TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

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TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication

• Dr. Jennifer Turns
• Week 2, Day 1 (3/20)

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Getting ready for class

• Log on to E-portfolio
• Publish your portfolio
• Follow the link to your published portfolio

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Day 3

• By the end of class, students should be able to
• Identify lessons acquired from PowerPoint
  assignment
• Describe assignment 3, including the concept of a
  storyboard
• Use Photoshop to construct a rudimentary
  storyboard

• What well do
• Discuss grading of assignment 1
• Debrief from assignment 2
• Discuss assignment 3
• Introduce/explore Photoshop

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Thoughts from Assignment 1

• Overall Great job!
• Observations Key Features
• Key features statement is very helpful to
  understand where you spent your time, your
  baseline ability
• Ex 1 Challenges in moving the graphic around
• Students didnt always mention significant
  features
• We should be shooting differentiation between key
  features, design rationale, and learning
  reflection (first time, all together)
• Hints
• Length of Key Features Consider focusing on 2-3
  key features shorter text will benefit you
  and me
• Books in bibliographies Italicize names of books
  in bibliography

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Debriefing Sessions

• What is the value of a debriefing session?
• The debriefing session is an opportunity to
• See other potential solutions
• Learn technology tricks
• Hear about design strategies
• Gain feedback from peers
• Recognize/identify features of effective
  solutions
• Get to know your colleagues

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Debriefing PowerPoint

• In your teams
• Discuss the solutions of each group member
• Discuss the following issues
• Did you know you can do this in PowerPoint
• What strategies were used to adapt to the
  audience?
• What are some cautions when using PowerPoint?
• What questions do you have at this point?
• Post your teams responses on E-Post

The two two-person teams should consider
working together on this discussion
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Foreshadowing Assignment 3

• What is a storyboard?
• A series of images suggesting/illustrating how an
  interactive experience will transpire.
• Where are storyboards used?
• Marketing
• Interface design

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Assignment 3 - Graphics

• Each student
• Creates a two page storyboard, showing how a
  profile feature could be added to the
  organizations website.
• Within teams
• Storyboards share text
• Storyboards differ dramatically in other respects

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Graphics and Photoshop

• Tutorial 2 (Thursday)
• More thorough overview of Photoshop
• Discussion of graphics concepts
• Additional resources

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Tutorial 1

• Assignment-specific use of Photoshop
• Explore the following in Adobe Photoshop
• Interface
• Layers
• Selecting / Copying / Cutting / Moving Items
• Creating Text
• These activities have the following goals
• Provide you with ideas for next assignment
• Raise your awareness of possibilities
• Engender questions that will promote broader,
  deeper, and richer learning
• Increase your effectiveness with using the help
  system

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Tutorial 1 A Challenge

• The university has asked you to help them
  visualize the impact of a couple of change to
  their website (a) modifications to the
  background for all pages and (b) adding a label
  to the utility links area. One way to explore
  changes to a website is by copying website images
  into Photoshop and then using Photoshop
  selection, layers, text, and graphic features to
  implement the changes. In this exercise, we will
  use Photoshop to create a storyboard illustrating
  such a modified site.

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Tutorial 1 Explore End Product

• Open the photoshop file UW-Storyboard.psd
• Explore the file
• Quick orientation to Layers
• Experiment with turning the layers off and on
• Discuss
• How does this file constitute a storyboard?
• Why is it useful to have the utility links and
  background on separate layers?

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Tutorial 1 - Demo

• Getting started
• One layer per page
• Background layer modifications
• Utility link modifications
• Exploring final storyboard

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Tutorial 1 Your turn

• Create the revised UW storyboard
• Use Photoshop
• Follow the tutorial instructions
• Suggestions
• Work with a partner
• Explore
• Help others
• Identify questions

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Day 3

• By the end of class, students should be able to
• Identify lessons acquired from sharing PowerPoint
  solutions
• Describe assignment 3, including the concept of a
  storyboard
• Use Photoshop to construct a rudimentary
  storyboard

• What well do
• Discuss grading of assignment 1
• Debrief from assignment 2
• Discuss assignment 3
• Introduce/explore Photoshop

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Looking Ahead

• Due Dates
• Assignment 3
• Monday (4/14)
• By class
• Includes
• Solution
• Key Features
• Design Rationale
• Learning Reflection

• Next Class
• Focus on Photoshop
• Selection tools
• Filters
• Sizes
• More survey results