Schedule & Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Weeks Listing
- The full list of weeks, reading assignments and items due are listed below. Some weeks have additional required reading, browsing or viewing. Please plan accordingly.
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| 1 | TUES Jan. 16-20 |
Welcome & Getting Started Course Requirements, Overview, Introduction to Website Design Read Getting Started Book Intro; Ch 1: Structure
1/15 Alaska Civil Rights Day Holiday |
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| 2 | Jan. 21-27 | HTML & Editors Read Ch 2: Text & Ch 3: Lists
1/26 Last Day to Add/Drop (100% Refund) |
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| 3 | Jan. 28 – Feb. 3 | Registrars & Domains Read Ch 4: Links & Ch 6: Tables No late work accepted after 1/27 |
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| 4 | Feb. 4 – 10 | DNS & Image DNS & Images Read Ch 5: Images, 7: Forms & 8: Extra Markup; read a post on semantic markup, read Teaching Tips: Free Graphics & How to Resize Them *(PDF) and Copyright & Fair Use (blog post that has PDF link) Assignment: HTML doc #03: Images |
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| 5* | Feb. 11 – 17 | FTP, File Names & CSS Read Ch 9: Flash, Audio & Video, Ch 10: Introducing CSS View “Linking an external style sheet – using Chrome Web developer tools” Participation: online discussion “Why do we need CSS?” |
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| 6 | Feb. 18 – 24 | Color & Capstone Track Choices
Read Ch 11: Color & Ch 12: Text Early progress reports (Freshmen) |
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| 7 | Feb. 25 – Mar. 3 |
Images II & CSS3 Read Ch 14: Tables, Lists & Forms; Ch 16: Images,W3Schools page on creating images with CSS and how to create an image gallery using CSS |
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| 8 | Mar. 4 – 10 | Accessibility & Navigation Read Accessibility information on W3.org, a brief check, UW IT Info, Ch 13: Boxes
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| Mar. 11 – 17 | SPRING BREAK – NO CLASS | ||
| 9 | Mar. 18 – 24 | Responsive Web Design READ Chapters 15: Layout & 17: HTML5 Layout RESEARCH articles on responsive web design READ A List Apart article (lists two grid tools available for use) http://alistapart.com/article/the-infinite-grid |
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| 10 | Mar. 25 – 31 |
Capstone I – Wireframes READ “Minimalist Web Design” WATCH “Load times – Underlying Code” Create a Wireframe Layout; Write up the scope of your Client Project OR (if doing Track B) Compare Wix and Squarespace (300-500 word write up with quotes/cited sources.
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| 11 | Apr. 1 – 7 |
Using a Content Management System – Read Three online articles (two how-to WP pages) Watch “Accessing the dashboard” and “How to use the … Media Library” Activity: Upload images to free WordPress account Assignment: Create a WordPress PAGE with track details Participation: Share your WordPress.com location |
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| 12 | Apr. 8 – 14 |
WordPress II & Fonts Read about categories and menus; Google fonts info Activity: Test the text editor in WordPress Assignment: Create a menu made from a category Discussion: Provide a link to your more accessible page and explain why you made the changes you did. |
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| 13 | Apr. 15 – 21 |
JavaScript or jQuery Read resources from Khan Academy, w3schools, javascript.com Activity: Explore what you can do with JavaScript Watch Khan Academy videos and “jQuery screencast” Assignment: Practice with two JavaScript or jQuery widgets |
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| 14 | Apr. 22 – 28 | Capstone II & HTML5 Read W3Schools HTML5 Intro, HTML Design Principles Activity: Test HTML5 elements; which may work in your new site? Assignment: Revise last week’s HTML and CSS to include HTML5 choices Participation: Review class discussion and provide specific feedback to fellow students Discussion: Upload your working draft site and provide a link within the Bb discussion. Include specific requests for what you want help with or advice on.
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| 15 | Apr. 29 – May 5 |
Capstone III Self-Assessment: Review the goals of the course and the Student Learning Outcomes as provided by CTC Reflection: Can you make a website from start to finish? Can you host it on a server and gain access to it as well as update it? 4/30 Last Day of Instruction |
Upload your final project pages (and submit a link to 3-5 pages on the CITS server in Bb) Submit the Client form as needed – due by 11:59p5/03 |
+This semester marks a trial where you may choose to opt-out of the Client Project. You will still perform tasks and submit assignments at the same time as others turning in the client related projects. The assignments will have the same value and weight and be designed to provide you with similar learning experiences.
Important Dates
- 1/16 Tues First day of instruction
- 1/26 Fri Last day to add or drop with 100% refund
- 2/19 Mon Progress reports
- 3/12-16 Spring Break
- 3/30 Friday Withdraw deadline (W on transcript)
- 4/30 Last Day of Instruction (Exams 5/1-5)
Using the CITS Server
* Beginning in Week 5 Upload all your HTML, CSS, jpg/png, and js files to your space on the CITS server or any space you have permission to use that is visible to your instructor.
Student Learning Objectives
These outcomes established prior to 2009; some language may seem antiquated, but everything applies in principle.
To be able to:
- use the Internet to research current Internet authoring tools, techniques, and design principles
- understand and apply appropriate copyright and authorship issues when creating web sites.
- choose the appropriate authoring tools and techniques to create Internet documents. Editors – we explore at least three.
- design Internet documents that are appropriate for the intended audience.
- create an effective navigation system for an Internet document. Navigation and Accessibility unit and navigation assignment.
- design and author documents that present material so that they effectively use the hypertext capability of the Internet.
- design and author documents that include the ability to collaborate and interact.
- design and author documents that effectively use graphics to support the intended use of the document.
- prepare graphics and multimedia so that it can be efficiently included in Internet documents.
- include appropriate scripting tools and applets in Internet documents. jQuery unit 1 and 2
- design documents that combine a variety of media types, including sound and video.
- design documents that effectively use limited Internet bandwidth.
- evaluate the quality of Internet publications using criteria that are relevant to the intended use and the strengths and limitations of the Internet.
- create and publish web sites with proper virus and security protection.
Modules Grouping in Blackboard
- To keep everything tidy inside of Blackboard I’ve used a series of modules. The first three weeks of the course are grouped into module one, “Getting Started, HTML & Editors;” weeks four and five comprise module two and so on.