ENVD 4052: Digital Presentation and Portfolio

Spring, 2019
Instructor: Ray McCall, Ph.D.
Office hours: 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment in Room 158


COURSE SYLLABUS


There is no required book for this course.

Instead of spending money on a book, check out tutorials on the web about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery. Lynda.com is a good source of tutorials, as is the web in general and YouTube in particular. As a UC Boulder student you have free access to Lynda.com at www.colorado.edu/lynda.

Checklist for Final Portfolio



Hero Image Homepage



THIS SEMESTER'S ASSIGNMENTS

    Assignment 1
    Assignment 2


LAST SEMESTER'S ASSIGNMENTS

    Assignment 1
    Assignment 2

Some examples of menus with background images



Basic HTML template
Advanced HTML template


ARCHITECTS' WEBSITES

Norman Foster
Richard Meier
Daniel Libeskind
Michael Graves
Richard Rogers
Santiago Calatrava
James Polshek

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS' WEBSITES

TROP Terrains and Space
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Martha Schwartz Partners


WIDGETS FOR MENUS, SLIDERS, SCROLLING and PROJECT PAGES


WIDGETS FOR MENUS


WIDGETS FOR SLIDERS (SLIDESHOWS)


WIDGETS FOR PARALLAX SCROLLING


WIDGETS FOR ANIMATED BUTTONS IN PROJECTS PAGES

Adapting the projects page widget used by Bohlin, Cywinski and Jackson

Adapting the projects page widget used by IDU Architects

Projects page widgets with scale-on-hover buttons with animated text overlays



BACKGROUND GRAPHICS

Full-screen background image

Full-screen background slideshow

Full-screen background video


WIDGETS FOR SCROLLSPIES


LIGHTBOXES

Two different approaches to lightboxes

Some more lightboxes


FLEXSLIDER


TEXT IN CSS

Google Web Fonts

The Box Model


Centering text blocks

The text-align property

Box positioning

Layout tutorials

Layout examples


Gradients and Drop Shadows in CSS


Websites that help with CSS effects:
Previous page buttons and home buttons

FONT AWESOME ICONS


SIDE MENUS



PAGE TRANSITIONS



COMBINING WIDGETS




SOME PAST EXAMPLES OF STUDENT PORTFOLIOS FROM THIS COURSE

EXAMPLES OF SPRING 2017 STUDENT PORTFOLIOS IN HTML5

EXAMPLES OF FALL 2016 STUDENT PORTFOLIOS IN HTML5