Mid Term Report and Presentation
October 20, 2009
Due Oct 28 and Nov 4
Mid-term presentation: (10 min, 4 marks)
Mid-term report: (4 marks)
Description + content
The Mid Term Report (MTR) is intended to be a document of what you have been involved in during your internship so far.You should address these questions:
1. What have you been working on?
2. What have you learned?
3. How has your role and work shifted from your initial Scope of Work?
4. Are there any new goals that have been defined?
For your MTR you expected to be creative! It should contain the following information:
• Images that document what you have been working on, and any other visual information that you think would help show your involvement in your internship
• A description or list of the things you have been involved with outlining your role and contribution.
• A description or list of what you have learned.
• A description or list of what you hope to achieve and any new goals.
Delivery of your SOWR
You are asked to present your MTR during the class of Oct 28 or Nov 4. Once you have given your presentation you are to upload a PDF version of your MTR to your blog for me to download.
Here is the list of presentations on their respective days:
October 28
Mary
Hao Ting
John
Zack
Megan
Ashley
November 4
Sisi
Shaughnessy
Ben
Jula
Dana
Sachi
Shannon
Derek
Anthony
Billy
Diana
– Julie
CLASS 2: SEPT 16
September 14, 2009
Creating a Scope of Work Report
Description + content
The scope of work report (SOWR) is intended to be a definition of what you are proposing to achieve during your internship. It will describe both your proposed pragmatic tasks and projects, and the learning outcomes you are aiming for. It is intended to be a way for you to define focus for your internship. The SOWR also gives you practice in writing, defining work and producing reports – skills you will need for the real world!
The SOWR is not intended to be a hard set of rules for your internship. Some of you will find that during the semester your list of tasks will shift. You may find that even your role in the organization or team adapts and changes as you go through the internship. Potential changes are acceptable and expected! You are expected to keep your instructor informed of these changes.
Preparation
In order to prepare the SOWR, you should have a discussion with your community partner (CP) to discuss the specific project (s) you will engage with, and how you will produce these objectives through the tasks you engage with on a weekly basis. You will also discuss with your CP what you are hoping to learn from your experience.
For your SOWR you expected to be creative! It should contain the following information:
• An image that describes, in visual terms, how you see your involvement in the internship. This is intended to be a representation of your proposed internship. You can think of this image in abstract or realistic terms. It could be a photograph, drawing, short video, short animation, etc.
• One or two sentences that describes in broad terms what your role will be in the internship. In basic terms, this is the CP project(s) you are participating in and your role in this project(s).
• A short paragraph or list that details the tasks and responsibilities you will have during your internship in order to fulfill your role. In basic terms, these are the day-to-day things or short term goals, you will be doing for the CP.
• A short paragraph or list that details what you intend to learn during your internship. In basic terms, these are the things that will benefit you.
Delivery of your SOWR
You are asked to hand-in and present your SOWR during next class, Sept 23, in two forms:
1. as a blog entry on your DIVA300 blog
2. as a PDF downloadable from your DIVA300 blog
You will present your SOWR, using your blog entry for reference, during the class time on Sept 23. Each student will have 7-8 minutes to present including Q+A. You will have the use of use my computer and projector to show your blog entry.
I will download your PDF from your blog in order to have a record for the course.
- Julie
Understanding Resolution in Adobe Photoshop CS4
September 10, 2009
Everything you didn’t even know you didn’t know!!
http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1332854
Posted by CGigliotti
Automatic Panorama in Photoshop
September 10, 2009
A very helpful tutorial
http://www.takegreatpictures.com/Articles/Details/params/object/3648/default.aspx</a
Posted by CGigliotti
Some very helpful video Photoshop tutorials
September 10, 2009
cloning and healing brush
lynda.com’s free photoshop tutorials
adobe design center’s tutorials
Posted by C Gigliotti courtesy webdiva Suzi Webster
Digital + Interactive Arts (Advanced) Fall 09
September 7, 2009
This offering of DIVA 300 will be a opportunity for students to gain professional experience and technical skills to further their digital and interactive art and design practices. The instructor has arranged internship opportunities with on-site and off-site professional partners. Each student can participate in an individually directed internship within the media and design communities thereby gaining real world skills and networks. Students will also have the opportunity to develop technical skills to advance their own practice. A seminar/studio component of the course will allow students to share their experiences and discuss their work. DIVA300outline1
Interactive Futures 09: Stereo
CODELab
Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
CLASS 1: SEPT 9
Creating an internship
- Each community partner will present their internship positions on Sept 9.
- You are to select a first, second and third choice of positions and forward this list to the instructor via email, by the end of the day on Sept 10.
- You will interview with the Community Partners before class 2 on Sept 16. You will be paired with a Community Partner based on this interview. You are expected to begin your internship time during the week of Sept 16.
- You will produce a scope-of-work report which you will post to you blog and present during class 2 or 3, Sept 16 or 23. (The students’ specific presentation day will be determined by the instructor).
Questions for you to ask during the presentation and interview:
Please use these questions during the interview with the Community Partner. The answers to the questions will help inform your decision and help you produce your scope-of-work report. Some of the questions may already be answered during the Community Partners’ presentations, therefore it is important to take notes during the presentations.
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- What are the objectives of your organization/company/research?
- How many people work within your organization/company/research project? What is the personnel structure?
- How does your organization/company/research project envision the intern’s contribution to the team?
- What is the specific project(s) that the internship offers? What project(s) will the intern have accomplished by the end of the semester?
Points to make during your interview:
Based on the Community Partners’ presentations and your interview(s) with them, think about what project(s) you would be interested in engaging with. Consider your existing skills, the scope of learning, and your specific interests. During your interview, tell the Community Partner:
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- Why you are interested in their organization/company/research;
- What project(s) you are interested in accomplishing by the end of the semester;
- What you hope to learn during this time;
- What skills you can bring to their organization/company/research project.
- Julie
all you need for indesign
June 11, 2009
All video tutorials can be found here. These are highly recommended:
Video tutorial on setting up a new document
Video tutorial on managing pages
Video tutorial on working with text
Basic tutorial on working with text
More basics
adding fake piercings etc
May 20, 2009
often you can be stuck trying to work out how to do something, and undoubtedly others have had the same dilemma.
doing a google search for a tutorial usually pops up something helpful:
eg “photoshop tutorial for adding facial piercings”
turned up this option
Video tutorials for photoshop
May 15, 2009
cloning and healing brush
lynda.com’s free photoshop tutorials
adobe design center’s tutorials
hopefully lots there to keep you busy over the long weekend!
Welcome!
May 11, 2009
This is going to be an intense semester – summer classes always are, as we try and cram 14 weeks into 7!
There is a very helpful tutorial online that covers the fundamentals of digital imaging: I recommend that you read at least the first section “Basic Terminology” and make sure that you understand all the key concepts of resolution, file formats, image size etc.
If you need a refresher on scanning, this basic guide should be helpful.
link to great art site
