welcome

fdm 20c introduction to digital media

warren sack / film & digital media department / university of california, santa cruz

goals for today

• to see if everyone enrolled in the course is here

• to create a waiting list for those not yet enrolled

– to explain the principles used to order the waiting list

• to confirm enrollment in the sections

• to provide details about where to find the texts and syllabus

• to provide everyone with the first reading assignment

please fill out a piece of paper

1. name

2. yes or no: have you already enrolled in the course?

3. major or prospective major

4. year

5. are you a transfer student?

6. email address

7. answer this question in 2 or 3 sentences:• what does “digital media” mean to you?

8. are you an artist? [yes or no]

when finished, bring your paper to the front

waiting list

• principles of ordering– transfers have preference over non-transfers– majors have preference over non-majors– juniors have preference over sophomores– sophomores have preference over frosh– frosh have preference over seniors– those who came the first day of class have

preference over those who did not– within categories, people have been randomly

assigned a position

waiting list

1. caitlin faulknar

2. matt folson

3. davis banta

4. jessica lamendella

5. jesse clark

6. colin bruce

7. ryan campbell

8. jongwoon lim

9. geraldine porras

10.stephanie ramirez

waiting list

11. chris nuth

12. melody thauxquchay

13. jennifer kim

14. mai xia vang

15. taylor broek

16. michael martinez

17. chance finley

18. brooke young

19. andy shauer

20. jesus rosales, jr.

waiting list

21. melissa freeland

22. sarah jeremiah

23. sean murphy

24. jill barry

25. alexander whittlesey

26. sophie ludel

27. ryoji yoshimura

28. kyle eck

29. justin rimando

30. kameron niksefat

waiting list

31. travis delucia

32. robeson bowmari

33. dustin escoffery

34. dana shinn

35. mary spenger

36. lance woodson

37. junji yamakoshi

38. lisa ballard

39. madison williams

40. kristen mccurley

sections

• sections are mandatory• all sections meet in porter college, room d240

(computer lab)• sections will be held starting next week

have a section, but want to change?

please fill out a second piece of paper:

1. name

2. current section assignment

3. rank ordering of desired section assignments

4. list of sections you cannot meet with

5. email address

note the risk of changing section assignments: you will be put on a waiting list to be assigned to another section, but you will be giving up your guaranteed section assignment.

section re-assignments & permission codes

• on monday we have a ranked waiting list for those of you not yet enrolled, but hoping to attend; those at the top of the waiting list will be email a section assignment

• section (re)assignments will be sent to you via email from one the t.a.s (alana perlin or abram stern)

• sections will meet starting next week• if you have been assigned a section, permission

codes will be handed out at the section meeting

course texts

• Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort (editors) The New Media Reader (MIT Press, 2003)

• Rachel Greene, Internet Art (Thames and Hudson, 2004)

The required texts can be purchased at

The Literary Guillotine bookstore at 204 Locust Street, Santa Cruz.

They are also on reserve at McHenry Library.

reading assignment for next time

• required

The entire text of the book Internet Art by Rachel Greene. There will be a short, easy, open-book quiz on Wednesday covering the organization and contents of the book. Bring your copy to class next Wednesday (a wek from today).

syllabus

• you can find the syllabus here: http://hybrid.ucsc.edu/FDM20c/Spring2007/