point on their projects
You can now see your grades for your first project on Blackboard. Remember that the number you see is the number of points you received on the assignment, not your percentage. So if you see 47, that means you received 47 out of 50 points, 94%, not 47%.
Also, I wanted to remind you guys to bring a hard copy of your Powerpoint presentation to class on Friday. Those groups who do not will lose one point on their projects
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Second Blog Assignment
For your second blog assignment, you will need to read Flaum's "Find Your Howl".
Flaum references two stories within the article. Briefly summarize (100 words or less) one of the stories for your audience and explain the main point that Flaum makes within the story. Then share your own favorite quote, poem, lyric, paragraph, or story and explain in essay form why this quote speaks to you as a creative person. The essay should be 500-750 words, not including the work that you cite.
Flaum references two stories within the article. Briefly summarize (100 words or less) one of the stories for your audience and explain the main point that Flaum makes within the story. Then share your own favorite quote, poem, lyric, paragraph, or story and explain in essay form why this quote speaks to you as a creative person. The essay should be 500-750 words, not including the work that you cite.
Working as Teams in Group Assignments
Dear Class,
A large part of your total grade for 203 will come from the lab assignments where you will work with a partner or a small group of classmates. Group work is meant to be a collaboration of work, with members sharing equally in the workload. Group members must work with each other at times outside of class in order to complete lab assignments. You are expected to work together to create the presentations you will share during lab. As such, most group members will receive the same grade on the lab assignments. However, if one member accuses another group member of not doing his/her share of the work, then the entire group will have to meet with me to determine the truth of the matter. If the group member is shown to have not adequately participated in the assignment, then that student may be subject to a lower grade than the other group members. Working with others is a key skill in the real world, so please work well with your fellow group members in order to avoid this situation.
A large part of your total grade for 203 will come from the lab assignments where you will work with a partner or a small group of classmates. Group work is meant to be a collaboration of work, with members sharing equally in the workload. Group members must work with each other at times outside of class in order to complete lab assignments. You are expected to work together to create the presentations you will share during lab. As such, most group members will receive the same grade on the lab assignments. However, if one member accuses another group member of not doing his/her share of the work, then the entire group will have to meet with me to determine the truth of the matter. If the group member is shown to have not adequately participated in the assignment, then that student may be subject to a lower grade than the other group members. Working with others is a key skill in the real world, so please work well with your fellow group members in order to avoid this situation.
Blog Assignments
Dear Class,
You will be assigned one blog assignment per week. However, I will be grading these blogs in groups of three after every three weeks. In short, your first three blog assignments will not be graded until the fourth week; your fourth, fifth, and sixth blogs will be graded during week seven; and your seventh, eighth, and ninth blogs will be graded during the tenth week of class.
I would encourage all of you to complete your blog assignments every week, so that you don't face a ton of homework at the last minute. However, the blogs are not actually due until the week they are to be graded.
You will be assigned one blog assignment per week. However, I will be grading these blogs in groups of three after every three weeks. In short, your first three blog assignments will not be graded until the fourth week; your fourth, fifth, and sixth blogs will be graded during week seven; and your seventh, eighth, and ninth blogs will be graded during the tenth week of class.
I would encourage all of you to complete your blog assignments every week, so that you don't face a ton of homework at the last minute. However, the blogs are not actually due until the week they are to be graded.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
First Assignment
Don't forget that your first team assignment on character design is due in lab on Friday, September 16. The details for your assignment can be found on the main MDIA 203 Blackboard site under Assignments. Please bring a hard copy of your Power Point presentation to class with both you and your partner's names on the presentation.
Blogger Video Tutorials
We will be working with the blogging program Blogger, so you can look here for video tutorials on how to use blogger.
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