TCOM 4640/MC5640 Practicum in Interactive Online Media Production
Spring 2015, Instructor: Dr. Gi Woong Yun
Classroom: 201 West Hall
Office: 321 West Hall
Voice Mail: 419-372-8638
E-mail: gyun@bgsu.edu
Class hours: T 6:00 - 9:00
Office Hours: T R 2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. or by email appointment
Syllabus on the Web: http://www.mediaresearchlab.org/giwoongyun/classes/tcom4640/syllabus.htm
Video lectures on the Web: http://www.mediaresearchlab.org/giwoongyun/classes/tcom4640/
Grading Criteria: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MoSIeqPsIjiCkFp8FQLJaMXR3pBadIOigOy46bw-TAo/edit
Presentation topics and schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kaRd6KP05SjRAHQF3JOeUANg6ezKuqZ0TOxF0nA7z24/edit?usp=sharing
Individual project topics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QxfbYPTa2aqk_hF-J2tgHEcariUhfszEbAY0LlYgxPE/edit
Group project topics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18H7osRTziGu6fHuwWSpwky2b9y13-lG3s_x8vzXDpjA/edit

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This class is designed to provide advanced level Web design experience. Course topics, examples, and assignments are related with contemporary Web design skills. However, this course does not limit the course content to the technical skills of Web design. The instructor of the course will expect students to contemplate the effects of their Web design strategies on users' Web experience.

This course includes a plenty of assigned practices of Web design. The instructor will lecture on many aspects of Web technologies and students are expected to take notes, practice, and complete provided assignments. In the end, this course aims at providing fundamental and advanced technology understandings and practices. Students will be self-sufficient in advancing their Web design skills in their future Web design projects after completing this course.

SCHEDULE
Lectures, readings, practices, and assignments will complement each other, rather than being redundant. Thus, you will need to do the practices and the assignments regularly. The amount of assignment is moderate, but you will often need to work carefully. Especially, careful attention to the scripting codes for the Web design project is an important aspect of this class.

ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION
Attendance
Attendance is the most basic responsibility of students. See Grading section for the class attendance policy.

Participation
Participation will take various forms including questions, case examples, presentations, and many more. Class participation will be added to your final score as extra credits.

Student Conferences:
Do not hesitate to meet or call the instructor if you have any question on the course or academic concerns. Please email (gyun@bgsu.edu) and make an appointment if you want to meet the instructor outside office hours.

Extra Credit:
There may be some opportunities to participate in research studies. You will receive extra credits for those participations.

ACADEMIC HONESTY & PROFESSIONALISM
Academic honesty
Academic honesty is the foundation of our teaching-learning relationship. BGSU Student Handbook classifies four types of academic honesty violation: Cheating; Fabrication; Facilitating academic dishonesty; Plagiarism. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated, and any student engaging in such conduct will automatically fail this course.

Professionalism
The instructor will assume equal contribution to the group project from every member of a team. While the peer evaluation will be directly reflected in the final group project score, disregard of your group project responsibility will be put into the consideration along with professionalism components in the decision of the final letter grade. Professional conduct is expected from students in this course. Although the score that you earn from various activities may reflect our level of intellectual achievement in this course, it is not the only determinant factor of your final letter grade. In every aspect of your interaction with the instructor or classmates, you have to be professional. Professionalism includes, but is not limited to, (1) completing tasks and readings in a timely manner, (2) submitting class projects that look professional (no spelling or grammar errors and suitable to the task), (3) taking personal responsibility for your actions (for example, the computer ate your group project is not an acceptable excuse), (4) showing courtesy to others (no chatting and sleeping, no cellular phone, and no instant messing during class), and (5) undertake all class related communications in a professional manner. The instructor reserves the right to adjust the final letter grade downward if a student deems to have violated professionalism to a substantial degree during the semester.

GRADING
Attendance
There will be no penalty for 3 absences. However, 30 points will be deducted from your attendance score for each absence from the 4th absence. For instance, if you miss classes 4 times, you will get 30 points deduction from your final score. Or, if you miss classes 5 times, you will get 60 points deduction from your final score. However, if you miss classes more than 6 times, you will automatically receive an F in this course. A late arrival or an early departure will be treated as an absence. I expect you to reserve "penalty free 3 absences" for the emergencies such as death of an immediate family member or serious illness. If you don't want any penalty after missing more than 3 classes, you should submit documents indicating the situation where you needed more than 3 absences.

Assignments:
Students are expected to submit assignments in time. The failure of each submission will deduct 30 points from the final score. For instance, if you fail to submit an assignment, you will get 30 points deduction from your final score. Or, if you fail to submit two assignments, you will get 60 points deduction. However, if you fail to submit assignments more than 3 times, you will automatically receive an F in this course. Late submissions will received 10 points deduction each day. Also, students should submit a complete assignment which satisfy the required elements of the assignment. The assignments which do not satisfy specific assignment criteria will be considered as an incomplete.

Quizzes:
Some weeks will have quizzes. The quizzes will check whether the students have gone through tutorial lectures or assigned materials. Each quiz will contain about 10 questions and all quiz scores will be added to the final score.

Three class presentations (50 points for each presentation: 150 total points):
You will choose a presentation topic on the first or second week of the class and you will be assigned to do three small (10-20 minute) presentations during the normal class hours. Each student become an expert in one of the areas of Web design (see presentation topics and schedules here). Three presentations are specifically designed to monitor students' improvement in one of the areas of expertise. Students are expected to accumulate knowledge over three presentation on one topic. Presentation grading will base on these criteria (see grading criteria here). It is always strongly recommended to consult your presentation content with the instructor before your presentation .

Individual project (300 points):
Each student will develop a website. The topics of the website will be proposed by each student and the instructor will approve them. Individual project grading will base on these criteria (see grading criteria here).

Group project (300 points):
Two students will form a group and develop a web site. The topics of the web site will be proposed by each group and the instructor will approve them. Group project grading will base on these criteria (see grading criteria here).

Professionalism:
You will receive no point deduction if you attend and participate in lectures professionally.

FINAL GRADING SCALE

A = 91 to 100 percent
B = 81 to 90 percent
C = 71 to 80 percent
D = 61 to 70 percent
F = below 60 percent

Based on the scale above, you will be assigned a letter grade at the end of the class. The final grade for this course will be assigned using the scale above on the combined total of your points earned over the class.

CLASS SCHEDULE
See video lectures at http://www.mediaresearchlab.org/giwoongyun/classes/tcom4640/

Week 1(01/13): Tables and CSS

Week 2(01/20): Tables and CSS
Quiz week

Week 3(01/27): Photoshop, Illustrator
Quiz week

Week 4(02/03): Javascript 01
Personal Project proposal due (02/03, in class)
Quiz week

Week 5(02/10): Javascript 02
Personal Project paper prototype due (02/10, in class)
Quiz week

Week 6(02/17): Javascript 03, Flash
Group Project proposal due (02/17, in class)

Week 7(02/24): Javascript 04
Group Project prototype due (02/24, in class)

Week 8(03/03): Database, FORMS

Week 9(03/10): Spring Recess, No class

Week 10(03/17): PHP 01
Quiz week

Week 11(03/24): PHP 02
Personal Project progress report (03/24, in class)
Quiz week

Week 12(03/31): PHP 03
Group Project progress report (03/31, in class)
Quiz week

Week 13(04/07): CMS 01

Week 14(04/14): CMS 02
Responce to the instructor comments on Personal Project progress report (04/14, noon)

Week 15(04/21): Extra topics & Presentations
Responce to the instructor comments on Group Project progress report (04/21, noon)

Week 16(04/28): Personal and group project presentations
Personal and group project due (05/05, Noon)

There is no final exam in this class.