Calendar for ITSC 1413 all online sections / Spring 2003
Terms, Abbreviations & Icons
- Bookwork = Chapters in text. You should work through each chapter, performing all exercises. Bookwork chapters are required assignments, checked off as completed and uploaded to the NL server, but not graded.
- Readings = Articles for reading--not graded.
- Topics = Short graded papers or projects. These assignments may be uploaded to the NL server or sent to your instructor as attachments to email messages.
- Quizzes = Online multiple-choice quizzes over the copyright guidelines and chapters in your text. Submitted as attachments to email messages.
- Exercises = Ungraded assignments that expand on material in the textbook.
- Projects = Graded assignments. Projects take from the equivalent of two class sessions to an entire semester. Uploaded to the NL server.
- References = Documents provided for additional information. You will never be tested on a reference document. If you're falling behind in class, the reference documents should be ignored.
- Admin = Administrative items needed to make the class run more smoothly.
- Notes = Tips on how to handle particular assignments.
- Dreamweaver HOT = Dreamweaver Hands-On Training, your textbook
| This Color | Class Dates |
| This Color | Homework Alert -- all homework due next class session unless noted. |
| Gray | Old material -- Typically we'll gray out each class session after the session ends. |
= Content posted after we've covered associated material
in class.
= Gallery of web sites serving as examples of techniques or
concepts discussed in class
= Viewlet (short movie) demonstrating a software technique. Hoover over
the icon to see the show's title. Please remember that a Viewlet's content
does notreflect all the material in a chapter.
= Link to a web site used in lecture. Hoover over the icon to see the
site's name or URL.
= Supplemental reading
| Week of January 12 | ||
| Admin | Syllabus, Lab Policies (Read), Open Lab Informaion (Read) | -- |
| Exercise | Scavenger Hunt (Submit as an attachment to instructor) | 1/19 |
| Reading | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 1/19 |
| Quiz | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 1/19 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 1, Ch. 2 (ungraded) | 1/19 |
| Project | Montessori School | 2/9 |
| Topic | Academic Dishonesty (Submit as attachment to email) | 1/19 |
| Week of January 19 | ||
| Activity | Creating Folders | ---- |
| Activity | Defining Your Site in Dreamweaver MX | -- |
| Activity | Quick Note on Working with the HOT Textbook | ---- |
| Reference | What Is INDEX.HTM? | --- |
| Admin | Turning In Your Work | --- |
| Bookwork | Ch. 3, all exercises. | 1/26 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 20, pages 633 - 645. You DO NOT have to get a Tripod account -- use your
NLC web space instead! |
1/26 |
| Note | UPLOAD chapters 3 & 20 exercises after reading Ch. 20. | --- |
| Exercise | xHTML Exercise 1 | 1/26 |
| Week of January 26 | ||
| Note: Start each class session by defining your site!! See instructions from 1/19. | --- | |
| Reference | Greeking Text - Use Greeking Text in Project One. | --- |
| Bookwork | Ch. 4: Basics -- be sure to UPLOAD this chapter when finished. Make links from your home page to each exercise. | 2/2 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 5: Linking -- be sure to UPLOAD this chapter when finished. Make links from your home page to each exercise. | 2/2 |
| Tip | How to Save Images from Web Browsers | --- |
| Lecture | Color Theory |
--- |
| Topic | Exploring Color | 2/9 |
| Week of February 2 | ||
| Note: Start each class session by defining your site!! See instructions from 1/19. | --- | |
| Bookwork | Ch. 6: Typography -- do I have to remind you to upload & make links again? | 2/9 |
| Exercise | xHTML 2 | 2/9 |
| Week of February 9 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 12: HTML | 2/16 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 10: Rollovers | 2/16 |
| Topic | Web Design DOs and DONTs | 2/16 |
| Project | eZines | 3/23 |
| Week of February 16 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 7: Tables |
2/23 |
| Exercise | xHTML 3 | 2/23 |
| Week of February 23 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 8: Layout | 3/2 |
| Topic | Layout and the Grid System | 3/2 |
| Note: All information on scanning, digital cameras, and Fireworks is intended as reference material for students who have these resources. None of this information is required. | ---- | |
| Reference | Scanning - Bring a photograph to class and scan it. |
-- |
| Activity | Using a Digital Camera | -- |
| Exercise | Simple Graphics in Fireworks - Please make two identical buttons before
class ends, each saved as a seperate file. |
-- |
| Reference | Cropping and Re-sizing in Fireworks |
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| Week of March 2 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 9: Frames (Frames are not required in Tabloid Terror, but you
must complete the chapter exercises) |
3/16 |
| Exercise | xHTML 4 | 3/16 |
| Week of March 9 | ||
| Spring Break Holiday | --- | |
| Week of March 16 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 17: Templates | 3/23 |
| Topic | Internet Search Engines | 3/23 |
| Project | Department Intranet | 4/13 |
| Week of March 23 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 11: CSS |
3/30 |
| Exercise | xHTML 5 | 3/30 |
| Week of March 30 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 13: Forms |
4/6 |
| Exercise | What Is ASP? | 4/6 |
| Exercise | ASP Calculator | 4/6 |
| Exercise | Using the ASPEmail Component | 4/6 |
| Topic | Legal Linking | 4/6 |
| Week of April 6 | ||
| DROP DATE is Thursday April 10th | --- | |
| Bookwork | Ch. 14: Behavoirs | 4/13 |
| Exercise | xHTML 6 | 4/13 |
| Week of April 13 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 16: Automation | 4/20 |
| Exercise | Office: Word and Dreamweaver | 4/20 |
| Reference | Using Microsoft's Design Gallery Live |
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| Topic | Ergonomics and Digital Workplace Injuries | 4/20 |
| Project | Free Choice | 5/9 |
| Week of April 20 | ||
| Exercise | Office: PowerPoint and Dreamweaver | 4/27 |
| Exercise | Creating an Acrobat .PDF file | |
| Bookwork | Ch 15: Working with Fireworks | 4/27 |
| Exercise | xHTML 7 | 4/27 |
| Week of April 27 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 18: Accessibility | 5/4 |
| Exercise | Office: Excel and Dreamweaver | 5/4 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 20: Plug-Ins |
5/4 |
| Topic | eCommerce and Consumer Privacy | 5/4 |
| Week of May 4 | ||
| catch-up week -- ALL WORK due by FRIDAY MAY 9 | ---- | |