SJSU Calendar

SPRING 2010

Friday............................January 1....................New Year’s Day – Campus Closed (N)
Monday.........................January 18..................Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Campus Closed (K)
Monday.........................January 25..................Spring Semester Begins
Monday.........................January 25..................Pre-Instruction Activities: Orientation, Advisement, Faculty
Meetings and Conferences (P)
Tuesday........................January 26..................First Day of Instruction- Classes Begin
Friday............................February 5..................Last Day to Drop Courses Without an Entry on Student's
Permanent Record (D)
Friday............................February 12................Last Day to Add Courses & Register Late (A)
Monday.........................February 22................Enrollment Census Date (CD)
Monday - Wednesday..March 29-31...............Spring Recess (*SPRING RECESS*)
Thursday – Friday........April 1-2......................Spring Recess (*SPRING RECESS*)
Monday – Tuesday.....March 29-30...............Rescheduled Holiday – Campus Closed (RH)
Wednesday...................March 31....................Cesar Chavez Day - Campus Closed (CC)
Monday.........................May 17........................Last Day of Instruction – Last Day of Classes
Tuesday........................May 18........................Study/Conference Day (no classes or exams) (SC)
Wednesday – Friday....May 19-21..................Final Examinations (exams)
Monday – Tuesday.......May 24-25..................Final Examinations (exams)
Wednesday...................May 26........................Final Examinations Make-Up Day (MU)
Thursday.......................May 27........................Grade Evaluation Day (E)
Friday............................May 28........................Grades Due From Faculty (G)
Saturday ......................May 29........................End of Academic Year – End of Spring Semester
Saturday.......................May 29........................Commencement (C)
Monday.........................May 31 .......................Memorial Day - Campus Closed (M)

Videos to watch at Lynda.com

Lynda.com Watch:

Video 4 -Basic Drawing

Drawing with Pen Tool

Video 5 - Basic Path Editing

InDesign CS4:

Getting Started

Type anatomy & terminology

Type Classification

What is Typeface Interpretations

Leading

Kerning & Tracking

Assignments Due Wednesday Feb. 22, 2010

Assignments Due Monday Feb. 22:

• Watch Lynda.com "Organizing Layers under Organising Layers CS4 "Getting Started"
  
• Assignment Three B Shapes in Alvin's Website -- you are to write about it also
• "If" Poem Due and Printed Out
• We will be projecting the "If" and the "Three Shapes Project" to the class and talking about their compositions.

Assignments Due Wednesday Feb. 17:

Pen Grid

One Inch Grid

Progressive Grid

Balance Assignment - See written assignment on Alvin Thompson' Site

To have viewed "Typography" Videos on Lynda.com - InDesign CS4