Lecture

WARNING:

Is there too much here to absorb in 50 minutes?

YES, that is why you should review before lecture and after lecture...  Learning is a slow process for all.

Important terms you should know (i.e. with Googling them - like for a job interview, or verbal discussions) Terms: Website Design Contract Scope of work Creative Brief  (Show that video contest site re: creative brief)

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Highlights

1. Website Design Fundamentals
2. Website Design Business Fundamentals
3. Shark Tank
   

Student Check List

[  ]  Reviewed notes before and after lecture/lab
[  ]  Paid attention
[  ]  Use Lab time wisely
[  ]  Spent total of 6 hours per week

Attendance

Notes:

• Attendance is taken at very beginning of class
  
• Late is counted as absent.
• Attendance is also made up of professionalism, contributing to course etc.
  

Review

What do you recall from last week? What is a sign-off? The video about the girls ballet... What was the message about  your best investment... Or.. As D. B. Gilles says  (prof at NYU) ...because art is never about the __________.  Fortunately, talent is NOT a function of _______.

Tip of the Day

Tip goes here See Leonardo's Link Below Mr. M. found this after an hour of studying that  DOT, smallest stop motion video he showed... Very Interesting, very cheap... Makes you wonder about the future? http://www.eye.fi/

Student R&D Department

Thanks students for these:

Terms you gotta know...

Important terms you should know (i.e. with Googling them - like for a job interview, or verbal discussions) Terms: Contract -- what is that... what does it contain... Is a VERBAL contract enforceable ? Website Design Contract

Sample Rates for companies / freelancers

What do you think of these rates:

http://www.mc3.com.au/rates.html

How did Mr. M. find this site?

Lecture Topic - Vital Website Design/Contract information

For a moment...

Picture what you wrote down in your Google Document (Assignment) about what you were willing to do for the
client in the $1,000 project.

Can you see, it might be a little bit incomplete?

Do you look like a pro with the description you jotted down.


TIP:
Copy this into your "What I learned Document today!"

Check List

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/does-your-web-design-contract-include-these-5-crucial-items.html

This is EXCELLENT! 

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/bulletproof-web-design-contract

 You can choose to learn things the hard way or easy way... why not choose the easy way (less painful :)

From SITE POINT copy this into your What I Learned Doc

Scope of Work and Scope Creep

According to the people over at A List Apart, scope creep is "the natural process by which clients discover what they really want." My first encounter with this phenomenon was relatively minor (a client suddenly wanted a bunch of animated GIFs on a particular page), but it made me keenly aware of what a slippery slope this can become.

The purpose of detailing the project scope is not to prevent the inevitable scope creep, but to give you the flexibility of deciding when it’s appropriate to charge for the additional work. Depending on the size of the project, it may not be appropriate to include the project specifications in the actual contract. Regardless of whether the specs are in the contract, or a separate document, be sure to specify exactly what is and is not included — and have the client sign all the documentation.

"How Many Changes are they Going to Make?"

Sample Contract

Here is a good one:

http://www.wilsonweb.com/worksheet/pkg-con.htm

 

See list at:

Resources For Web Designers

http://www.kelieresources.com/contracts.html

 

 

Lecture Topic: 6 Web Design Tips from Leonardo da Vinci

These type of things are really meant for you to STUDY... on your own, and review frequently.

http://designpepper.com/2007/12/27/6-web-design-tips-from-leonardo-da-vinci

Reading assignment...

Read this over, explore the site, excellent easy-to-understand reference.

Question:
What is the Reference to Blue Print  (CSS)?

Answer:

Lecture Topic - Shark Tank...

Actually from MM 400 - Freelancing and Business course... but relevant to MM 218

Next week - Discuss why Relevant:
- Design
- rates for design
- jQuery


This week:

Watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOSfMzwA5C0

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I have a problem with the concept. You learn a lot less from somebody else's notes than from the textbook or the lecture. If you are buying notes instead of investing your time in the actual instruction, I don't see it as a good investment in your own education.

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If people pass the exam by reading some student's' notes, logically and directly it means that those notes are just as good or BETTER than the text books or lectures your talking about because they focus entirely on what the class wants you to learn...

s - Movies of the Week  --- 8 minutes for TWO videos

This week's movie: A student showed Mr. M. this in Dec... but Mr. M. only recently had time to examine it and research it. There are MANY reasons why Mr. M. wants to show this in this course.... Creativity How technology can help mankind Original thinking Worth while things take a lot of hard work Having fun at work Where do IDEAS come from - like IDEAS for your projects... 3D  and 3D printing many more things.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD7eagLl5c4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTbzSiwbRfg

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Lab

Highlights

1. Web hosting for YOU
   
2. Reel Art Show...
   

Can we take a few minute to talk about Reel Art Show?

Lab Topic: Student R& D in Lab

Hey Paul
THANKS for email.
Sure, you can use that as a $1000 website assignment.
Did you check out the source yet?

I noticed at very top it says
<!--
Design by Free CSS Templates
http://www.freecsstemplates.org
Released for free under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
-->
Which is great, this is how pros build websites... the idea of starting with a blank page,
isn't the way it is done professionally. Not sure why so many think that a blank page is the way to start...

Mr.M.

DEMO:

http://www.thunderbaybeekeepersassociation.ca

Lab Topic: Quick Mark for Keeping up in MM 218

If you have it at home... put on Google Doc TONIGHT, and show Mr. M> next week for makr

Honest? Hope so... Mr. M. has tools to check if when a file was touched...

Maye just 1 if they got content or have been putting 3 hours or more,

OK. you will hear Mr. M. say over and over... you have to put the time in if you want to have employable skills in 3 years.

So... you have had 3 - 6 hours OUTSIDE of lab time, to think about a template, content etc..

What have you done?

For

3/3 if you have MOST of your content and looking like a great start.

2/3  if say your HOME page is looking nearly done, but other pages aren't

1/3 if you barely started

0/3 if you just have a template.

If you miss showing Mr. M. deduct -1 or if you are away with or without an excuse

Lab Topic - Give 5 minutes  - addign a Google Map to your website

- Can You figure it out.

- Mr. M. to do

- easy way and hard way

Lab Topic: Get  your FREE web hosting from Mr. M. thanks to Kevin Element

For first time, in first year, college is providing .info and free web hosting

NOTE:

College student server should be considered a "testing environment" if you have a real client, or your real

portfolio  (3rd year) - you should have your own PAID hosting.

HostPaPa

HostG

NOT Godaddy hositing, cause it sucks.

OK. you w

Lab Topic: What is FTP? Why do you care

can't do until next week..

Mr. M> to give quick example.

Mr. M. recently hired a award-winning designer (he enters contests) and MrM asked him

Q: Are you comfortable with FTP?

Here is his answer.

- Yes, i use it at work, and for my freelance projects all the time.

Why:

Mr. M. thinks if freelancers, graduates etc. don't know the most basic things (like FTP),

they will cost him a lot of time in a real-world project. He is patient with students, but has little when paying a freelancer.

FTP is used by people that NEVER build web pages, but are experts in other fields.

Maybe see assignment, for Google analytic et.

Lab Topic: Google Analytics , Website Monitor, Link Checker

<Maybe see assignment, for movie et.

DEMO...

Lab Topic: Hooking up your .info to your Godaddy account

Godaddy doe NOT know where you are hosting your site.

So you have to tell them

This can be done in a few ways.

In 15 years, MrM has only done a FEW "A" record changes, but this is the way Kevin's server works.

Most common way is method 3 - which invovles typing in 2 numbers, 185.025.3.104 like

Show Godaddy number for RPC.