Introduction to the CS205 Lab

Topics

1. Accessing Network Storage
2. Adobe Software Available in the UDML
3. Learning Journal
4. Lab Marking
• Mark Distribution
• Submission
• Note on Lab Material
5. Homework

1. Accessing Network Storage

If you want to back your work up to a university managed "cloud", there are two options for Network Storage.

A couple of suggestions are:

1. NetStorage, which will give you access to your 'I-Drive'.


2. Filr, which has capabilities for sharing your files

2. Adobe Software We Will be Using

• Adobe Creative Cloud (CC)
  • Photoshop - the industry standard in pixel based graphic editors.
  • Illustrator - the industry standard in vector based graphic editors.
  • Premiere Pro - professional non-linear video editor. Comparable to Final Cut Pro.
  • Character Animator - Real-time 2D character animation
  • Audition - professional audio editor and mixer
  • An additional tool that we will be using:
  • Media Encoder

3. Learning Journal

Getting Started with Learning Journals from Edge Gain on Vimeo.

You will be using Behance to create an online learning journal.

To get started:

• create an account on www.behance.net
• add a practice project
• add the project to the CS205 team: CS205-Winter2022

Here is a tutorial video on creating projects in Behance.

For each lab, you will create a separate project and add it to the team

The following are a couple of sample learning journals from 2018 (created using a different tool all projects were in one page)

• https://spark.adobe.com/page/mbhRTmk1rwpE2/
• https://spark.adobe.com/page/IEH79lQqIjynl/

For inspiration, you might like my Journal from 2019.

• Nova's Best of 2019

Your learning journal should contain the following (inspired by this video):

1. a heading image that summarizes your project
2. a description, which contains the goal of your project or the "why are you doing it"
3. a story, which describes the process that you went through to complete your project. This can be the different stages that your project went through.
4. design info, which indicates what you used to complete your project. For illustrator, this could be colours and font used. For photoshop, this could be images used. For audition, this could be sounds used.
5. gratitude. Thank the reader and give credit to any sources of video, audio or images that you have used

4. Lab Marking

4.1 Mark Distribution

• The labs are worth 20% of your final class grade
   
• Lab 1 through 10 will be marked based on:
  • learning journal entry (on Behance) (4 marks)
    • 2 marks will be on the "story" of your lab project
    • 2 mark will be for heading, description, design info, and gratitude
  • the "product" created based on the exercise (5 marks)
    • 3 marks will be given for following the exercise precisely
    • to get 4 or 5 marks, the submission will have to use innovation and substitutions of bits and pieces (outside of the box of what was taught). If you get a 5, that means that you have WOW'ed me
       
• This semester I am experimenting with professionalism/sincerity/passion marks. It might include:
  • Punctual attendance
  • Zoom chat participation
  • Turning your video on in the zoom room (if we continue online)
  • Consistent good work throughout the semester

4.2 Submission

Lab work is due at the beginning of the next week's lab. The submission will be a project that you add to Behance

4.3 Note on Lab Material

The lab material will be posted on this website: https://www.cs.uregina.ca/Links/class-info/205/. Warning: sometimes I add or change content right before the lab so it is always a good idea to refresh your browser.

What is an "Open Lab"

An open lab: an opportunity to explore something of interest based on the preceding lab, inspired by something discussed in class, or found on the web. This is your chance to do something that interests YOU!

An open lab is an opportunity to get hands on experience with some topic in a situation with some guidance. It could be connected to an individual project.

5. Homework

To do before the beginning of next week's lab:

• Create a project in Behance to show me any multimedia that you have done in the past
• Add your project to the CS205 team in Behance
• If we continue online, make sure that Adobe Illustrator is working at homenext week and think about what kind of logo you would like to create