Course Schedule

Date

Topic(s)

Reading Assignment

Project Due

Aug 29

Introduction to Multimedia Learning

Take a tour of the course website and the course blackboard

Assign Print Design Project

Sep 5

Labor Day

Sep 12

Demonstration of InDesign/ Photoshop

GUIDED LAB DAY 1 - Print Design

Review Value of Multimedia in Learning

Design Principles/ Designing with Type, The Non-Designer's Design and Type Books -Robin Williams

The value of Multimedia in Learning - Patti Shank, Adobe Design Center

DUE: Bring Print design examples (positive and negative)

DUE: Submit your design document for print design

Quiz on Non-designers Design and Type book

Sep 19

Review Design/Type/Color Principles

Graphics for Learning

Digital Interactive TextBooks

Print design PEER Review

Graphics for Learning, Clark & Lyons - Chapter 1 (ereserve)

Creating Graphics for Learning and Performance – Chapter 11 (Color, Depth & Space) - ereserve

Digital Interactive Textbooks - An exploration (ereserve)

More than just eye candy – Graphics for elearning - Clark

DUE: Print design DRAFT

DUE: Sign up for Multimedia Principles Presentaiton in Class

Sep 26

Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning

Multimedia Learning Principles

Multimedia Learning, chapter 1-14 - Richard Mayer

Creating interactive multimedia based educational course ware: Cognition in Learning. Muthukumar S.L (ereserve)

DUE: Print design FINAL

DUE: Multimedia Learning Presentation

Oct 3

Rapid Elearning

Guided Lab Day 2 - Captivate

e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning, 3rd Edition - Chapter 1

Rapid Elearning Authoring Tool - Selection Criteria

DUE: Review Tutorials on Captivate

Assign Captivate Project

Oct 10

Fall Break

Oct 17

Elearning Authoring Tools

What are Job Aids/ EPSS?

Peer Review - Captivate Projects

Tools, Tools and More Tools - Elearning Authoring Tools

Watch Adobe Captivate Tutorials

DUE: Captivate Projects DRAFT

Oct 24

Rapid Elearning

Guided Lab Day 3 - Articulate

DUE: Captivate Projects FINAL

Assign Articulate Project

Oct 31

Multimedia Competencies

Peer Review - Articulate Projects

Multimedia Competencies for Educational Technologists - Ritzhaupt, Martin & Daniels

Multimedia Competencies for Instructional Technologists - UNCTLT Proceedings

DUE: Articulate Projects DRAFT

Nov 7

Web design

GUIDED LAB DAY 4 - Dreamweaver

HTML

CSS

Storyboarding

Part 3– Design Issues for the Web from The Non-Designer's Web Book, 3rd Edition by Robin Williams, John Tollett (on ERESERVE)

• Ch 6 – Basic Design Principles for Non-Designers
• Ch 8 – How to recognize good and bad design

DUE: Articulate Projects FINAL

Assign Dreamweaver EPortfolio Project

Nov 14

Usability /Screen design principles

Usability Guidelines book (usability.gov) http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html

DUE: Usability Guidelines Presentation

Nov 21

Webesign - Guided lab Day 5

Nov 28

PEER Review -Webdesign

DUE - Dreamweaver DRAFT

Upload and Post URLlinks to Discussion Forum

Dec 5

Course Evaluations

Course Summary

Showcase Projects on Eportfolio

DUE - Dreamweaver FINAL