Art 116: Introduction to Digital Media
School of Art
Arizona State University
Instructor: Ruokun CHEN
Course Number: ART 116 #23255
Class Meeting: M/W 10:30 am – 1:30 pm
Location: ART 301
Credits: 3
Office Hours: M/W 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Office: Tower Center A 105 (Monday) ,Tower Center A 201 (Wednesday)
E-mail: totti_chan@asu.edu
Course Description ART 116, Intro to Digital Media, is a studio course that concentrates on the basics of digital media, including imagery, sound, video, animation, and the web. The goal of this course is to give the students the basic skills necessary to create art using specific digital skills. While this course is meant to give you some new technical skills, we will also consider the ways in which we can apply these useful technical abilities in the creation of strong, meaningful, and sophisticated art works. The class will consist of hands-on experimentation and production supplemented by slide lectures, videos, visiting artists, and academic research.
This course may be substituted for the Art Major requirement of ART 113, Color, for Intermedia and Digital Art majors. All other majors require a petition to substitute this course for ART 113, Color. If you have already taken ART 113, Color, this course may be counted as an art elective. However, keep in mind it is a 100-level elective. Please see your academic advisor for more specific information.
Course Text/References There is no required text in this class. However, it is highly recommend that all of the student can read at least one text. There are several recommended text book below:
Required:
A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design, by Mary Stewart (Fourth Edition)
Suggested:
1. Internet Art (World of Art), by Greene, Rachel
2. Digital Art (Second Edition) (World of Art) by Christiane Paul
3. Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop
4. Video art / Michael Rush, by Rush, Michael
5. Art Core Website: http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore
6. Adobe Tutorials Online (Photoshop & Illustrator)
Assignments
Without exceptions, all assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date specified by the instructor. Each due date is listed in the schedule and will be also included on the assignment sheets to be handed during class. The due time is the day before a new class begins (before 12:00 am). Late assignments will not be accepted. If your assignment is unfinished, you will still have to present what you have to the class.
Reading and Comment
There will be some readings for you to go through and give feedback during the whole semester. After each reading assignment, it is necessary for all of the students to write down their opinions in QRC form (Questions, Response or Comments) and then submit them to the Blackboard before the day we start a new class.
Critique
All Students are expected to participate in critiques, even if their work is unfinished. Every time you are absent for a critique, the grade for your assignment will be reduced by 50%. On the other hand, if you engage and make a excellent critique, extra credit will be added to the grade of your assignment even if your assignment is not absolutely perfect.
Sketchbook
There is no explicit requirement for you to keep a sketchbook, but it is strongly recommended that you do so. I also recommend that this sketchbook be "analog" (paper). This will, of course, help you generate and develop ideas, but also has other important functions. Over the course of the semester, you may come to others or me and ask for feedback and advice about ideas. It will be much easier to comment and assist you if you have something to show (sketches, diagrams, color schemes, etc.).
Attendance
Attendance is mandatory and extremely important. You are required to be present physically and intellectually (awake and sober). Absent students will miss technical demonstrations and lectures that will prove vital in their artistic development.
More than 3 classes absences will lead to a lower grad and more than 7 classes you will get “E” at best.
In the class, Internet surfing is prohibited. Students should focus on what the instructor is saying and take notes if needed. If this behavior is recorded more than twice, the final grade will be lowered.
Storage
Each student is responsible for the storage and back up of their own files/projects. While there is temporary workspace available in the shared folder on each machine, this space is cleared regularly. Do not attempt to use the shared folder as a permanent storage solution. Again, you will need your own storage media device (external hard drive). Do not keep your projects in the desktop or else they will be deleted automatically.
Materials and Supplies Materials for each assignment will vary, and you are expected to purchase materials as the class progresses. However, there are some mandatory materials that you must own or have immediate access to:
- A Mac compatible external Firewire hard drive (7200 RPM, 250 Gig minimum) is highly recommended. At the very least you must have a flash/thumb drive (1 Gig minimum). Be warned, armed with only a thumb drive you will have a very hard time completing your projects.
- A digital camera with appropriate data cord
- A pair of headphones for lab use
- Multiple blank CD’s and DVD-R
- A valid and current Sun Card for access to lab
- A bit of extra cash for purchases and expenses that may come up for projects
- An ASU e-mail account and regular access to Black Board system
- A notebook to take notes during class
The following would be helpful, but not mandatory:
- lap-top with personal editing software
- digital camcorder (different than camera)*
- lighting equipment
- tripod*
- a computer microphone*
Grading
Criteria for grading are based on originality, and successful execution of project assignments. More specific grading guidelines will be outlined in assignment handouts.
In general, your assignments will be evaluated with three categories in mind: aesthetics, technical, and content. Not only will your skills be evaluated, but also your sense of artistic composition and subject matter are significantly important. Remember, we are all artists in this room.
Overall, projects and critiques will be evaluated as follows:
A- Work shows a strong sense of imagination, creativity, with excellent execution both technically and conceptually, participating openly and willing in class and during critiques, spending time on assignments.
B- Work shows above average imagination, creativity, with good execution, attending class regularly.
C- Work shows some imagination, creativity, with fair execution, but it is not above average, last minute execution of assignments, being later for class, absences.
D- Projects are weak, no participation, regularly late and/or absent.
F- Fail to pass
Evaluation Grading will consist of the following components:
Attendance: 20%
Performance：20% (Engagement in the class and the Wiki as well)
Individual Projects: 30%
Group Projects: 10%
Final project: 20%
Note: There is 5% extra credits for you if you impress me during the semester. Individual improvement would be the main measuring standard.
Four grading components for each unit project:
(1) Individual improvement
(2) Originality
(3) Design/Aesthetics
(4) Concept
(5) Software skill used
Wiki:
http://idmspring2013.weebly.com/
This wiki is the one where we upload our art works.
Username: idm2013spring@gmail.com
Passwords: digitalmedia
**we have to log in at www.weebly.con and then edit the website.
Classroom Conduct
You are expected to behave in a responsible manner that allows everyone in the classroom access to resources and learning. Behavior that disrupts classroom learning will not be tolerated. If your actions are disrespectful to the instructor or to other students, you will be asked to leave and counted absent.
The use of cell phones is completely prohibited (this includes texting). Please turn your cell phone off as soon as you walk into the classroom.
The computers in this lab can only be used for tasks strictly related to the classroom activities; therefore, checking your Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, personal email, etc is not allowed. If the instructor notices any of these sites on your computer screen during a lecture or on workday, you will be asked to leave the class and you will be considered absent for that day.
Lab Maintenance
This lab contains a lot of expensive equipment. Students are not permitted to use any equipment with which they are unfamiliar. Also, you are not permitted to have food or beverages at the computer desks. This is a shared classroom, so it is important that you clean up after yourself. Proper lab maintenance will be monitored and evaluated. It is also expected that you will act in a safe manor. Unsafe or destructive behavior will not be tolerated, and may result in expulsion from the class.
A complete list of safety policies and procedures can be found at
http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/safety.htm
ASU’s Honesty Policy
The highest standard of academic integrity is expected of all students. The failure of any student to meet these standards may result in suspension or expulsion from the university and/or other sanctions as specified in the academic integrity policies of the individual colleges. Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to, cheating, fabrication, tampering, plagiarism, or facilitating such activities. The university and college academic integrity policies are available online at
http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/studentlife/judicial/academic_integrity.htm
All use of non-original materials is discouraged. However, if non-original material is used, you are responsible for the proper citation and legal usage of the resource. Violations are punishable by assignment failure, class failure (E), or failure due to academic dishonesty (XE) depending on the severity of the infraction.
Accommodations:
Qualified students with disabilities have the following rights:
1. Equal access to educational and co-curricular programs, services, employment opportunities, activities, and facilities available through the university.
2. Reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids based on documented need.
3. Confidentiality regarding disclosure of information pertaining to disability except as required by law or by signed consent.
4. Information reasonably available in accessible formats. (i.e., student meets required request deadlines to ensure availability.)
Students with disabilities have the responsibility to meet the University’s essential technical, academic, and institutional standards with or without reasonable and effective accommodations. Further, they are expected to follow specific procedures for obtaining reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids.
Policies in their entirety are available at the following website: http://www.asu.edu/drs/policies.html
IMPORTANT DATES
Please make a note of these important dates during the spring 2013 semester:
Session Dates and Deadlines
Session C: 15 weeks
(Jan 7 – April 30)
Classes Begin: January 7, 2013
Drop/Add Deadline: January 13, 2013
Tuition and Fees 100% Refund Deadline: January 20, 2013
Course Withdrawal Deadline: March 31, 2013
Complete Withdrawal Deadline: April 30, 2013
Final Grades Due: May 6-13, 2013
*Spring break: March 10th to March 17th
*Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observed – University Closed: January 21st
For additional university deadlines and important dates for the spring 2013 term, please visit: https://students.asu.edu/academic-calendar#spring13.
Safety:
If you have any concerns for your safety while on campus, call ASU police at 480-965-3456.
Lockers:
Lockers are available in the first floor of the main Art Building. Sign up in the Art Office. Bring your own lock!
And Finally:
The Instructor reserves the right to amend the syllabus and course schedule at any time as deemed appropriate to ensure the success of each student in the course.
School of Art
Arizona State University
Instructor: Ruokun CHEN
Course Number: ART 116 #23255
Class Meeting: M/W 10:30 am – 1:30 pm
Location: ART 301
Credits: 3
Office Hours: M/W 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Office: Tower Center A 105 (Monday) ,Tower Center A 201 (Wednesday)
E-mail: totti_chan@asu.edu
Course Description ART 116, Intro to Digital Media, is a studio course that concentrates on the basics of digital media, including imagery, sound, video, animation, and the web. The goal of this course is to give the students the basic skills necessary to create art using specific digital skills. While this course is meant to give you some new technical skills, we will also consider the ways in which we can apply these useful technical abilities in the creation of strong, meaningful, and sophisticated art works. The class will consist of hands-on experimentation and production supplemented by slide lectures, videos, visiting artists, and academic research.
This course may be substituted for the Art Major requirement of ART 113, Color, for Intermedia and Digital Art majors. All other majors require a petition to substitute this course for ART 113, Color. If you have already taken ART 113, Color, this course may be counted as an art elective. However, keep in mind it is a 100-level elective. Please see your academic advisor for more specific information.
Course Text/References There is no required text in this class. However, it is highly recommend that all of the student can read at least one text. There are several recommended text book below:
Required:
A Comprehensive Guide to Basic Design, by Mary Stewart (Fourth Edition)
Suggested:
1. Internet Art (World of Art), by Greene, Rachel
2. Digital Art (Second Edition) (World of Art) by Christiane Paul
3. Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop
4. Video art / Michael Rush, by Rush, Michael
5. Art Core Website: http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore
6. Adobe Tutorials Online (Photoshop & Illustrator)
Assignments
Without exceptions, all assignments are due at the beginning of class on the due date specified by the instructor. Each due date is listed in the schedule and will be also included on the assignment sheets to be handed during class. The due time is the day before a new class begins (before 12:00 am). Late assignments will not be accepted. If your assignment is unfinished, you will still have to present what you have to the class.
Reading and Comment
There will be some readings for you to go through and give feedback during the whole semester. After each reading assignment, it is necessary for all of the students to write down their opinions in QRC form (Questions, Response or Comments) and then submit them to the Blackboard before the day we start a new class.
Critique
All Students are expected to participate in critiques, even if their work is unfinished. Every time you are absent for a critique, the grade for your assignment will be reduced by 50%. On the other hand, if you engage and make a excellent critique, extra credit will be added to the grade of your assignment even if your assignment is not absolutely perfect.
Sketchbook
There is no explicit requirement for you to keep a sketchbook, but it is strongly recommended that you do so. I also recommend that this sketchbook be "analog" (paper). This will, of course, help you generate and develop ideas, but also has other important functions. Over the course of the semester, you may come to others or me and ask for feedback and advice about ideas. It will be much easier to comment and assist you if you have something to show (sketches, diagrams, color schemes, etc.).
Attendance
Attendance is mandatory and extremely important. You are required to be present physically and intellectually (awake and sober). Absent students will miss technical demonstrations and lectures that will prove vital in their artistic development.
More than 3 classes absences will lead to a lower grad and more than 7 classes you will get “E” at best.
In the class, Internet surfing is prohibited. Students should focus on what the instructor is saying and take notes if needed. If this behavior is recorded more than twice, the final grade will be lowered.
Storage
Each student is responsible for the storage and back up of their own files/projects. While there is temporary workspace available in the shared folder on each machine, this space is cleared regularly. Do not attempt to use the shared folder as a permanent storage solution. Again, you will need your own storage media device (external hard drive). Do not keep your projects in the desktop or else they will be deleted automatically.
Materials and Supplies Materials for each assignment will vary, and you are expected to purchase materials as the class progresses. However, there are some mandatory materials that you must own or have immediate access to:
- A Mac compatible external Firewire hard drive (7200 RPM, 250 Gig minimum) is highly recommended. At the very least you must have a flash/thumb drive (1 Gig minimum). Be warned, armed with only a thumb drive you will have a very hard time completing your projects.
- A digital camera with appropriate data cord
- A pair of headphones for lab use
- Multiple blank CD’s and DVD-R
- A valid and current Sun Card for access to lab
- A bit of extra cash for purchases and expenses that may come up for projects
- An ASU e-mail account and regular access to Black Board system
- A notebook to take notes during class
The following would be helpful, but not mandatory:
- lap-top with personal editing software
- digital camcorder (different than camera)*
- lighting equipment
- tripod*
- a computer microphone*
Grading
Criteria for grading are based on originality, and successful execution of project assignments. More specific grading guidelines will be outlined in assignment handouts.
In general, your assignments will be evaluated with three categories in mind: aesthetics, technical, and content. Not only will your skills be evaluated, but also your sense of artistic composition and subject matter are significantly important. Remember, we are all artists in this room.
Overall, projects and critiques will be evaluated as follows:
A- Work shows a strong sense of imagination, creativity, with excellent execution both technically and conceptually, participating openly and willing in class and during critiques, spending time on assignments.
B- Work shows above average imagination, creativity, with good execution, attending class regularly.
C- Work shows some imagination, creativity, with fair execution, but it is not above average, last minute execution of assignments, being later for class, absences.
D- Projects are weak, no participation, regularly late and/or absent.
F- Fail to pass
Evaluation Grading will consist of the following components:
Attendance: 20%
Performance：20% (Engagement in the class and the Wiki as well)
Individual Projects: 30%
Group Projects: 10%
Final project: 20%
Note: There is 5% extra credits for you if you impress me during the semester. Individual improvement would be the main measuring standard.
Four grading components for each unit project:
(1) Individual improvement
(2) Originality
(3) Design/Aesthetics
(4) Concept
(5) Software skill used
Wiki:
http://idmspring2013.weebly.com/
This wiki is the one where we upload our art works.
Username: idm2013spring@gmail.com
Passwords: digitalmedia
**we have to log in at www.weebly.con and then edit the website.
Classroom Conduct
You are expected to behave in a responsible manner that allows everyone in the classroom access to resources and learning. Behavior that disrupts classroom learning will not be tolerated. If your actions are disrespectful to the instructor or to other students, you will be asked to leave and counted absent.
The use of cell phones is completely prohibited (this includes texting). Please turn your cell phone off as soon as you walk into the classroom.
The computers in this lab can only be used for tasks strictly related to the classroom activities; therefore, checking your Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, personal email, etc is not allowed. If the instructor notices any of these sites on your computer screen during a lecture or on workday, you will be asked to leave the class and you will be considered absent for that day.
Lab Maintenance
This lab contains a lot of expensive equipment. Students are not permitted to use any equipment with which they are unfamiliar. Also, you are not permitted to have food or beverages at the computer desks. This is a shared classroom, so it is important that you clean up after yourself. Proper lab maintenance will be monitored and evaluated. It is also expected that you will act in a safe manor. Unsafe or destructive behavior will not be tolerated, and may result in expulsion from the class.
A complete list of safety policies and procedures can be found at
http://www.asu.edu/cfa/wwwcourses/art/SOACore/safety.htm
ASU’s Honesty Policy
The highest standard of academic integrity is expected of all students. The failure of any student to meet these standards may result in suspension or expulsion from the university and/or other sanctions as specified in the academic integrity policies of the individual colleges. Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to, cheating, fabrication, tampering, plagiarism, or facilitating such activities. The university and college academic integrity policies are available online at
http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/studentlife/judicial/academic_integrity.htm
All use of non-original materials is discouraged. However, if non-original material is used, you are responsible for the proper citation and legal usage of the resource. Violations are punishable by assignment failure, class failure (E), or failure due to academic dishonesty (XE) depending on the severity of the infraction.
Accommodations:
Qualified students with disabilities have the following rights:
1. Equal access to educational and co-curricular programs, services, employment opportunities, activities, and facilities available through the university.
2. Reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids based on documented need.
3. Confidentiality regarding disclosure of information pertaining to disability except as required by law or by signed consent.
4. Information reasonably available in accessible formats. (i.e., student meets required request deadlines to ensure availability.)
Students with disabilities have the responsibility to meet the University’s essential technical, academic, and institutional standards with or without reasonable and effective accommodations. Further, they are expected to follow specific procedures for obtaining reasonable and effective accommodations, academic adjustments, and/or auxiliary aids.
Policies in their entirety are available at the following website: http://www.asu.edu/drs/policies.html
IMPORTANT DATES
Please make a note of these important dates during the spring 2013 semester:
Session Dates and Deadlines
Session C: 15 weeks
(Jan 7 – April 30)
Classes Begin: January 7, 2013
Drop/Add Deadline: January 13, 2013
Tuition and Fees 100% Refund Deadline: January 20, 2013
Course Withdrawal Deadline: March 31, 2013
Complete Withdrawal Deadline: April 30, 2013
Final Grades Due: May 6-13, 2013
*Spring break: March 10th to March 17th
*Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observed – University Closed: January 21st
For additional university deadlines and important dates for the spring 2013 term, please visit: https://students.asu.edu/academic-calendar#spring13.
Safety:
If you have any concerns for your safety while on campus, call ASU police at 480-965-3456.
Lockers:
Lockers are available in the first floor of the main Art Building. Sign up in the Art Office. Bring your own lock!
And Finally:
The Instructor reserves the right to amend the syllabus and course schedule at any time as deemed appropriate to ensure the success of each student in the course.
