GS 301 syllabus.14

GS 301 College Teaching & Visual Communication, Spring 2011

Instructor

Email

Phone

Dr Hugh Crumley

crumley@duke.edu

919.660.5975

Class time Wed 6:00 ¨C 7:45

Office

Grad School 304B

Office Hours By appt/drop in

LINK Class 3

Course description

This course is offered by the Graduate School and the Center for Instructional Technology to support

professional development for graduate instructors and/or future faculty. It covers visual communication

for teaching and other professional activities in print, in face-to-face situations and online. This includes

introductions to web design, graphic design, effective presentations, development of an electronic

teaching portfolio and exploration of other instructional technology for college teaching. Completion of

this course includes development of an electronic teaching portfolio; numerous students from previous

semesters have found this to be extremely helpful in their job searches.

Objectives

By the end of GS 301, you will be able to

? Identify, describe and suggest modifications to design aspects of print documents

? Create professional print documents that demonstrate basic graphic design principles

? Collaborate with others to both provide and use peer feedback on design projects

? Make appropriate use of presentation technology in a live presentation

? Clearly explain your research focus to a live lay audience

? Find and use copyright-appropriate materials for presentations, websites and other instructional uses

? Create simple web pages by hand coding basic html

? Use DW to modify an existing CSS-driven website template for use as an online teaching portfolio

that demonstrates basic graphic design principles

? Develop and refine an electronic portfolio centered on a teaching with technology statement that

provides evidence of your use of instructional technology in pedagogically sound ways for use in a

job search

Activities

In this course, you will participate in a range of activities including hands-on tool use, small group

projects, individual projects, synchronous and asynchronous online communication, lectures, class

discussions, readings and other activities determined by class interest. You can expect to average about

two and a half hours a week on out of class activities.

Required resources

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Williams, Robin. The Non-designer¡¯s Design Book, 3rd Edition. See Bb site for link to cheap copies.

2 gigabyte (min) USB flash memory drive.

Dreamweaver (optional.) Available at Duke Computer Store.

Evaluation

The table below show the list of graded tasks in the course (also marked with a? in the schedule), their

due dates and their values. Assignments are due at the beginning of the indicated class meeting; late

work gets reduced points. A total of 80 points is required to receive credit for the course.

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Task

Self intro posted to Bb

Skeleton site with nav online; linked in Bb

Google site, linked in Bb

Design quiz in class

Web 2.0 tasks, linked in Bb

Dinner & design project (activity, post, presentation)

CV redesign

Research presentation

Final portfolio

Due date

1/19

2/16

2/23

3/2

3/23

3/20, 3/22, 3/23

3/30

4/6

4/28

Points

5

10

5

5

5

20

10

20

20

Total

95

Attendance & participation

This course is very hands-on and experientially oriented. Activities in class require you to 1)have done the

readings, 2) be punctual, and 3) be an active participant. You are expected to attend and participate in

every class meeting. If you miss any part of class for any reason, you are still responsible for finding out

about any assignments or information from class. Two or more absences may result in no credit for the

course.

Disability statement

Students with disabilities who believe that they may need accommodations in the class are encouraged

to contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities at 684-5917 or disabilities@aas.duke.edu as

soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

1

1/19

In class

Introductions

2

1/26

Discussion: design vs art

html pages created in class

3

2/2

DW one

Simple DW pages in class

4

2/9

DW two

CSS created in class

5

2/16

More web

Google sites created in class,

posted to Bb

6

2/23

Word & long docs

Complete before coming to class

?Post a self-intro to Bb

Readings

Zhu & Kaplan,

Chickering & Ehrmann,

Porter

?Frame skeleton online, nav working

(post in Bb)

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3/2

Brief Bloom presentation

?Flyer makeover

Intro: dinner & design

Three posts by Garr

Reynolds

Williams ch 1-6 & 8.

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8

3/16

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Web 2.0

Google tools, blogs, rss

Intellectual property

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B

R

?Dinner & design with your group (do

it on or before Sunday, 3/20)

9

3/23

PPT1: presenting

?D&D reflection before 3/22

?D&D presentation in class 3/23

?Web 2.0 tasks posted to Bb

10

3/30

CV hand-around

PPT2: interactivity

?CV printed before class (ticket in!)

11

4/6

Portfolio work in class, topics

in web design

5 min presentations

?5 min presentation ready to go

12

4/13

Maintaining a professional

online presence

5 min presentations

13

4/20

TBA

E

A

Video ¡°readings¡±

K

?Portfolio due by 4/28

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