This is a course taught by Deane Barker for the Masters in Content Strategy program at FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria.
This course is designed as an introduction to multiple topics around content technology. The goal is a broad base of familiarity with the capabilities, limits, and challenges of content technology, with an emphasis on the continuing theme of practical implementation versus theoretical perfect.
This course is targeted to non-developers. Some experience with CMS as a user is helpful, but not required.
The primary goal of the course is
This course is comprised of:
- 9 full lectures, each approximately one hour long
- 4 assignments
- 1 book, totaling approximately 250 pages of reading
- Several dozen additional reading assignments
- 1 large writing assignment, based on the books
- 1 smaller writing assignment, where you will need to connect one of the lecture subjects with your personal or professional experience
Grading
The course is graded as follows:
- You will receive the default grade of “2” if you attend all lectures, complete all reading, and complete all assignments
- If you desire an advanced grade of “1” you will need to contact the instructor for one extra-curricular assignment
- If you do not complete all coursework, you will fail the course
(Note to potentially confused non-Europeans: this is the European grading system of 1-5, not the North American grading system of A-F.)
I do evaluate assignments, and reserve the right to request resubmission, but I do not check attendance for the lectures, nor do I verify that you have completed the reading (aside from competent completion of assignments based on the reading). I assume you are taking the course to learn the material, and therefore I trust you will complete the work.
Books
Designing Connected Content: Plan and Model Digital Products for Today and Tomorrow (“DCC”)
Carrie Hane and Mike Atherton
New Riders
240
2017
You will read this entire book at your own speed. It needs to be complete by the end of the class.
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Lectures / Lessons