Syllabus
An electronic copy of the syllabus is posted on the right side column of this blog under the title "Syllabus", as well as on Blackboard and the student server. If, for any reason, you have trouble accessing the syllabus, please see me immediately and I will get you a copy right away. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have a copy of your syllabus.
The Class Blog
This blog will be a place where you can find tutorials that I've found online, as well as link to your blogs. You will be expected to keep a blog throughout the class, where you will be uploading web-friendly versions of your animation along with detailed artist statements. You will also be uploading in-progress versions of your work, model sheets/sketches, ideas and basically use the blog as an online journal of your work. The blog will count towards your Participation grade at the end of the semester.
Assignment and Project Submissions
There are two places to submit projects - your blogs and the student server. What I will need are your movie files, but please be sure to keep a copy of all of your raw files. It is highly advised to keep an extra copy of all of your work on an external medium of some kind - external hard drive, flash drive, etc. as well as on the student server. On the student server, a folder will be made for each project. Please make sure to post a rendered video of each project there, with a name that is easy to read. For example: DCorrigan_Project1.mov or DCorrigan_Dialogue.mov is preferred as opposed to ButterflyTalking.mov If I cannot locate your file or can't find out who the file belongs to during grading, then you will receive a late penalty even if you did have the project finished on time.
Atomic Learning
The University of Tampa has a subscription to the Atomic Learning Tutorials website, which have some great lessons on the programs we'll be using this semester. Feel free to access them at any time. A link to the website is located along the right side column, beneath the syllabus, under "Atomic Learning." The username is your UT email address, and your password is your UT password. The cost of Atomic Learning is covered in your tuition, so there is no extra fee to use it.
Lynda and HCPLC
If you have a library card with the Hillsborough County Public Library, you can have educational access to Lynda.com for free. Lynda.com is an advanced online video tutorial service that has a wealth of information for an array of different software including the Adobe suite. Between Lynda and Atomic Learning, you may not need any technical textbooks for any of the software (though I would still recommend The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams, as it's a fantastic guide for animation itself)
Absence Policy
This class has a strict absence policy. Students have failed strictly on absences, regardless of the quality of their work. This is an intensive class, and the critiques, workshops and discussions here cannot be mirrored outside of class. The syllabus details the Absence policy, but here is an excerpt from it:
Any unexcused absence counts against your final grade, and will be subtracted from your final grade at the end of the semester. All unexcused absences subtract one half-letter grade. For example, if you were to get an A in the class but had three unexcused absences, that would result in a BC regardless of what the number grade would be.
Excused Absences
There are two categories of excused absences for which accommodations will be made: scheduled and unscheduled.
Scheduled absences involve time conflicts that are known in advance, for which students have notified their instructors. Acceptable reasons for scheduled absences include:
1. Court-imposed legal obligations (e.g., jury duty and subpoenas)
2. Medical procedure
3. Required participation in University-sponsored events (e.g., performances, athletic events, academic research presentations)
4. Observation of religious holy days
5. Requirements of military service
Unscheduled absences involve unforeseen emergencies such as illness, injury, hospitalization, deaths in the immediate family, consequences of severe weather and other crises. Students should contact the instructor as soon as possible in these cases. Instructors may require documentation or verification to excuse unscheduled absences.
Employment schedules, athletic conditioning and practice schedules and personal appointments are not valid reasons for scheduled absences.
Work Hard but Have Fun!
This is going to be an intensive class, especially if you're new to art and computers (and it's going to be intensive even if you are familiar with them). You are not expected to know any of the programs or anything about art upon coming here, but you will be expected to work hard, both inside and outside of the classroom. But try to have fun, as well! The projects and assignments will be challenging, but will also give you some artistic freedom and the subjects may be fun or silly. Feel free to be creative and share ideas with your classmates! Should you pursue animation beyond this class, you'll be working in groups so it's good to get to know your peers in case you ever work with them in the future.
If you have any questions, feel free to email me at dcorrigan@ut.edu
I look forward to meeting all of you and getting to know you throughout the semester!
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