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This section of the course site includes class agendas, assignment instructions, group discussions, and surveys & quizzes.
Overview
“Rhetoric is the ‘technique of using the means of expression to persuade’. The hallmark of all rhetoric is that it involves at least two levels of language, the primary or denoted (non-coded) and the figurative or connoted (coded).”
Aesthetics of Photography
You will … Continue Reading “Assignment: Reading Response 3 – Visual Rhetoric”
Overview
Our next reading assignment is an introduction to semiotics and models of communication. These topics directly relate to how we understand communication design from a theoretical perspective.
We will be reading Hall, Sean. This Means This, This Means That : A User’s Guide to … Continue Reading “Assignment: Reading Response 2 – Semiotics”
Tasks Due from Week 1
- Complete the Student Survey
- Introduce yourself on Discussion: Introductions
- Join & Favorite this course
- Review Welcome & Introduction: Why Theory?
- Submit Your Learning Plan
- Submit Week 1 Agenda Checklist
This Week’s Topics
… Continue Reading “Week 02 Agenda”Overview
Our first reading consists of an introduction to the text Graphic Design Theory: Readings From the Field, Armstrong, Helen, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. Navigate to pages 6-7 to read “Why Theory? by Ellen Lupton.”
And we will also read a page from the … Continue Reading “Assignment: Reading Response 1 – Why Theory?”
Overview
Each week you will add to your online Writing Portfolio. It is a place to collect your readings responses and write your rough drafts before they are put into a formal post, comment, or paper.
Your Writing Portfolio is also a place for collecting … Continue Reading “Assignment: Writing Portfolio”
Tasks Due Today
- Complete the Student Survey
- Introduce yourself in a comment on the Discussion: Introductions post
- Join & Favorite this OpenLab Course for easy access.
This Week’s Topics
… Continue Reading “Week 1 Agenda”Our first class meeting is Thursday, January 25th, 2:30-5pm in Pearl 117.
We will be using a variety of tools for coursework, collaboration, and communication, including this OpenLab Course Site. Weekly Agendas and assignments will be posted here on Wednesday before our class meeting.
Please take … Continue Reading “Welcome, Students!”
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