Spring 2001 - Course Calendar


JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # 0
Monday: Wednesday: 17 Jan. 2001 — Classes begin
Topic:	§ Course Introduction
Readings:	§
Pre-Class Assgns:	§
In-Class Assgns:	§ Go to “informal enrollment” link and answer questionnaire https://forms.flashbase.com/forms/ClassSignupform § Visit class eGroups site and register http://www.egroups.com/group/JO518
Notes:	§ Learn how to set up “mail forwarding” from BU account. http://www.bu.edu/directory/change_entry.html § Email for Life? See http://www.bu.edu/alumni/email/forwarding/questions.html § I encourage you, as one professional to another, to register your own domain. See: http://www.namesecure.com/ If you have this — and you can have it for life — you can easily manage your e-mail from anywhere in the world so long as you can get to a browser.


JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ’01 — 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # I
Monday: 22 Jan. 2001 Wednesday: 24 Jan. 2001
Topic:	§ Team organization § General Systems Theory § Business Plans
Readings:	§ Kees, Beverley. “Journalism basics still needed in cyberspace, educators told.” Freedom Forum (04.21.00) http://www.freedomforum.org/news/2000/04/2000-04-21-13.asp § Peek, Robin. “ASIS Summit 2000: Defining Information Architecture” http://www.asis.org/peek.html § Information Architecture Glossary: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/Summit2000/morville/IA_Glossary.doc § Argus Center for Information Architecture. http://argus-acia.com/ The Argus Center for Information Architecture provides leadership in defining and advancing the evolving discipline of information architecture. It is sponsored by Argus Associates, a consulting firm that specializes in information architecture design for Fortune 100 and Global 500 clients. § Instone, Keith. “Information Architecture and Personalization An Information Architecture-Based Framework for Personalization Systems” (Dec. 2000) http://argus-acia.com/white_papers/personalization.html This white paper demonstrates the use of information architecture components as a foundation for thinking about personalization. After defining the information architecture components, it describes a model that combines the components into a complete personalization system. This model could be used to guide your personalization system development methodology, evaluate a set of personalization systems, or merely to give you the terminology to help you communicate about personalization. § Attached is a set of links to some resources related to how to create a business plan. Review these, looking for common elements that your team should include in your final project. http://www.iharvest.com/sent?02c0a820d7010fe4055ca877f66b1b6f2ef6b424
Pre-Class Assgns:	§ Meet with your team to discuss — and perhaps make a decision — about who is going to be the group coordinator/project mgr. This person will be the team leader, responsible for keeping things moving.
In-Class Assgns:	§ Task 01: First Date With the Web § Task 02: Building a Taxonomy § Task 03: Exploring Simventure
Notes:	§ Note the point above related to resources for creating a business plan. The tool that I used to do this is called “iharvest.” Go to www.iharvest.com and, I encourage you, create your own account. § JTJ: One complete class period? Use the “break this document down into its ‘system’ (variables, relationship, boundaries, goals)’ exercise. Use the How to Format document


JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # II
Monday: 29 Jan. 2001 Wednesday: 31 Jan 2001
Topic:	§ Introduction to SIMVENTURE
Readings:	§ W. Edwards Deming is a management analyst who came up with something called the “Theory of Constraints.” Don’t be put off by that title or topic because this web site will serve as an introduction to General Systems Theory, a conscious approach that we will use to develop our web site proposal. Go to this link and work through it, paying careful attention to the vocabulary of the field. In fact, you will find a glossary there. Many of the terms are specific to Deming’s work, so don’t feel you have to memorize them. Just look for things related to the definition of o SYSTEM; o VARIABLES; o RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VARIABLES and o SYSTEM GOALS. http://www.thedecalogue.com/mstusamap.htm
Pre-Class Assgns:	§ Explore your CD with the SIMVENTURE program
In-Class Assgns:	§ Task #04: Critiquing non-English Web sites
Notes:	§ Guest workshop leaders Vince Guilano and Gary Hirsh, developers of SIMVENTURE

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JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # III
Monday: 5 Feb. 2001 Wednesday: 07 Feb. 2001
Topic:	§ Concept(s) and definition of Information Architecture § Role of the Information Architect
Readings:	§ Shedroff, Nathan. Information Interaction Design: A Unified Field Theory of Design. http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/unified/index.html [N.B. Once you get to this document online, it’s possible to download a PDF copy of the entire article.] § Peek, Robin. “ASIS Summit 2000: Defining Information Architecture” http://www.asis.org/peek.html § Read/review all the presentations at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/Summit2000/Information_Architecture/presentations.html § Links on IA suggested by Jan Plass, Univ. of New Mexico o Information Architecture Guide by Argus (Authors of Information Architecture for the WWW) o W3C Information Architecture Site - The site by the Authorities o Information Architecture Tutorial by WebMonkey
Pre-Class Assgns:	§
In-Class Assgns:	§
Notes:	§


JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # IV
Monday: 12 Feb. 2001 Wednesday: 14 Feb 2001
Topic:	§ Critiquing Web sites
Readings:	§ Neilson, Chapt. 4 – “Site Design”
Pre-Class Assgns:	§
In-Class Assgns:	§
Notes:	§

Week V

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # 5
Monday: 19 Feb. 2001 Wednesday: 21 Feb. 2001
Topic:	§ Usability and Website Navigation
Readings:	Interface Design (from Plass) § Human-Computer Interface Design by Brenda L. Martinez § The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design by Brenda Laurel § Cognitive Gateways through the Spatial Visualization Barrier in Computer-Based Technologies by Kent L. Norman § Design by Metaphor by Lou Rosenfeld, Web Review § World Wide Web Usability: Collection of Articles Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies § Towards Usability Guidelines for Multimedia Systems by M. Bearne, S. Jones, & J. Sapsford-Francis
Pre-Class Assgns:	§
In-Class Assgns:	§
Notes:	§ This weekend — Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24-25 — plan on attending the IRE conference on covering Census 2000. BU students get in free. See http://www.2000census.org/

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Week VI

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # VI
Monday: 26 Feb. 2001 Wednesday: 28 Feb. 2001
Topic:	§ NO class this week
Readings:	§
Pre-Class Assgns:	§
In-Class Assgns:	§
Notes:	§

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Week VII

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # 0
Monday: 05 March 2001 Wednesday: 07 March 2001
Topic:	§ No class — Spring Break
Readings:	§
Pre-Class Assgns:	§
In-Class Assgns:	§
Notes:	§

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Week VIII

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # VIII
Monday: 12 March 2001 Wednesday: 14 March 2001
Topic:	§
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Pre-Class Assgns:	§
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Notes:	§

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Week IX

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # IX
Monday: 19 March 2001 Wednesday: 21 March 2001
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Week X

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # X
Monday: 26 March 2001 Wednesday: 28 March 2001
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Week XI

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # XI
Monday: 02 April 2001 Wednesday: 04 April 2001
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Week XII

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # XII
Monday: 09 April 2001 Wednesday: 11 April 2001
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In-Class Assgns:	§
Notes:	§ This week — April 8-10 — you will attend at least part of the “6^th Annual Search Engine” conference. See http://www.infonortics.com/searchengines/sh01/sh01pro.html

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Week XIII

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # XIII
Monday: 16 April 2001 — Holiday - NO CLASS Wednesday: 18 April 2001
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Week XIV

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # XIV
Monday: 23 April 2001 Wednesday: 25 April 2001
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Week XV

JO518: Advanced Multimedia Spring ‘01 5-6:30 p.m.
Week # XV
Monday: 30 April 2001 Wednesday: 02 May 2001
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Week	Date(s)	Topic
Week 0	Jan. 17	Course introduction
Week I	Jan. 22,24	§ Team organization; § General Systems Theory § Business Plans
Week II	Jan. 29, 31	§ Intro. To Simventure by its creators
Week III	Feb. 5,7	§ Concept(s) and definition of Information Architecture § Role of the Information Architect
Week VI	Feb. 12, 14	§ Critiquing web sites
Week V	Feb. 19, 21	§ The “Grammar” of navigation
Week VI	Feb. 26, 28	§ No class – JTJ @ Poynter Inst.
Week VII	Mar. 5,7	§ No class – Spring Break
Week VIII	Mar. 12, 14	§
Week IX	Mar. 19, 21	§
Week X	Mar. 26, 28	§
Week XI	April 2, 4	§
Week XII	April 9, 11	§
Week XIII	April 18	§ No class on the 16^th §
Week XIV	April 23, 25	§ Project(s) due the 25th
Week XV	April 30, May 2	§ Project presentation(s)
Finals Week	May 7

Spring 2001 - Course Calendar

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