| Date | Title | Readings and Assignments | Activities | |
| 1/17 | Introduction to Graphics | |||
| 1/19 | Basic Shapes | Assignment 1 Available | Hands-on: Creating Geometry | |
| 1/22 | Using Attributes | Hands-on: Using Attributes | ||
| 1/24 | Color | Hands-on: Using Color | ||
| 1/26 | Image Manipulation: Pixel Traversal | Assignment 1 Due | Hands-on: Creating Tint | |
| 1/29 | Image Manipulation: Filters and Convolutions | Hands-on: Understanding Convolutions | ||
| 1/31 | Image Manipulation: Filters and Convolutions | Hands-on: Using Convolutions | ||
| 2/2 | Interactivity |
Assignment 2 Due Sunday
Assignment 3 Available
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Hands-on: Triggering Events | |
| 2/5 | Strings and Text | Hands-on: Using Strings | ||
| 2/7 | Typography and Fonts | Hands-on: Displaying Text | ||
| 2/9 | Object-Oriented Programming | Assignment 3 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Creating Classes | |
| 2/12 | Object-Oriented Programming | |||
| 2/14 | Components and Inheritance | Hands-on: Building with Inheritance | ||
| 2/16 | Scene Hierarchies | Assignment 4 Progress Report Due | Hands-on: Creating Scene Hierarchies | |
| 2/19 | Shapes | Hands-on: Using PShapes | ||
| 2/21 | Transforms | Hands-on: Using Transformations | ||
| 2/23 | Interpolation | Assignment 4 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Using Linear Interpolation | |
| 2/26 | Non-linear Motion | Hands-on: Using Non-linear Motion | ||
| 2/28 | 3D Shapes | Hands-on: Moving Cameras | ||
| 3/1 | Lighting | Assignment 5 Progress Report Due | Hands-on: Using Lighting | |
| 3/4 | Textures | Hands-on: Using Textures | ||
| 3/6 | Simulation and Particle Systems | Hands-on: Basic Forces and Particles | ||
| 3/8 | Physical Simulation | Assignment 5 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Using Masses and Springs | |
| 3/11-3/16 | Spring Break | |||
| 3/18 | Cellular Automata | Hands-on: Game of Life and Ants | ||
| 3/20 | Event-driven Programming: GUIs | Hands-on: Buttons | ||
| 3/22 | GUI Interfaces | Assignment 6 Progress Report Due | Hands-on: Widgets | |
| 3/25 | Animation | Hands-on: Sprite Animations | ||
| 3/27 | Timers | Hands-on: A Timer Class | ||
| 3/29 | Data Structures and Formats | Assignment 6 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Using CSVs | |
| 4/1 | Data Structures and Formats | Hands-on: Using Data | ||
| 4/3 | Three.js | |||
| 4/5 | Three.js Scenes | Assignment 7 Progress Report Due | Optional Hands-on: Creating a Scene | |
| 4/8 | Importing into Three.js | Optional Hands-on: Loading Files | ||
| 4/10 | Platforming Mechanics | Final Project Available | ||
| 4/12 | Group Formation | Assignment 7 Due Sunday | ||
| 4/15 | Group Work Day | Final Project Plan Submitted | ||
| 4/17 | Introduction to WebGL | |||
| 4/19 | Introduction to Shaders | |||
| 4/22 | Class Presentations | |||
| 4/24 | Class Presentations | |||
| 4/26 | Class Presentations | |||
| 4/29 | Awards Ceremony |
Final Project Due
Optional Assignment Due |
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