SYLLABUS / ASSIGNMENTS / STUDENTS / EXAMPLES
Week 1:
Links/Resources
PHOTOPAINT
Using photopaint tools which will be most useful in this class, including creating animated .gifs.
Week 2:
Frames
Students will learn about the use of tables and frames in web pages, and
the use of frames (including a floating frame) to receive hyperlink instructions.
The hyperlinks created in the previous session will be applied here. Description
of stylesheets.
Week 3:
IMAGE
HYPERLINKS AND ROLLOVERS
Use of graphics to perform hyperlinks, with html code mapping a .gif, or
with Corel Draw tools creating rollovers.
Week 4:
JAVA AND SCALABLE IMAGES
Java Scripts and Java Applets used to deliver images in a series, interactively,
in layers, or with effects. Students will learn how to find, test, and modify
java applications for their own purposes, within the .html code.t.
Week 5:
GeoSPHERE
Geosphere is a java applet which results in a globe with hyperlinked markers
which the user can tumble and zoom. Students will construct a geosphere project.
Week
7-8:
Sketchup
3D modelling program made available by Google Earth. This is a 2 week assignment
learning the tools and applying them to a project on campus.
Week 9:
FLASH ANIMATION
Students will use program from Corel Suite v. 11-12, R.A.V.E., to create
Flash animations. On these maps, "buttons" will trigger "events."
Week 10:
PANORAMAS
Panoramas, including 360 degree images, will be stitched and delivered
with
a variety of methods this week. Students will have access to a commercial package,
and will also use free java scripts which deliver rotating panorama images.
Week 11: Open lab (required)
Week 12:
Google Maps API
Using Google Maps database for your own purposes.
Week 13:
CARTOGRAMS
Mapresso is a free, interactive program which makes classless choroplethic
maps and cartograms. Students will take an ArcGIS shape file (provided), and
convert
it into Mapresso format, deiverable on line. The result will be a dynamic map
which sequentially changes into a cartogram based on data chosen from a drop-down
menu.
Week 14:
Graduate students will demonstrate, explain, and provide instruction
for an interactive cartographic tool, technique, or program which they have
found and (to some extent) mastered during the course. They will provide
students with eductional or instructional materials.
Final Comprehensive Exam, Dec. 14