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[[Courses/Design & Technique-Essential Web Design]]
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=Course Description=
=Course Description=
== Titel ==
== Title ==
Essential Tools for Digital Publishing
Essential Tools for Digital Publishing
== Instructor ==
== Instructor ==
André Castro,  
André Castro,  
== other instructors ==
Arjen Suiker


Lucia Dossin
== Other (possible) instructors ==
Lucia Dossin, Arjen Suiker


== Station ==
== Station ==
Publication Station
Publication Station


== About ==
== About ==
This course will introduce participants to the tools fundamental for the creation of digital publications, namely HTML (content and structure), CSS (style), Javascript (interaction).
For anyone interested in developing digital publications, being them in the form of a website or an ebook (EPUB), this set of tools is a must.


<s>Wikis form a family of web applications, dedicated to collaborative content creation. In a Wiki, anyone can easily become an editor and start creating content. Compared to other content management systems, Wikis impose little rules on its users, allowing them to develop workflows and structures based on the necessities and specificities of each project. This course will be based on the experience of devising a hybrid publishing workflow for the [http://beyond-social.org/ Beyond Social] magazine, centered around a [http://beyond-social.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Wiki]. The tools, methods, and protocols employed in Beyond Social will be revealed and explored, with the intention of finding ways in which they can be applied and extended to other hybrid publishing projects, within WdKA.</s>
Because no technology exists in the void, the historical context and cultural significance of these tools will constitute important points of reference for the course, with examples of Internet art and other experimental browser-based works, being frequently presented.
At each session participants will develop simple prototypes that put into practice the subject presented.
And as a long term goal participants will be asked to create an experimental browser-based work, that can be anything but a typical webpage. Possible outcomes might take the form of browser-based generative posters, VJing tools, a sound sampler or synthesizers, animations, to mention just a few examples.
 
The participation in this course it is important for the following kwartaal' s course dedicate to [[Courses/Hybrid Publishing|Hybrid Publishing]], where participants will be introduced to methods for creating a publication with multiple outputs.


== Planning ==
== Planning ==
* length: 1 kwartaal
* sessions per week: 1 session per week
* duration of each session: 3 hours
== Course Goals ==
By the end of this course participants should have developed an understanding and familiarity with:
* The fundamental tool-set for digital publishing: HTML (content and structure), CSS (style), Javascript (interaction), which will allow them to work expressively and inventively with media such as ebooks and websites.
* Web's history and its conception as an interlinked documentation system, that exists within the Internet network, and of relevant experimental browser-based art works
* the steps necessary to create a website from scratch, or alter an existing onem and explore the potential of this medium.


During three sessions, we'll focus on:
==Previous Publication Station's courses on digital publishing tools==
<s>
* [[Courses/Essential_HTML]]
* getting to know Wikis: Wikis origins, goals, and relevance in todays web; But also its syntax, structure,
* [[Courses/Browser_as_Canvas]]
* converting Wiki pages into other formates, using Pandoc: website(HTML pages), EPUB, ICML(inDesign project)
* Mediawiki API - access content through Mediawiki API, and in conjunction with Pandoc develop scripts which automate publishing tasks; Experiment with retrieving and applying normally hidden information, such as a page's history.
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== References ==
<s>
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Ward_Cunningham%2C_Inventor_of_the_Wiki.webm Interview with Ward Cunningham] - inventor of the first wikis
* Koren, Yaron. 2012. Working with MediaWiki. San Francisco: WikiWorks Press.
* Cramer, Florian. 2011. “A Brechtian Media Design: Annemieke van Der Hoek’s Epicpedia.” In Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, 221–26. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/critical-point-of-view-a-wikipedia-reader/
</s>


== For whom ==
== For whom ==
Graphic Design students or anyone who wants to become familiar with the essential tools for the creation of websites and e-books.


Graphic Design students and anyone else who wants to become familiar the tools necessary for the creation of websites and e-books.
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= Course Goals =
By the end of this course participants should have:
<s>
* developd an understanding of wiki as flexible, customizable and open (read-write) publishing environments on the web.
* familiarized themselves cultural context in which Wikis developed, as well as the motivations that led to their development and popularity.
* familiarized themselves with the conventions of wikis, such as syntax, pages' structure, revisions, categories, namespaces.
* understood and explored the wiki as an inherently hybrid publishing environment, by:
** comprehending syntax as a structured language - a markup language - compatible to HTML and other markups, which results in the easy and lossless translation to many publishing formats and forms: websites, EPUBs, paper (through Scribus/inDesign), visual maps (SVG).
* exploring the possibilities of the wiki's API, as a way to programmatically access information from the wiki, opening up the possibilities for creating generative wikis, which are constantly informed by updates on the wiki.
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 24 August 2015

Courses/Design & Technique-Essential Web Design


PROPOSAL

Course Description

Title

Essential Tools for Digital Publishing

Instructor

André Castro,

Other (possible) instructors

Lucia Dossin, Arjen Suiker

Station

Publication Station

About

This course will introduce participants to the tools fundamental for the creation of digital publications, namely HTML (content and structure), CSS (style), Javascript (interaction). For anyone interested in developing digital publications, being them in the form of a website or an ebook (EPUB), this set of tools is a must.

Because no technology exists in the void, the historical context and cultural significance of these tools will constitute important points of reference for the course, with examples of Internet art and other experimental browser-based works, being frequently presented. At each session participants will develop simple prototypes that put into practice the subject presented. And as a long term goal participants will be asked to create an experimental browser-based work, that can be anything but a typical webpage. Possible outcomes might take the form of browser-based generative posters, VJing tools, a sound sampler or synthesizers, animations, to mention just a few examples.

The participation in this course it is important for the following kwartaal' s course dedicate to Hybrid Publishing, where participants will be introduced to methods for creating a publication with multiple outputs.

Planning

  • length: 1 kwartaal
  • sessions per week: 1 session per week
  • duration of each session: 3 hours

Course Goals

By the end of this course participants should have developed an understanding and familiarity with:

  • The fundamental tool-set for digital publishing: HTML (content and structure), CSS (style), Javascript (interaction), which will allow them to work expressively and inventively with media such as ebooks and websites.
  • Web's history and its conception as an interlinked documentation system, that exists within the Internet network, and of relevant experimental browser-based art works
  • the steps necessary to create a website from scratch, or alter an existing onem and explore the potential of this medium.

Previous Publication Station's courses on digital publishing tools

For whom

Graphic Design students or anyone who wants to become familiar with the essential tools for the creation of websites and e-books.

http://artfcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/large.jpg

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