| Date | Title | Readings and Assignments | Activities | |
| 1/13 | Introduction to Graphics | |||
| 1/15 | Basic Shapes | Assignment 1 Available | Hands-on: Creating Geometry | |
| 1/17 | Using Attributes | Hands-on: Using Attributes | ||
| 1/20 | Martin Luther King Jr Day | No class | ||
| 1/22 | Color | Hands-on: Using Color | ||
| 1/24 | Image Manipulation: Pixel Traversal | Assignment 1 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Creating Tint | |
| 1/27 | Image Manipulation: Filters and Convolutions | Hands-on: Understanding Convolutions | ||
| 1/29 | Image Manipulation: Filters and Convolutions | Teams Assigned | Hands-on: Using Convolutions | |
| 1/31 | Interactivity | Assignment 2 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Triggering Events | |
| 2/3 | Strings and Text | Hands-on: Using Strings | ||
| 2/5 | Typography and Fonts | Hands-on: Displaying Text | ||
| 2/7 | Object-Oriented Programming | Assignment 3 Due Sunday | ||
| 2/10 | Object-Oriented Programming | Hands-on: Creating Classes | ||
| 2/12 | Components and Inheritance | Hands-on: Building with Inheritance | ||
| 2/14 | Scene Hierarchies | Assignment 4 Progress Report Due | Hands-on: Creating Scene Hierarchies | |
| 2/17 | Shapes | Hands-on: Using PShapes | ||
| 2/19 | Transforms | Hands-on: Using Transformations | ||
| 2/21 | Interpolation | Assignment 4 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Using Linear Interpolation | |
| 2/24 | Non-linear Motion | Hands-on: Using Non-linear Motion | ||
| 2/26 | 3D Shapes | Hands-on: Moving Cameras | ||
| 2/28 | Lighting | Assignment 5 Progress Report Due | Hands-on: Using Lighting | |
| 3/3 | Textures | Hands-on: Using Textures | ||
| 3/5 | Simulation and Particle Systems | Hands-on: Basic Forces and Particles | ||
| 3/7 | Physical Simulation | Assignment 5 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Using Masses and Springs | |
| 3/10 | Cellular Automata | Hands-on: Game of Life and Ants | ||
| 3/12 | Event-driven Programming: GUIs | Hands-on: Buttons | ||
| 3/14 | GUI Interfaces | Assignment 6 Progress Report Due | Hands-on: Widgets | |
| 3/17-3/21 | Spring Break | |||
| 3/24 | Animation | Hands-on: Sprite Animations | ||
| 3/26 | Timers | Hands-on: A Timer Class | ||
| 3/28 | Data Structures and Formats | Assignment 6 Due Sunday | Hands-on: Using CSVs | |
| 3/31 | Data Structures and Formats | Hands-on: Using Data | ||
| 4/2 | Three.js | |||
| 4/4 | Three.js Scenes | Assignment 7 Progress Report Due | Optional Hands-on: Creating a Scene | |
| 4/7 | Importing into Three.js | Optional Hands-on: Loading Files | ||
| 4/9 | Platforming Mechanics | Final Project Available | ||
| 4/11 | Group Formation | Assignment 7 Due Sunday | ||
| 4/14 | Group Work Day | Final Project Plan Submitted | ||
| 4/16 | Introduction to WebGL | |||
| 4/18 | Introduction to Shaders | |||
| 4/21 | Class Presentations | |||
| 4/23 | Class Presentations | |||
| 4/25 | Class Presentations | |||
| 4/28 | Awards Ceremony |
Final Project Due
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