CIS305 - Course Syllabus
Course: Web and Internet Publishing Instructor: Donna J Ehrhart
Semester:
Section 01
Spring 2014
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:05 - 10:00 am Drake Library Lower Level, Room #44
Email &
Office:
Office hours can be arranged via Email. I will be able to respond quicker to your request through email than telephone. The best times to meet are before or after the class meeting time.
Leave messages at: [email protected] or if you do not need a quick response, leave message at: 343-0055, ext. 6335.
Course URL: http://www.itss.brockport.edu/~dehrhart/csc105/csc105S201 4.htm
Textbook:
Materials Required:
http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=CS6||
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The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe
Dreamweaver CS6, Flash CS6 and Fireworks CS6, 1st Edition
Sherry Bishop North Arkansas College (Emerita)
Jim Shuman Bellevue Community College (Emeritus)
Barbara M. Waxer Santa Fe Community College
ISBN-13: 9781133815075
784 Pages Hardcover; © 2013 Published
Storage medium - USB Flash stick (any storage capacity) Handouts: Check in your Angel account.
Software: Adobe CS6 (Windows version in classroom) Students with Apple Computers could use Mac version on Personal Computer).
Textbook written for both versions.
Student Discount available from University of Buffalo Computer Store - http://www.ubmicro.buffalo.edu/
Other Online Resources:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP 1.html
http://www.colin.mackenzie.org/webdesign/
Course Description:
A general introduction to Web communication and design tools for publishing. Html and current design software used for creation of static and dynamic pages, containing optimized vector and bitmap graphic formats, sound & video, forms, navigation bars/links, scripting, and CSS formats, and a variety of current web tools and features. Incorporate W3C and
accessibility guidelines. 3 Cr.
Course Objective:
1. To provide basic computer literacy in the use of communication software in cyberspace.
2. To understand the process of creating, managing, transferring, and publishing web pages.
3. To use basic HTML code to develop web pages.
4. To use a web page editor to create and manage web pages.
5. To develop an understanding and use simple active script in a web page.
6. To ensure students possess a working knowledge of fundamental aspects of a web editor and graphic software.
7. To develop the ability to design and publish web pages at a web site.
Grading:
10% 1 Quiz 60% 2 Tests
30% Homework Assignments
Grading Scale:
Numeric semester
avg.
Letter Grade
Quality Points 93 and
above A 4.00
90 - 92 A- 3.67 87 - 89 B+ 3.33 83. - 86 B 3.00 80 - 82 B- 2.67 77 - 79 C+ 2.33 73 - 76 C 2.00 70 - 72 C- 1.67 67 - 69 D+ 1.33 60 - 66 D 1.00 BELOW
60 F 0.00
Attendance: Attendance is required for all lectures and labs. A student's final semester average will be lowered by 5 points for each class they are absent. Coming to class late, counts the same as an absent, in a computer lab, you must be ready to take notes, quizzes, and start promptly.
Tests, Quizzes
& Make-Up Policy:
There will be no makeup exams or quizzes. Call instructor to discuss any possible conflicts you might run into before the exam (one week before the exam). There will be no makeup exams. Plan to make arrangements before the exam is scheduled to take the exam early. No exams will be administered after the scheduled exams.
Mini-Quizzes - are unannounced and require attendance to participate. These quiz grades are accumulated and will reward the student in perfect attendance.
The announced Quiz that is worth 10% of overall grade, listed on the agenda, is not part of these mini-quizzes, but instead a quiz before the mid-term test.
Homework: Due dates will be established in class the day the projects are assigned. Your projects and assignments will be collected at the beginning of the class period it is due. If necessary, homework may be handed in late, however, late projects and assignments will only receive half credit. Most of your homework assignments will be graded by viewing your pages from your class web site.
College
Disability Policy Statement:
Students with documented disabilities may be entitled to specific accommodations. SUNY Brockport's Office for students with Disabilities makes this determination. Please contact the Office for Students with Disabilities at (585) 395- 5409 or [email protected] to inquire about obtaining an official letter to the course instructor detailing approved accommodations. The student is responsible for providing the course instructor with the official letter. Faculty and staff work as a team with the Office for Students with Disabilities to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
Disability Statement:
I would appreciate hearing from anyone in this class who has a special need which may be the result of a disability. I am reasonably sure we can work out whatever arrangement is necessary, be it special seating, testing or other
accommodations. See me after class, as soon as possible.
Email and Technology Guidelines:
Emergency Preparedness on campus and
in class:
SUNY does not allow any misuse of its Email system. A student should not send any homework, project or test files to other students. Any student caught plagiarizing work from any source (Internet, email or the library or any other
source) will receive a failing grade for the entire semester.
Plagiarism is using others' words or ideas, or programming code and claiming them as your own. Plagiarism will not be condoned and will result in a failing grade for the course.
Cheating on an exam will be treated similarly. Also, misuse of the mail system, Internet or any files on the UNIX network or the PC will result in a failing grade being given for the course.
Please visit this link.
http://www.brockport.edu/prepared/CEP.html
Course Agenda: (This is a working agenda and will reflect changes throughout the semester.)
Topic Assignments
Week 1 January 27, 2014
First week of class:
Review Syllabus
Webmail - webmail.brockport.edu Angel - angel.brockport.edu
Read Internet Units A-B, F-G and create list of terms
Week 1-2 February 3, 2014
FTP Programs
Readings: The Internet Units C-D; create list of terms
Zip applications - WS_FTP; WinZip Read:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html http://www.websitetips.com/
http://www.ftphelp.com/ftpresources/basics.htm Do Scavenger Hunt for Homework
Week 2-3 February 10, 2014
Learn about HTML tags Dreamweaver Text
Chapter 1 Getting Started with
Dreamweaver CS6 - Basic terms and manage web site
Find an email gif or jpg, and save to disk.
Look at:
http://www.fg- a.com
QUIZ – TBA about this week.
Read The Internet, Units H-I Create first sample html document
Required elements are shown in this sample bare-bones document:
<html>
<head>
<TITLE>A Simple HTML Example</TITLE>
</head>
<body>
<H1>HTML is Easy To Learn</H1>
<P>Welcome to the world of HTML.
This is the first paragraph. While short it is still a paragraph!</P>
<P>This is the second paragraph. I created this first sample by using Notepad. Each open tag has a closing tag. The html tags are the very first and last. The head tags are next, and the title tags are within the head tags. The next tags are the body tags, and most everything will fall within this container.</P>
</body>
</html>
Open Dreamweaver, create a page.
Create your index.htm page, upload to your web site.
Print login screens for setup.
Go to student page, and click on link to the index.htm template.
Download and save to your disk index.htm
dot.jpg uc07.gif
constcoffee.gif Week 4
February 17, 2014
President’s Day no classes
Chapter 1 - Getting Started with
Dreamweaver (con't.)
Create your own handout of login screens. Set up at home too!
Create an umbrella folder, and call the index page umbrella.htm, place in folder (page 1.26)
Storyboards
Final Exam – Looks at various projects in the textbook to get ideas for your own final project, which will be a final exam.
Week 5 February 24, 2014
Quiz - 10% of grade - no Make-Ups!
The Internet:
Units A-D,F-G Chapter 2 Developing a Web Page Mid-term Test
#1 - 30% of final grade
Color palette
www.visibone.com/color
http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/
http://www.visibone.com/popups Research Color and Culture Good, Bad Ugly site:
http://kerlins.net/bobbi/technology/webdesign/
Print from Angel - Create Web Page Template
Chapter 2 - Lessons 1-5 Layout Design, Formatting, Links, email links, History & Modify & Test web pages
Homework Post: Exercises from Chapter 2 and Project Builder 1 (p2-36)
Week 6
March 3, 2014
Chapter 3 Working with Text &
Graphics
Chapter 3 - Working with Text & Graphics:
Ordered & Unordered lists Cascading Style Sheets
Assets Panel - inserting graphics and aligning
Resizing graphics, Alternate Text (Alt tags), borders, spacing, brightness/contrast of graphics, Accessibility Option page Inserting background images
Removing non-web safe colors
Homework Post Exercises from Chapter 3, and Project Builder 1
Week 7 March 10, 2014 (Mid-Term break is March 17-21, 2014)
Chapter 1 Getting Started with Adobe Fireworks (Photoshop option)
*MID-TERM DUE THE WEEK BEFORE BREAK ON WEDNESDAY.
www.netmechanic.com - page evaluation
www.ics.uci.edu/pub/websoft/MOMspider - verifier validator.w3.org - W3 Consortium Validation service
Chapter 1 Fireworks - Getting Started with Adobe Fireworks Working with Tools
Adding Layers & locking Bitmap vs. Vector images Creating shapes, adding strokes Creating, modifying text
Attaching Text to a Path Spell Checker
Homework Post Project Builder 1
**Apply Portfolio Project of Fireworks to your final exam too!
Week 8 March 24, 2014 UNIX commands Pull-down Menu
Forms - Button to close screen Chapter 4 Working with Links
Chapter 2 Fireworks - Working with Objects
Add a Pull-down Menu:
Select a page to go to, then click GO
Chapter 4 - Working with Links
Internal & External Links (absolute vs. relative paths) Links to Named Anchors (bookmarks)
Rollovers with Flash Text
Create, Modify & copy a navigation bar Managing web site links
Homework Post Project Builder 1
Chapter 2 Fireworks - Working with Objects
Work with Vector Tools, modify color, gradients, filters, apply styles Homework Post Project Builder 1
Week 9 March 31, 2014
Sound Linked and embedded Chapter 5 Using HTML Tables to Lay Out a Page
Create button linked to sound files, like the following two buttons.
Buttons can be found at:
http://www.coolarchive.com http://www.fg-a.com/buttons.htm Sounds can be found at:
http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm http://www.soundcentral.com/
http://www.moviesounds.com/
Add a movie file to your Web Page -- Use your Digital Video Cameras
Chapter 5 - Using HTML Tables to Lay Out a Page Creating a Table
Table Properties
Splitting and Merging cells Resizing rows/columns
Inserting & Modifying Graphics in a cell Inserting & Modifying Text in a cell Performing Web site Maintenance Homework Post Project Builder 1
Week 10 April 7, 2014 Scholars Day on Wednesday – no class
Chapter 3 Fireworks Importing, Selecting, and Modifying Graphics
Chapter 3 - Fireworks - Importing, Selecting, and Modifying Graphics Bitmap selection tools
Marquee tool, feathered edges, transform Selection areas
Lasso pixels
Select areas based on color
Homework Post Project Builder 1
Week 11 April 14, 2014 Thumbnail Table with pop- up windows Scanner
Download/Print Thumbnail page, and Form - Closes Window Create a page with Picture in Close Form page
Crop and size pictures for Thumbnail Table, then link to other web sites and pages - Edit through the code
Week 12 April 21, 2014 Frames Hardware and Logical Names
Create a Frames page
Create a 3-part frames page - refer to sample
Week 13 April 30, 2014
Call Functions - Apply Current Date
Test #2 - 30% of Final Grade - 2 weeks remaining
Final Portfolio Projects from Dreamweaver Chapter 1-5, and Fireworks 1-3 should be completed and posted. Be prepared to present final web site proposal last week, Monday – May 5 & May 7, 2014
Week 14
May 5, 2014 No exam during final exam week.
