GDP 113Typography OrientationWill record for those who cannot attend

Spring 2009

Agenda◆ Welcome◆ Syllabus◆ Office Hours◆ Tutor◆ Questions◆Demo Moodle

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Welcome ◆ Instructors:

◆ Bobbi Balderman◆ Liz Russotti◆ Each of us will be responsible for

specific weeks during the semester.

◆ listed weekly in Moodle

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Course ObjectivesUpon completion of this course, the student

will be able to:.... understand the origin of the alphabet.... identify the parts of a letter.... define basic type measurements.... describe the five families of type.... explain the difference between readability and legibility of type.... choose appropriate fonts, styles, point sizes, linespacing

Bobbi

Assignments◆ 1st week late -10/100 points

◆ 2nd week late -20/100 points

◆ will not accept after that

◆ can only redo work turned in on time

◆ ALL redos must be in by WEEK 13

◆ Turn in only ONE pdf file per

assignment

◆ Bobbi

Assignments

◆ EXTRA credit - only 2x per semester

◆ 10 points added to lowest PROJECT grade

◆ does not apply to quizzes or exercises

Bobbi

Attendence◆ Online students are REQUIRED to login at

least once a week

◆ after 2 weeks of non-participation we will send an email to remind you

◆ if you do not respond you may be dropped from class

◆ it is the STUDENTS responsibility to withdraw from any class

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Tutor◆ One-on-one Software help - contact

Tutor John Lemon ◆ (will have John’s contact info on class site)

◆ Class TA - Katarina Lindevalle

◆ Katarina will monitor the QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS link

◆ She will have an email in Moodle

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Office Hour◆ Liz can meet in Second Life with

students for office hours - time to be announced each week or by emailing for an appointment.

◆ Bobbi can meet with students before her Tuesday 5PM class or by emailing for an appointment.

◆ Katarina will be available to meet by appointment using this online meeting environment.

Questions

◆ Pipeline - important for all SBCC info

◆ Moodle demo

◆ Second Life - will introduce Week 3 but feel free to get started and explore on your own.