Course Syllabus

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DGMD E-599

Last Updated: April 6, 2015

Course Description

Students create an individual project, presenting it to fellow students and visiting faculty. They apply knowledge and skills obtained in the program to design a significant project in a collaborative environment. At the end of the semester, they make a formal oral presentation of their project to a faculty committee. (4 credits)

Course Prerequisite

Students must be degree candidates in the digital media arts and instructional design concentration, have completed eight courses (32 credits) toward the degree, and have an approved capstone project. They must submit a capstone project proposal to Dr. Jeff Parker by June 15.

Instructor

Jen Kramer, Instructor
Email: jen@jenkramer.org
Twitter: @jen4web
Facebook: www.facebook.com/webdesignjen 

Please email Jen with any personal issues that are affecting your class experience or with any information you do not wish to share with the rest of the class. Example: death in the family, severe illness, grading issues, etc.

Class meetings

This course runs online starting September 8 and running through an in-person weekend for capstone presentations either the weekend of December 19-20 or December 12-13.

Grading

Your grade will be based upon:

20%: Student feedback, project management, and interim check-in assignments

20%: Final in-person presentation

60%: Capstone project

Capstone project: Students will be required to construct their own grading rubric. The instructor will review and approve these rubrics. Details will be provided in the first assignment.

Presentation: A grading rubric will be distributed at least one month in advance of the project presentation.

Student feedback, project management, and interim check-in assignments: Each month, you will report on your progress, including a revised list of deliverables, rubric, and milestones as needed. You will provide feedback to two other assigned students as part of each assignment.

Final in-person presentation

For students in North America, you are required to come to Harvard for one weekend to present your capstone, and to listen to other students present their capstones. This will be either the weekend of December 19-20 or December 12-13. The weekend should be chosen by mid-June based on facility availability.

***There are exceptions to the in-class requirement. If you are not in North America, you may be able to participate remotely. If you have questions, please contact Jen (jen@jenkramer.org) about your specific situation. 

Regrading of assignments

There are no regrading of assignments offered for this course.

Academic Honesty

Once again, the purpose of this course is to teach you the fundamentals of digital media design and development. This means that copying the files of other students and submitting them as your own work is not only a violation of school academic policies, but a real shortchange to your ability to learn what you need to learn.

I fully expect that there will be no issues in this area. I ask that you help keep out of situations where I might need to take action regarding plagiarism, cheating and other acts of poor academic integrity.

Textbook

There is no required textbook for class.

Course Outline (subject to change)