CIS185 Web Page Essentials

Table of Contents

  1. Course Description
  2. Learning Objectives
  3. Evaluation
  4. What's on the Agenda...

Course Description

This course provides students with familiar basic concepts of how the web works and hands-on experience in creating web sites.  Students will use web design and graphics software to create professional-looking web sites.  This course will be taught in a lab setting, allowing each student extensive hands-on experience.

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge and skill in basic PC operation.
  2. Demonstrate ability to create basic web pages from a simple text editor.
  3. Demonstrate ability to do text editing, style changes, alignment, cutting and pasting.
  4. Explain and construct the creation of a website.
  5. Manipulate graphics files and place those files in a web page.
  6. Demonstrate ability to import artwork and text from word processors and other web pages to incorporate into your own website.

Success System Objectives: By the end of this course, students should be able to demonstrate achievement in the following skills and abilities:

  1. Problem Solving-the level of achievement is measured by:
  2. Reliability-the level of achievement is measured by:
  3. Computer skills-the level of achievement is measured by:
  4. Decision making and Self-initiative- the level of achievement is measured by:
  5. Honesty and Integrity-the level of achievement is measured by:
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Evaluation

Attendance:
Class attendance is extremely important.  We only have 11 class sessions.  Past attendance history shows that the majority of students who miss more than two classes do not successfully complete this class.

Assignments:
    All homework assignments are to be completed through this website before the beginning of class.  If you are absent, coursework is still due at that time.  Only in extreme circumstances will make-up of tests be permitted.  Tests must be made-up before the next class session.
    A final project will involve construction and publishing of a personal (or business) website.  The website should include a minimum of 4 pages with the following:

Grading Scale:

A 95-100         C+         77-79
A-         94-90 C 74-76
B+ 87-89 C- 70-73
B 84-86 NC 0-69
B- 80-83    

Grading:

Homework Assignments     50%
Final Project             25%
Test/Quizzes           25%

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What's on the Agenda...

Week Date Topics Covered Homework Due
 1   04/06/02   Introduction
Basic Coding		 Read pages 11-42  04/13/02  
 2  04/13/02 Text Formatting
Image Editing		 Read pages 43-79
Online assignment		  04/20/02
 3  04/20/02 How to use Images in pages
Page Layout		 Read pages 81-114
Online assignment		  04/27/02
 4  04/27/02 Links & Lists Read pages 117-141
Online assignment		  05/04/02
 5  05/04/02 Tables, Frames
Quiz 1		 Read pages 143-185
No Online assignment		  05/11/02
 6  05/11/02 Forms, Multimedia Read pages 187-237
Online assignment		  05/18/02
 7  05/18/02 CSS Read pages 239-256
Online assignment		  05/25/02
 8  05/25/02 Using Styles Read pages 257-290
Online assignment		  06/01/02
 9  06/01/02 Scripts VB, JavaScript
Server Side-ASP, PHP, CGI   		Read pages 291-308
Online assignment		  06/08/02
10  06/08/02 Touching up your site Read pages 309-348  
Online assignment
Final Project		  06/15/02
11  06/15/02 Publishing your site Finish any unfinished
homework		  06/16/02
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Revised: 04/09/02.