Tag: plymouth state university

  • Guest Lecture: JavaScript, Ajax & DOM Manipulation

    Zach has asked me to give a JavaScript guest lecture in his Web Programming class. We’ll cover: JS basics, node manipulation, DOM traversal, AJAX, JavaScript libraries, and myPlymouth implementations of those topics. Here are the slides (get the .ppt here): Javascript: Ajax & DOM Manipulation v1.2 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: javascript…

  • myPlymouth: Thanksgiving Theme

    Thursday before Thanksgiving, users of the myPlymouth portal at Plymouth State were greeted by an altered header graphic similar to that of the Halloween theme I had done for the previous month. This one, however, changed daily for 9 days.

  • Plymouth State: JavaScript Workshop

    Tonight I led a workshop on JavaScript for some PSU Employees. We discussed JS basics, node manipulation, DOM traversal, AJAX, JavaScript libraries, and myPlymouth implementations of those topics. Here are the slides: | View | Upload your own A few resources that were mentioned: Firefox Extensions (including Firebug) jQuery Slide Examples MegaMan Sprite Animation

  • myPlymouth: Halloween Theme

    As I alluded to on my last post, on Halloween, Zach, Dan, and I unveiled a new feature in Plymouth State University‘s portal. Plymouth State will begin customizing the myPlymouth logo and/or the entire header withing the portal. Using some snazzy CSS easter-egg functionality combined with some PHP, we can dynamically alter the look of…

  • Art: Turkey Sketch

    I’ve begun the design of custom headers for holiday themed portal action in Plymouth State University‘s portal. Here’s a quick turkey sketch I did with my Wacom tablet in preparation for a Thanksgiving themed header. I’m still a little undecided on what I plan to do with the header as a whole. I have a…

  • Guest Lecture: Application Design with Databases

    I had the privilege of being a guest speaker at Plymouth State University’s Database Management class. The focus of the lecture was regarding Web Application Design and how it relates to database integration. Here are the slides that were handed out and for those curious, here’s the topics of discussion: Topics: My Background My Project…

  • ITS Team Building Through Battle

    Many thanks to Al, Erich, and Cliff for setting up another successfull ITS Paintball trip! Five ITS members participated – Alan Baker, Cliff Pearson, Erich Beyrent, Ted Wisniewski, and Me – along with Erich’s brother Geoff and my wife, Abby. The trip down was swell and our first few games were small (consisting of just…

  • Multimedia – Webpage Critiques

    This assignment requires you to pick 3 websites and critique them (in a document and place them on WebCT) telling what you like/dislike; what the rules the site is breaking; what is usable/what isn’t; what it can do to improve. Obviously I’m not expecting you to jump right in without any background on what is…

  • Multimedia Lab – Advanced Powerpoint Navigation

    Chances are, most of you have used Microsoft Powerpoint. For the class slides, simple presentations and such we only use the most basic features of the MS product. We are going to explore some of these features. The goal isn’t necessarily to expand our knowledge of Powerpoint but to experiment with some of the forms…

  • Multimedia – Navigation

    This week is a simple continuation from last week. We’ll be discussing Multimedia elements and navigation. Here’s the slides. Reminder: We have lab on Thursday, so we meet in Memorial. I will be posting the lab assignment on this blog before lab.

  • An Introduction to Multimedia

    What is Multimedia? Multimedia is a combination of text, animated graphics, video, and sound delivered to you via some electronic means. We are immersed in it. Its what appeals to me for entertainment; for research. As technology has progressed we have seen a convergence of both the presentation and study of Multimedia. Multimedia Lecture #1…

  • Multimedia Syllabus

    Class: Multimedia (CS 3440) Instructor: Matthew Batchelder Office: Hyde 3rd Floor, ITS Offices Phone: 535-2086 Office Hours: I am in my office most of the time between 8AM and 5PM. However, I will make sure I’m there if you call or email me ahead of time. Email: mtbatchelder (AT) plymouth (DOT) edu Required Text Book:…

  • Web Expressions – Lab 2 – Webpage Critiques

    Sorry guys. I said I’d get this up yesterday but I forgot :P Here are the Instructions for Lab 2: Webpage Critiques…or if you don’t want to dowload that, here they are: ———————————————— This assignment requires you to pick 3 websites and critique them (on your blog) telling what you like/dislike; what the rules the…

  • Web Expressions – Week 3

    Alrighty. This week: Here are our slides: Week 3: Internet Stuff Wednesday Lab: You will be evaluating some websites…more to come on lab day ;) Friday: You will need to brush up on the following topics (i.e. read the following articles): Cookie Concept (you can get some more in-depth info on cookies at Wikipedia) Spyware…

  • Web Expressions – Blog Spotlights

    I was reading over all of your blogs today and came accross one that I think has a very interesting topic that warrants some response and comments. Check out “Russo’s Blog” and her post about “School Life.” Read it, comment on it…get a discussion going. Perhaps use that to fuel a post on your blog…