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 * Melissa's Activity Log**

**//January 4th, 2012//**


 * Toured the interactivity design 1 website and registered
 * Learned the basics about HTML
 * Created my first HTML webpage using tags learned in class
 * Completed the second in class assignment which deals with different image types. My Name

//**January 11th, 2012**//


 * Created my own digital locker file where I can store all of my projects
 * Added a link to "my first HTML" page and "My Name".
 * uploaded [|project 1A]

**//January 18th, 2012//**


 * Listened and took notes on a lecture regarding typography on the web.
 * when you list typefaces in coding, use multiple typefaces in case a computer does not have a certain font installed
 * using bold and italics in order to draw attention to certain words, rather than using underlines and colour
 * the purpose of indentation is to recognize the beginning of the following paragraph.
 * Borzu gave us a crash course in creating project pages **(why do none of my links seem to work?)**
 * Added my pdf files to [|Project 1 Page]

**//January 25th, 2012//**


 * uploaded [|project 1B]
 * had to alter all pdf scanned images to tif files
 * began creating layouts for project 1C in illustrator

//**January 29th, 2012 ~ Peer Feedback**//


 * Left peer feedback on Kimg93 's page
 * Left peer feedback on Saraah 's page

//**February 1st. 2012**//


 * Uploaded project 1C
 * Learned about the importance of understanding colour when using it on the web.
 * Experimented with picking colours in photoshop and using web safe colours
 * Began coding for Project 1D using the layouts created in Illustrator
 * Edited the links and overall appearance of my Activity Log Page
 * Began researching Logos for Project 2 by examining how shapes were used in simple logos [|here], [|here] and [|here]

**//February 8th, 2012//**


 * Uploaded project 1D
 * Uploaded PDF of Project 2 Logo
 * [[file:Project2__logo.pdf]]
 * We had an introduction to Processing and so far so good!
 * Uploaded Logo design to [|OpenProcessing.org]
 * Fixed the grid issue in my first project
 * Read the article [|"When a Good Idea Works"] by John Maeda. " //Processing exemplifies my core belief about education today: let the new generation do their thing and just get out of their way. Download it today, and play."//

**//February 15th, 2012//**


 * Completed story board for project 2C, Borzu advised me to use the Random tag
 * Browsed through student work for project 2A and more work on openprocessing.org
 * Completed Project 2B and began researching for Project 2C

**//February 29th, 2012//**


 * Discussed the story board for project 2D
 * Left feedback on [|Micah Norona's Projects] (2A & 2B)
 * Left feedback on [|Julia's Page] (2A)

//**March 7th, 2012**//


 * Completed my Content List and Organizational themes for project 3
 * Learned about the importance of planning the skeleton of a website prior to designing and coding
 * Began creating a high-fidelity wire frame for project 3 by following the [|guidelines] set out during the in-class lecture
 * Re-did the symbols for 2b
 * Left feedback on [|Erika Sternberg's Page]

//**March 14th, 2012**//


 * Completed in-class lost cellphone exercise. Our group had to navigate and analyze the TELUS website to find what to do if we lost our phone
 * began working on improvements on my[| wireframe] (adding links, adjusting the navigation bar and general setup)
 * added button styles to moodboards

//**March 21th, 2012**//


 * Uploaded Moodboards, Site Maps, Site mockups and Wireframes to Project 3 page
 * Researched coding techniques and switched from using TextWrangler to Dreamweaver, the layout is much easier for me to use and the preview feature is also useful albeit sometimes unreliable.

//**March 28th, 2012**//


 * Began in-class presentations and gave feedback to fellow classmates
 * Those who gave feedback to me mentioned that my type needs work, along with the glitches on the "web" page
 * Added feedback to Micah Norona's page and Anna's page