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HCDE 598 Winter 2017

UW HCDE MS Creative Computing Curriculum

Course Description

Students will explore the essentials of Computer Science including: creativity of computing, processing of data, abstraction, managing complexity, computational thinking, algorithms, programming, debugging, and multimedia.

Course Documents

• Syllabus
• Topic List
• Student Work
• Final Project Information

Lessons

Week 1

Topics: Installfest, git, github, why p5.js, environment setup, using the reference, digital color, coordinate system

• Overview
• Installfest
• Portfolio Setup
• Exercises
• Homework: Personal Values
• Homework: Digitize an analog piece of art

Week 2

Topics: Programming flow, animation loops, functions, parameters, variables, max, min

• Overview
• Code
• Exercises
• Homework: Custom Lego Family

Week 3

Topics: Conditional statements, logical operators, events, mouseX, mouseY, mouesIsPressed, frameCount, random, dist, mousePressed, mouseReleased

• Overview
• Code
• Homework: Interactive Monster

Week 4

Topics: keyPressed events, for loops, using text and fonts, using images

• Overview
• Code
• Homework: Creativity Exploration

Week 5

Topics: Review for loops, while loops, arrays, return statements

• Overview
• Code
• Homework: Data Visualization

Week 6

Topics: HTML/CSS

• Overview
• Homework: Data Visualization
• Homework: Portfolio HTML/CSS

Week 7

Topics: Array review, tile game, final project

• Overview
• Code
• Homework: Final Project Code
• Homework: Final Project Presentation

Week 8

Topics: Moving beyond the p5.js editor, objects, final project work time

• Overview
• Code
• Homework: Final Project Code
• Homework: Final Project Presentation

Week 9

Topics: Learning beyond this class, final project presentations

• Overview
• Homework: Post Final Project on Personal Portfolio
• Homework: Class Reflection