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DESN 368

Week 1 — Weekly Visual Notes

Web Design Fundamentals · Spring 2026

Objective

Create hand-written visual notes that capture key concepts, ideas, and learnings from each week's content.

This Week's Focus

Read and take visual notes on these four articles about the journey ahead in web development.

Required Readings

  1. How does the internet work?
    https://roadmap.sh/guides/what-is-internet
  2. How does the Internet work?
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Howto/Web_mechanics/How_does_the_Internet_work
  3. How the web works
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Getting_started/Web_standards/How_the_web_works#clients_and_servers
  4. Browsing the web
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Getting_started/Environment_setup/Browsing_the_web

Requirements

What to Include

Document anything that helps you process and remember the week's material:

Submission

  1. Scan your pages using a document scanner or scanning app
  2. Create a single PDF file (right-reading order)
  3. Name your file: week-1-notes-lastname.pdf
  4. Upload to Canvas by Sunday at midnight

Tips

Grading

Inspiration

For examples and inspiration, check out Google's Sketchnotes Gallery or search for #sketchnotes online.