welcome to fall '08 semester!

Whether creating an animated graphic, an interactive kiosk or an entire Web presence, excellent design is central to a communicator's success. Multimedia design combines the basics of visual layout with several media such as still photos, video, audio, graphics and text. The results can be extremely powerful.

This course is about being a knowledgeable journalist, a media artist, an informed designer and an innovator. A passion for ethical communication, creativity and design is essential to your success. This new, immersive form of presentation opens many possibilities, some of which we are yet to discover. The goals of this class, therefore, are to familiarize you with multimedia design concepts and allow you the opportunities to experiment, create and explore.

the essentials

Class time and location
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1 to 2:50 p.m., 59 Carroll Hall

Instructor
Assistant Professor Laura Ruel, Carroll 77, 962-4076, lauraruel@gmail.com

Office hours
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to noon and by appointment

Required purchases

Textbook -- Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (second edition) by Steve Krug

Sketchbook for tracking ideas, storyboarding class projects and brainsorming.

You also will be given a reading and handout packet that should be brought to every class.

Recommended items
Extra CDs or a USB memory key/stick to backup your files. Please be aware that you are responsible for backing up your work.

Personal headphones. You will need to supply your own headphones in the lab for exercises.

headphones