AAD 086 FA20 – Page 3 – Learning Journal

Starting the midterm project!

Well! This has been a fun ride already. the content and assignments are getting tougher but I am learning alot…

Floats, Flexbox, and Grids, what weeks 5 & 6 taught me.

I felt like Dorothy these last two weeks, being swept up in a tornado of floats, flexbox, and grid challenges. Watching the instructional videos, and then working along with the videos, worked for the most part. But something went akimbo when trying to put what I learned to the challenges.

CSS Lay outs

During the last two weeks we learn about different CSS layouts and read a very interesting article by Rachel Andrew. According to article today we have real choice for approaching our designs. This article was a little bit overwhelming for me but it opens new doors of opportunity for better designs and more knowledge.

Weeks 5-6

I’ve learned a lot in the last 2 weeks and the assignments also got a little tougher.

Flexbox, Grids, and Floats

This week we started to learn more about different ways to layout a website using flexbox, css grid, and floats. I think all are useful in their own ways, but which do you prefer to use?

Mid-Way Already??

Crazy to think that we are already at a point to think of the mid-term! Last week was overwhelming for me and even though this week was the same workload I seem to have found a good balance. Thank goodness because it was a learning curve this week.

A greedy week

This week we learned about CSS grids and I really believe this is an exciting tool to work with. There are so many possibilities that are being open with grids. You can build a whole grid template and change the positioning of elements on different screen sizes by changing one property and it’s really cool.

Already Week Four!

We have been in school for a month now but it does not feel like it to me.

Almost One Month of School Already

Hello! I cannot believe that one month has already passed for school already. One month in, and I feel like I have already done so much. I am pretty sure that online classes make it seem like I have more work to do in general. The whole process of going through online classes is still a weird feeling even after a month. I think I will adjust overtime. It is a weird feeling of going through lectures whenever you want, having to learn what is taught yourself, and then doing the assignments just seems so different since I have been attending classes physically for the past 20+ years.

Typography

I have take a class before on typography and know that the way your text looks can change how someone will look at your site or business. More info below.

Typography and Week Four Summary, Mark-up, & Styling.

I thought I was over typography, we broke up years ago when I went chasing after a new love, as I call it, “The First One.” Never did font family inter-marriages, and bad kerning, or over-zealous drop caps, leave my inner aesthetic soul. It’s still inside, and I see cringe worthy examples, around, all the time.

Time is going by…

I can’t believe that we are already a few weeks in. I feel like time is going by really fast. We have already reviewed HTML mark up and now we’re onto CSS, typography, and FTP.

We made it to week 5!

Well these few weeks have definitely challenged me quite a bit. I am happy for the challenge however its been a bit stressful with balancing and managing my time. This class is definitely time consuming but I am also enjoying seeing the end result after all the hard work!

Week 4: HTML, CSS, FTP and Typography

For me there was a lot of cool new information these last couple of weeks. I’ve really enjoyed watching the last few projects come together, even though I feel like any one of them could have used as much time as I could spare.

Week 4: Typography, FTP, CSS and some sweet struggles

Here comes another week knee-deep in online study. This week is exciting because our work finally gets manifested online! I spent hours finessing over our portal page, it is our FIRST thing live online! Hopefully I can improve the technical aspects of this page as the semester continues.

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