Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due at the beginning of the class the Monday after they were assigned.
| Date | Topic | Assignments |
|---|---|---|
| 9/8/03 | Overview
of Web publishing Make our first page |
Assignment 1 |
| 9/10/03 | Using WS FTP and our Web space Uploading our index pages Some differences between XHTML and HTML |
Read Chapter 1 in the green book. Revise your index page to include XHTML doc info. Upload by 9/15. Turn in printed source code. |
| 9/15/03 | Formatting the body of the page:
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Read Chapter 2 in the green book. Do the Formatting Assignment. |
| 9/17/03 | Special characters and Links | Read pages 58-61 in the green book. 1. On your index page, create a link to your favorite external Website. 2. At the bottom of your formatting page, create a link to your index page. Test both links, live on the Web! |
| 9/22/03 We DO have class! | We will have our quiz, as scheduled, Wednesday 9/24.
If you are unable to attend Monday, be sure to check the Faculty drive for
notes. Campus computer labs are open 8:30am-10:00pm weekdays. Fonts, Blockquote, review for quiz |
In-class review (if you don't complete during
class, or if you are absent today, finish for homework by Wednesday). Study for quiz! Keep in mind that the quiz will be similar to today's activity, with the following differences:
If you found the review difficult, I suggest you practice the entire process again until you can do it in 1 hour, using only 1 page of notes. |
| 9/24/03 | Go over homework answers, QUIZ | Read the rest of Chapter 3 in green book for Monday. |
| 9/29/03 | Go over quiz Tables Your midterm groups! |
Each group member needs to create a 1-row table on the bottom of his/her index page. Cells should contain the first-name/last initial for each of your group members. The text should link to that person's page. |
| 10/1/03 | Internal Links (see the events file) Table attributes: border, bordercolor, width, cellpadding, cellspacing, bgcolor, align Table row attributes: align, valign Table data attributes: width, bgcolor, align, valign, height, colspan and rowspan |
Finish reading Chapter 3. Table and Internal Links assignment NOTE: The file for this assignment is missing the text about the "Back cover." You may just delete that link from the table at the top. Sorry! |
| 10/6/03 | Group evaluations, Images | Read Chapter 4 in your book. Add an image that is NOT copyrighted by someone else to your index page. It should be no more than 300 pixels in either height or width. It should not be distorted, and it should have a suitable alt attribute. |
| 10/8/03 | Midterm Exam information/Midterm Review Activity Group planning activity |
Do the Midterm Review. It MUST be submitted by the start of class 10/13, as I will go over answers then. Read Chapter 8 in green/yellow book: Web Site Development |
| 10/13/03 | Go over midterm review activity. Present, plan for group project. |
Study for Midterm exam! |
| 10/15/03 | MIDTERM EXAM! Full class period. | Read Chapter 7 in green/yellow book: Web Site Design |
| 10/20/03 | Work on evaluating sites. | Site evaluations due Monday 10/27. |
| 10/22/03 | Storyboards Graphics as links and creating buttons. Folder URLs | Site evaluations due Monday 10/27. Group storyboards due Wednesday 10/29. |
| 10/27/03 | Go over the midterm exam Discuss accessibility and Bobby-check a page Give you your individual grade to date | Work with your group on storyboards |
| 10/29/03 | Image maps | Image map assignment |
| 11/3/03 | Return storyboards Work with embedded styles |
Group projects due Monday 11/10! |
| 11/5/03 | Link styles Intro to Dreamweaver Pre-planning for your final project |
If you wish to create an alternative site (other than the one I assign) for your final project, you must email me a proposal, by THIS FRIDAY, 11/7, with a brief explanation of the nature and purpose of the site. If the company/person/ organization already has a site, and you propose to do a redesign, you must give me the URL of the current site. |
| 11/10/03 | Presentation of Group sites Site creation with Dreamweaver |
Fill in the evaluation form for each of your group members Read Dreamweaver book, Tutorial 1 Submit group members and what site you'll do for final project. |
| 11/12/03 | Go over details of final project | Site specification for final project due 11/17. |
| 11/17/03 | Class cancelled | |
| 11/19/03 | Create a site with Dreamweaver | Storyboard for final project due 11/24. |
| 11/24/03 | Establish
a web presence: Domain names and hosting Meta tags Search engines Using CSS in Dreamweaver |
Read Chapter 11 |
| 12/1/03 | Quiz 2 -- check with me before leaving for your group project grade | |
| 12/3/03 | Basics of embedding
multimedia |
Final projects due Monday 12/8! |
| 12/8/03 | Final project presentations | |
| 12/10/03 | Final project presentations | STUDY for final exam! |
| 12/15/03 | 2:45 - 4:45 pm FINAL EXAM | Please note the time for the exam is later than our normal class time! |