Grading, Feedback and Policies

tl;dr: Do interesting work and you'll be fine. Make sure it's submitted on time. Grading and feedback is focused on creative projects. There will be some opportunities for extra credit. The course is focused on exploring media synthesis and analysis by making interesting creative work. To get a good grade... Read more...

Absenses and Attendance.

tl;dr: It's a course that relies on peer-learning. That means you being in class is really important. Being absent will effect your grade. The structure of this course makes it critical for you to be in attendance. The way we’ll learn is through sharing of perspectives in discussions, through case... Read more...

Preparing Documentation

tl;dr: Full Syllabus for Intro to Media Synthesis and Analysis, Fall 2016, Carnegie Mellon University This is designed as a quick guide to thinking about how to document your creative projects. It’s by no means an exhaustive What is documentation? Simply put, documentation is the representation of your creative work... Read more...

Critiques Explained

tl;dr: Critiques are often use in creative fields like art, architecture and design. They're a facilitated review of projects where you get feedback on your work from peers and instructors alike. What is critique? A critique session is an in-depth review of one or more creative projects. It typically involves... Read more...

Full Syllabus

tl;dr: Full Syllabus for Intro to Media Synthesis and Analysis, Fall 2016, Carnegie Mellon University Course Prefix & Number 62-150 (9 units) Meeting times T/Th 09:00AM-10:20AM Locations Hunt Library - Studio A Instructor Daragh Byrne Teaching Assistant Kevin Ramser Office Hours: By Appointment Sound Lab: Friday, 09:30 and 10.30 am... Read more...

Course Policies

tl;dr: Course policies outline grading scales, that you should keep process documentation, you are responsible for your own work and that it's of the highest academic integrity, you have access to IDeATe spaces and resources, there is no course fee but project cost are your own, and good attendance is... Read more...

Course Fees and Access to IDeATe Facilities

tl;dr: There is no lab fee assocciated with this course. Course provides access to IDeATe facilities. Tools and technologies are provided to support projects at IDeATe lending. Beyond these, materials and project costs are covered individually. There is no fee for this course. Students will be expected to cover their... Read more...

Using the Course Slack

Use the course slack to share ideas, post open challenges or items that need exploration, share prior projects and discuss next steps. The course is self-motivated, collaborative and interdisciplinary. We’re going to generate a lot of ideas and run into challenges (technical and otherwise) that will be important to capture,... Read more...

Reading Reflections

For each assigned reading, you will complete a short reading reflection (200-400 words). This should summarize and critique the main points of the text, as well as draw connections to other texts and ideas introduced through this course. This will assemble an ‘annotated bibliography’ by the end of the semester.... Read more...

The IDeATe Gallery

We’ll use the IDeATe Gallery to post and share project documentation for the course. Every student should create an account on the IDeATe project gallery and fill out profile information. The system allows for either private or public postings, where ‘semi-private’ projects are viewable only by other logged-in IDeATe members... Read more...