IML 400 Spring 2014

Assignment 6: Interactive Class Cover Page with jQuery plugins

Individual assignment.

Simply add some Javascript and/or jQuery to your cover page. You dont need to use jQuery plugins but feel free to do so if you want. Make it more fun with animations and/or interactivity.

Assignment Due Date

Web page: Monday, February 24th, 9:00am.

Please update your page to your storm site.

Resources

• Eloquent Javascript
• JQuery
• JQuery UI
• JQuery Learning Center
• Javascript 101
• How JQuery works
• Try JQuery

JQuery Plugin Examples

• Video Background and Dropdown Menu (using Tubular. Tubular pulls down videos from youTube) - Download Zip
• Another Video Background combined with more involved interactions, window resizing events, and random color palette generation, as well as a couple of mobile web tricks (using Tubular too)
• Image Slideshow (using Supersized)

Readings

• Lawrence Lessig: Free Culture (Preface and Intro)
• Javascript Objects in Detail
• Basic JavaScript: values, variables, and control flow (Repeat)
• Functions (Repeat)
• Web programming: A crash course (Repeat)

Upload a reading report on the Free Culture Preface and Intro. The next three readings do not require a report and are meant to serve as support for your assignment. We will discuss them in class.

Reading Due Date

Web page: Monday, February 24th.