NMD 105 Creative Coding I

New Media

at the University of Maine

New Media projects

video + mobile app

game + physical computing

graphic design + fabrication

video + code

video + website

graphic design + animation

Popular New Media concentrations

User Experience (UX) design

Digital storytelling

Web and mobile apps

Needs 1

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Syllabus

Where you get things (course content).

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Slack

Where you post questions and comments (not homework).

✅

GitHub

Use GitHub for submitting assignments

❌

Brightspace

Not used.

Why learn Slack?

Slack Effect On Teams Chart 2024 Demandsage

creative_coding_1_intro_a

Why learn GitHub?

Blackboard Brightspace Canvas Statistics 2024 Edutechnica

Needs 2/2

🏅 Digital badges

▶️ Watch the screencast and pass the quizzes to earn the badge.
🔧 Click Show Code Sample at lower right to view code produced so far.
😅 You don't need to create a login--just enter your email address at the end of the video.
😅 You don't have to re-do a badge if you've earned it for another course.
⚠️ try to do each badge in one shot; they may reset if you wait too long to finish them.
🐞 If something goes wrong, click Report Problem at lower right.

Dan Shiffman, Coding Train

Typical weekly schedule

Sundays

🎉 Off!

Mondays

Lecture

🗣 Review last assignment

👨‍🏫 Introduce next assignment

👆 In-class exercise

🎟 Exit ticket

Lab

👆 In-class exercise

⛑️ Help with assignment

Tuesday

⛑️ Post to #troubleshooting (optional)

Wednesdays

Lab

👆 In-class exercise

⛑️ Help with assignment

Lecture

👨‍🏫 More depth on assignment

🎟 Exit ticket

Thursdays

⛑️ Post to #troubleshooting (optional)

Fridays

Assignment due

Saturdays

🎉 Off!

Chloe DaSilva Headshot A

Teaching assistant Chloe DaSilva

Physical and mental health

❌

During breaks

You're required to get out of your chair during breaks
Look away from your screen during breaks

During class

You can get up to stretch or leave the room at any time
You will sometimes join randomized groups

Logistics

Assignment means complete that question by classtime, but you don't need to submit it.

📝 Assignment means submit all questions for that assignment via GitHub.

#troubleshooting is the best Slack channel for help or feedback.

🎨 We'll have a final project instead of exam

P5js web editor (editor.p5js.org)

Welcome aboard!