PB 692 Electronic Publishing Overview

Electronic Publishing Overview

This class is an overview of the various types of electronic publishing. The class will explore various methods of digital publishing including e-books and web site creation. The course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the planning, development and management of a digital system. Students must have basic computer skills, as the course includes introductory web development.

This course is designed to help students understand, practice and manage the craft of multi-channel digital publishing. The course will emphasize both the theory and hands-on creation and management of multimedia products and services. The readings and presentations will introduce the theoretical and practical underpinnings of how online technology is changing how information is being published. The labs, exercises and projects will help students understand and apply the topics from the readings. Lectures will focus on e-content design, content management systems, interactive usability, information architecture, and project management. Students will also play with different online tools to conceive, plan, design, produce and publish text, graphic, photographic and rich media content.

• Syllabus
• Weekly Schedule of topics, including readings, labs and homework assignments

Due Dates

Assignments

Digital Publishing News Discussion

September 23, October 28, November 25, December 9

One of the problems in learning about digital publishing is that that landscape is constantly changing. Once a month we will dedicate the start of our class to discussion news items and announcements. The news items will be pulled from the class blog (accessible through the IT Blog). Students are expected to post an article before each monthyl discussion, but are encouraged to post new articles throughout the semester.

 

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Word of the Day

Wednesdays at the start of class

An understanding of the vocabulary in technology is essential. Publishing professionals need to use this vocabulary to communicate with IT professionals, project managers, administrators and each other. This project is designed to allow you to research a selected term as it relates to online or electronic publishing.

Online instructions & schedule

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Digital Publishing Research Paper

This assignment is a traditional 8-10 page paper. Students will interview someone associated with digital publishing.

Due Date: October 23, 2013

Online instructions

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Final project

This is a chance for you to apply our in-class discussion to a real-world situation. The final project is meant to be a simplified version of what you would be asked to do in the real world. It’s a chance to take all the project management and web development skills from class to craft a site.

Documentation & Presentations Due: Monday, December 16, 3:30-5:30

Online instructions

Previous Versions of Course

• Spring 2013
• Fall 2012
• Summer 2012
• Fall 2011
• Spring 2011
• Fall 2010