Course Description

• Conception and construction of Web pages/site for the Internet using HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). Students will create their own pages and post them to the Internet.

Course Objectives

• Students will create and manage their own Web page/site on the Internet. This will require students to develop a working knowledge of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), project development, and file management for Web sites. Students will develop skills in project management, problem solving, and storyboard design and layout. Students will use a Web development system for building and synchronizing their sites.
• Students will go from an initial concept to finished product for a small Web site. Students will learn to analyze and solve problems in their designs and HTML code. Each student will create a Web site as their final project. In successive weeks, students will design, prototype, and build a Web site. Weekly projects will require the addition of specific features to each student's site, resulting in a well-rounded Web site.

Course Calendar

• Dates: Aug 29; Sept 5, 12, 19, 26; Oct 3, 10, 17, 24.
• Time: 6:30 - 9:30 pm [Required Breaks: 10 min/hour]
• Lab Time: Computers are available in Room 306 on Mondays from 4:30-9:30 pm, and on Wednesdays from 4:30 until class starts at 6:30pm. To get into the room, ask Steve Jordan, the instructor in the adjacent lab room, to open up for you. Computers are also available in the Library Mon-Thu: 9-6. Fri: 9-5.
• Projects: projects will be due each week after the first for the first half of the term, and the final project will be presented on the last evening of class. Each project will contribute to the design and implementation of your Web site.
• Exams: instead of a final exam, each student will present their Web site to the class in the final class session.

Course Requirements

• From the Catalog about prerequisites: "Students should have basic understanding and skills using the Internet including e-mail, basic search strategies, download of existing Web page files, basic HTML tag structure, and GUI Web page construction utilities." The latter two items are what you'll be learning in this class.
• Estimated time allocations for class activities:
• 15% : Storyboard Design and Layout
• 15% : Project Management / Upload
• 10% : Problem Solving
• 60% : HTML/CSS Programming

Texts and Other Materials

• "HTML for the World Wide Web (6th Edition)", Elizabeth Castro
• "Creating a Web Page with HTML", Elizabeth Castro
• For more information about the class and pointers to more resources (books, articles, and Web sites), visit www.MonolithDesign.com/class.
• Both textbooks are available for sale in the bookstore. The Library has a reference copy of "HTML for the World Wide Web (5th Edition)".

Course Grading is based on these proportions:

• 10% : Attendance
• 10% : Class Participation
• 40% : Assignments
• 40% : Final Project (your Web site)

Caveat

"The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances."