Junior Seminar/Rouvelle/Spring '08
Thursday 6pm-9pm.
Brown Center 206
Contact:jrouvelle@mica.edu
Office: Brown Center, room 211, phone (in office).
Office hours: by appointment
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Course work in summary:
Each of you will be asked to create, run, stream, and document one project over the course of the semester.
The project must involve Mogulus.
The project must involve BR217.
The project must run for no more than one hour.
The project must be assembled in no more than 90 minutes.
You must prepare a 2-4minute documentation of your project and post it to Youtube prior to the next class.
Classes will alternate in form between:
Crit/Pitch Form:
Each class will begin with a crit of the piece from the week before. This crit will last thirty minutes and include a presentation of the documentation of the piece.After the crit, the next project will be described by the project leader, and responsibilities will be assigned to the rest of the class.
Responsibilities for team members (rest of the class) should be reasonable and not exceed 90 minutes of work per week.
Install/Run/Document Form:
Teams will install, run, and document and stream their project. All projects must be running by 8pm and be completed by 9pm.Following the running of the project team members will clean up project site.
Project director will create 2-4 minute documentation of project and post it to Youtube prior to the next class, using the classname and mica, as well as at least three other tags appropriate to the piece. Comments must be enabled.
Project Director will also prepare a brief team assessment that will be a form designed to gauge the quality of work for the individual team members. This form will be submitted to me privately.
The next project director will prepare their plan for building and running their piece and present that plan during the following class.
Evaluation:
Grades in this course will be based on regular class attendance, the quality
of your work, class participation (team work), and progress. Tardiness and
excessive absences will adversely affect your grade. Participation in discussions
and critiques is mandatory.
***If you fail to meet your responsibilities as a team member you will fail this course. If you fail to succesfully run a project during your specific time you will fail this course.
Projects & Grading:
Students will be graded by letter, A-F, on all evaluated work. Work must be
completed on time and in full satisfaction of each project goal. Late work
(assignments handed in or posted after the start of in-class critique sessions)
will be automatically downgraded by one letter grade.
A Well above the expectations of the course. Outstanding
participation, attendance, and exceptional progress.
B Above average assignments and participation. No more than
one absence.
C Average execution of assignments, participation, and no
more than two absences.
D Well below average: work, attendance (two absences), projects,
and participation.
F Unsatisfactory: work, attendance (more than two absences),
projects, and participation. SEE ABOVE.
Attendance:
Two or more unexcused absences from class may result in failure. Two unexcused
late arrivals, or early departures (eg, not returning from dinner, or other
unexplained disappearance) will be marked as the equivalent of one absence.
Absence from a class is not an excuse for skipping a tutorial, reading assignment,
or posting an assignment. You are fully responsible for completing work.
Readings:
Readings and tutorials will often be delivered through the web - via links
(URLs). Critiques will frequently be initiated from various topics covered
in the readings - in other words, please use the concepts you read about in
discussion of fellow students' work.
Supplies:
Please bring to each class: 1-2 CD-R(s) - Recordable Compact Discs (700 MB).
You'll probably go through many of them, for both this and other digital classes.
You might also want to bring in a sharpie to label your CD's.
It is essential that all work done in class be saved to CD-R at the conclusion
of class. There will be many, many other students using these computers and
anything saved on them will be permanently removed shortly after the conclusion
of class.
Software Consultant:
If you are having trouble becoming acquainted with the software we will be
using please see the software consultant.
Food and Drink in the Computer Labs:
No.
ADA COMPLIANCE:
In order to provide the highest quality educational experience for every student,
MICA is committed to compliance with the ADA and Section 504. Any student
who has (or suspects he or she may have) a physical, cognitive, or psychological
disability and who wants to request accommodations must immediately schedule
an appointment to meet with the Director of the Learning Resource Center,
Dr. Kathryn Smith, by calling the LRC Administrative Assistant, Mary Walsh,
at (410)669-3177. The LRC is MICA’s designated department for determining
reasonable accommodations based on legal requirements and will provide the
eligible student with an official Accommodation Verification letter to the
instructor. Each semester the student must formally request accommodations
from the LRC each semester, and format of the Verification letters change
each semester to ensure currency.
NOTE: Students with disabilities who want assistance during emergency evacuations
must register with the LRC within the first week of each semester.
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
MICA has developed policies and practices to ensure a healthful environment
and safe approaches to the use of equipment, materials, and processes. It
is
the mutual responsibility of faculty and students to review health and
safety standards relevant to each class at the beginning of each semester.
Students should be aware of general fire, health, and safety regulations
posted in each area and course specific polices, practices, and cautions.
Students who have concerns related to health and safety should contact
Quentin Moseley, Environment Health and Safety Coordinator at 410 225 0220
or email at qmoseley@mica.edu
There is no Final Exam during exam week. Our final class is the last week of classes.
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Weekly Schedule
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Week 1
Intro..
Create Schedule of Projects
Create Mogulus Accounts, test collaborative broadcast.
More Mogulus/Cam Twist madness.
Order of Projects.
Some ideas.
an opportunity:
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