Strengths and weaknesses of the first half of SA 104
Strengths:
1 .Printing
a.
It was quite good that we dealt with as much
printing as we did. Aloes those more conferrable with traditional manipulation a
chance to practice it also.
2 .Resolution
a.
Resolution requirements of the assignments were
well explained (why we are doing it at that size)
3 .Web Sourcing
a.
Allowing people to source thing’s from the web allowed
them to get creative in their final products
4 .Composition choices
a.
Using the still life as the base for doing
digital composition was clever and a good way of bridging the gap between Traditional
and Digital production
5 .Compression
a.
I thank you greatly for letting me try to
explain the importance of compression when working with digital images. Back when
I took this class everything was requested in TIFF files without explanation of
why.
6 .Video Homework
a.
Using videos as a part of the homework seems to
get a good ratio of people actually taking the time to watch it. Seems moving images
are more enticing than text.
7 .Help Forum
a.
Having a section where people can ask and reply
to questions is handy.
Weaknesses:
1 .Basics
a.
From the feedback I got, I suspect we needed to
cover at an even more basic level how to use Photoshop and OSX. (copy, paste,
how to open images in Photoshop correctly)
b.
Standardizing Layout of Photoshop across all of
the computers would have saved some headaches of alternative layouts confusing
students.
2 .Printing
a.
Need to spend more time on printing or get some standardized
document of checks for them to reference at will
3 .Compression
a.
Compression document needs revising along with
perhaps a new mode of presentation that isn’t as intimidating to those less technically
savvy. (something for me to work on)
b.
Demonstration of application of compression in
class. Demo why compression can be important.
4 .No Illustrator / vectors
a.
I feel that we should have covered this at some
level. It’s a completely different way of working digitally and some people are
more conferrable working in them than working in raster imagers (my self
included)
5 .Web Sourcing
a.
Allowing people to source thing’s from the web
lead to low image fidelity commonly and confusion over resolution. Solution is
to cover Google’s resolution filter and explain that you cannot resize an image
up without losing fidelity.
6 .Subject
a.
Apparently showing examples and giving a
definition for Still Life was not enough for some students to understand what a
still life was. No idea how to improve this though.
7 .Pen Tablet
a.
The short, low fidelity, demonstration of the pen
tablet should either be cut or extended. It was not convincing at all to try
it.
8 .Art Server
a.
Cover it on Day One.
9 .Still Life Demos
a.
Should include some that are created using the
same or similar method as the assignment. Helps students visualize what is
expected.
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.Help forum
a.
People that were confused or unsure did not use
it.
b.
Most questions were beyond what I can address remotely
threw text without confusing students.
