JOU 1114 – Design for Journalists – will use WordPress and Temple’s Blackboard system for this course. Below is some information you will need to know before we get started.
Required Texts
The required textbooks should be available in the Temple Bookstore. They are also readily available online at most booksellers. The Web Style Guide is available as a FREE online text.
- Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton. Web Style Guide, 3rd Edition. Yale University Press. ISBN: 0300137370.
- Robin Williams. The Non-Designer’s Design Book (3rd Edition). (PeachPit Press). ISBN: 0321534042
Technical Reference Books Available from Books 24/7
Access to these text is FREE, but you must be on Temple’s campus or logged in to the Library to view these books.
- The Photoshop CS4 Bible. JohnWiley & Sons, 2009. http://library.books24x7.com.libproxy.temple.edu/toc.asp?bookid=29579
- The InDesign CS4 Bible. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. http://library.books24x7.com.libproxy.temple.edu/toc.asp?bookid=29575
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom in a Book. Adobe Press, 2010. http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com.libproxy.temple.edu/9780321712998?uicode=templeu
You Might Consider…
If you already have some digital production skills, you might consider a monthly subscription to Lynda.com. For $25 per month, you get unlimited access to online video tutorials on every software package imaginable. I subscribe to Lynda.com to get up to speed on new software versions of my favorite production software packages, such as Dreamweaver and Flash.
Using Blackboard
The syllabus and other important course documents will be posted on the Blackboard site associated with this class. If you have a question about the class schedule, or the details of an assignment, check the Blackboard site. Grades are also posted in the Blackboard Gradebook.
Using WordPress
I will post all of the lecture notes and some additional information on this blog. Your lab instructors will ask you to post all of your assignments to a WordPress blog for your lab. You must create a WordPress account to post assignments to your lab blogs. To become a contributor to this blog and your lab blog, you must send your lab instructor the e-mail address you used to set up your WordPress account.
Computer Labs
Students should use the Tech Center to complete their assignments that are due outside of class. The hours for the Tech Center are as follows:
• Monday-Thursday – Open 24 hours
• Friday – 12am-7:30pm
• Saturday – 10am-7:30pm
• Sunday – 11am to 12am
Storage Media
Students will need to purchase storage media for their production projects. Student files may not be left on the computers in Annenberg 2 or the Tech Center. The choices for storage media include:
- A portable USB drive – Get at least 512MB of storage (about $10 at Staples).
- A Web-based cloud account. DropBox http://www.dropbox.com gives you 2GB of free storage. Amazon provides 5GB of free storage to registered users.
