Week 1- August 24, 26
Monday: Read Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Internet and WWW and Chapter 2 - XHTML Basics, pages 23-47 before class on Wednesday. We will review Chapter 1 in class Monday.
Wednesday: Chapter 2: Basic xhtml structure; body and text basics
Read Chapter 2 - pages 47-56, Hyperlinks
Assignment 1 - Due Wednesday, September 2. This assignment covers basic text formatting.
Example of Assignment 1 (with screenshot of page instead of code)
Week 2 - August 31, September 2
Monday: Classwork - List format
Wednesday: Assignment 1 (Class Home Page) due; classwork: Hyperlinks
- Assignment: Read Chapter 3: Color and Text with CSS
- Assignment 2: Case History, Chapter 2 - due Wednesday, Sept 9
Week 3 - September 9
Monday: Have a Great Labor Day Holiday!
Wednesday: Classwork: Color and Text with CSS
Assignment 2 due
Week 3 - September 14, 16
Monday: Continue with Chapter 3: CSS
Read Chapter 4: Visual Elements and Graphics
Assignment 3: Continue your Case Study. Chapter 3 pages 111-120. Copy your folder from Assignment 2 and rename it "javajam3" or "javajamcss" etc (leave the Assignment2 folder the way it is - both on the server and on your Flash). In your new folder, correct the mistakes you made from Assignment 2 before starting Assignment 3. Link from your class home page.
Due Monday, Sept. 21
Wednesday: Chapter 4
Week 4 - September 21, 23
Monday: Assignment 3 due
Assignment 4: Add images to your Case Study. Chapter 4, pages 154-167. Images are furnished for you — download from web4361/CaseStudy_Ch4_Images. If I have pointed out problems in your previous Case Study, please correct. Don't forget to copy the Chapter3 folder and rename it Chapter4, then link from your Class Home Page. Due Wed, Sept 30.
Pictures should be kept in the "images" folder. Move the whole folder into your Chapter4 folder. When your assignment is uploaded, that folder should be still in there. Then you will know your links to the images will work (if they worked on your computer).
Wednesday: We will continue in Chapter 4, adding techniques in Fireworks and Photoshop that are not covered in the book. Exporting normal and transparent images.
Reading: Chapter 5-Web Design
Week 5 - September 28, 30
Monday: Web Design. Group Projects Assigned
Wednesday: Assignment 4 due; Continue Web Design
Week 6 - October 5, 7
Monday: Exam covering Chapters 1-5
Classwork: Chapter 7, pgs. 265 - 274
Homework: Assignment 5 - Finish the Internal Links on the Extreme Vacations page. Don't forget the "Back to the Top".
This page can be found in your class download, or in web4361. Be sure to link from your Home Page and upload. Due Monday, October 12
Wednesday: Begin Chapter 8: Tables
Reading: Chapter 8 -Using Tables on Web Pages
Week 7 - October 12, 14
Monday: Assignment 5 Due - Internal Links
Classwork: Continue Chapter 8, Tables
Wednesday: Classwork: Continue Tables..or Chapter 9, Forms
Homework: Assignment 6 - Case Study in Tables, Chapter 8 pgs 330-334. Use the last version of your case study (the one with 3 pages).
Copy the folder and redo the code to make the structure of the site match the picture — for all 3 pages. You may use either html or css to style the table cells, but if your table has a colored border, it will probably look better in CSS (the "bordercolor" html attribute doesn't look good in all browsers).
Due October 26.
Reading: Chapter 9- Forms
Week 8 - October 19, 21
Monday: Assignment 7 - Design or Development Presentations (assigned in class)
Classwork: Forms, Chapter 9
Wednesday: Design Presentation - Group 1: Hannah, Edgar, Diane
Design Presentation - Group 5: Robbie, Dema, Jeanelle
Design Presentation - Group 4: Phillip, Marshall, Taylor
Hosting - Fuad
Week 9 - October 26, 28
Monday: Assignment 6 due (Tables Case Study)
Group Presentation: Ahmed, Alexander
Individual Presentation: Alpa,Teku
Dreamweaver Basics: Interface, Site Definition, Type Formatting
Wednesday: Dreamweaver Linking - Pages & Images. Image Editing.
Week 10 - November 2, 4
Monday: Dreamweaver CSS and Tables.
Assignment 8: Case Study Chapter 9: Add the 4th page and put a form in the table cell on the right, using a table nested inside the main structure table. Make it look like the picture. Do not add any <divs> or <float> tags — just plain html form objects will do! Use the <label> code for accessibilty (as specified in the directions) and make your form "process" by adding the processing code created for you by the author of the textbook (page 366). You should be able to test your form and make sure it processes. Due Monday, Nov. 9
Note: If you did not put your website in a table structure before, then do it now.
Wednesday: Dreamweaver - Continue CSS and Tables.
Reading: Chapter 6: Page Layout with CSS
Week 11 - November 9, 11
Monday: Assignment 8 due; Classwork: continue Dreamweaver tables, templates, and rollovers.
Final Project - Phase 1 (Planning)
Final Project - Phase 2 (Finished Website)
Wednesday: Chapter 6 - CSS-P
Week 12 - November 16, 18
Monday: Continue CSS-P
Wednesday: Final Project Planning (Phase 1) due on server. Be prepared to discuss in class.
Dreamweaver: Chapter 11, adding Multimedia
Week 13 - November 23, 25
Monday & Wednesday - Forms in Dreamweaver, Javascript, dhtml, spry effects and widgets. Frames. Metatags and Web Promotion.
Week 14 - November 30, December 2
Monday & Wednesday - Forms in Dreamweaver, Javascript, dhtml, spry effects and widgets. Frames. Metatags and Web Promotion.
Week 15 - December 7, 9
Monday: Final Project due. Phase 2 - Finished Website. Show and Tell in class.
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