Calendar for ITSE 2413 all sections FrontPage / Spring 2003
Terms, Abbreviations & Icons
- ic = in class. Activity, lesson, or other calendar item completed in class.
- Readings = articles or chapters that should be completed BEFORE the class session
- Topics = short graded papers or projects
- Quizzes = short multiple-choice quiz on designated material
- Activities = ungraded assignments done in class that prepare you for additional classwork or which expand on material on the textbook or from lecture.
- Exercises = graded practices covering specific objectives. Exercises generally will be completed in one class session.
- Projects = graded assignments. Projects take from two class sessions to an entire semester.
- 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.
- Bookwork = Work from the textbook chapter.
- Admin = administrative items needed to make the class run more smoothly.
- Notes = tips on how to handle particular assignments.
- HOT = textbook, Dreamweaver Hands-On Training
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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 | ||
| Note | I am horribly behind. I thought an adjunct would be teaching this course, but it looks like I have to. I don't have a textbook, but will have one by Monday afternoon. This means you have a fairly easy week. Please read over all materials below, take the quiz, write your two topics (I promise to never again assign two topics in one week) and start brainstorming for your Montessori School project. If you need anything please email me or give me a call. My number is in the syllabus. | ---- |
| Admin | Syllabus, Lab Policies, Open Lab Information | ic |
| Exercise | Scavenger Hunt | ic |
| Reading | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 1/19 |
| Quiz | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 1/19 |
| Topic | How I Use The Net | 1/19 |
| Project | Montessori School (revised) | 2/15 |
| Topic | Academic Dishonesty | 1/19 |
| Week of January 19 | ||
| Note | This calendar is for students enrolled in sections .7426 and .9402. If you are enrolled in sections .7427 or .9403 please use this calendar. If you are unsure which section you are in check with econnect or email Sharon. | ---- |
| Note | The Montessori School project has been revised to include objectives for FrontPage students. | |
| Note | On Monday I'll be (attempting) to set up FrontPage-extended webs for all FrontPage students. When your accounts are ready and you can upload to the server I'll inform the entire class through an email. Until you get that email please hold off on uploading. | ---- |
| Admin | Setting Up FrontPage Class Folders | 1/26 |
| Bookwork | Pages 1.4 - 1.44 (stop at Modifying Components) Be sure to save your work to your FPClass\Bookwork\PJ1 folder! | 1/26 |
| Reading | Appendix C: Publishing Office Web Pages to a Web Server | 1/26 |
| Admin | Upload work from Project 1 pages 1.4 - 1.44. | 1/26 |
| Tip | Start working on your Montessori School project. Don't wait until the last minute! | ---- |
| Week of January 26 | ||
| FINALLY | FINALLY -- UPLOADING INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!!! | ---- |
| Bookwork | Pages 1.44 - 1.67 -- remember to upload your work!! | 2/2 |
| Quiz | Follow instructions at top of page 1.68 and locate the quiz mentioned in #1 Project Reinforcement. Copy the quiz into an email message (be sure to get all the pages) and mail your answers to Sharon. | 2/2 |
| Topic | Web Design DOs and DON'Ts | 2/2 |
| Admin | Continue working on your Montessori School project. | ---- |
| Week of February 2 | ||
| Bookwork | Pages 2.01 - 2.33 -- remember to upload | 2/9 |
| Topic | Legalities of Linking | 2/9 |
| Week of February 9 | ||
| NEW | WS_FTP instructions. Please upload using WS_FTP instead of FrontPage. | ---- |
| Reminder | Montessori School Project due on 2/15 | ---- |
| Bookwork | Pages 2.34 - 2.64 -- remember to upload | 2/16 |
| Quiz | Follow instructions at top of page 2.65 and locate the quiz mentioned in #1 Project Reinforcement. Copy the quiz into an email message (be sure to get all the pages) and mail your answers to Sharon. | 2/16 |
| Week of February 16 | ||
| Project | Project 2: eZines | 3/16 |
| Topic | Evaluating Online Design Resources | 3/2 |
| Bookwork | Pages 3.01 - 3.36 | 3/2 |
| Week of February 23 | ||
| Bookwork | Pages 3.01 - 3.69 | 3/2 |
| Quiz | Follow instructions at top of page 3.71 and locate the quiz mentioned in #1 Project Reinforcement. Copy the quiz into an email message (be sure to get all the pages) and mail your answers to Sharon. | 2/16 |
| Week of March 2 | ||
| Bookwork | Pages 4.01 - 4.35 (sorry for the bad stopping place -- there aren't many good stopping places in this chapter!) | 3/9 |
| Topic | eCommerce and Consumer Privacy | 3/9 |
| Week of March 9 | ||
| Reminder | eZines due 3/16 | --- |
| Holiday! | SPRING BREAK | --- |
| Week of March 16 | ||
| Bookwork | Pages 4.35 - end of Project 4 | 3/23 |
| Quiz | Follow instructions at top of page 3.71 and locate the quiz mentioned in #1 Project Reinforcement. Copy the quiz into an email message (be sure to get all the pages) and mail your answers to Sharon. | |
| Topic | Choose a New Textbook - Pretend you are the instructor for the FrontPage course. Visit an online bookstore (amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com) and choose a textbook for this course. Provide justification for the book you select, based on the book's description and any published reviews. | 3/23 |
| Week of March 23 | ||
| Bookwork | 5.01 - about 1/2 way through (No exact page number -- I left my textbook in Austin!!!) | 4/30 |
| Admin | Please create a new folder inside of FPClass named "Exercises." You'll be saving several new exercises to this folder. | ---- |
| Exercise | Exploring DesignGallery Live: Visit Microsoft's Design Gallery Live and find 8 pieces of clip art related to fruit. Download the clip art to your PC. Start FrontPage, and make a page with the text "My Fruit" at the top. Place your fruit clip art on the page. (Insert > Picture > Clip Art). Save the page in the Exercises folder as FRUIT.HTM. | 4/30 |
| Week of March 30 | ||
| Bookwork | remainder of Project 5 | 4/6 |
| Quiz | Quiz for Project 5 | 4/6 |
| Exercise | Downloading New Themes: Microsoft.com has several FP Themes available for download in their Front Page Add-In Center. Locate, download, and install the Spheres Teal Theme-Pak. Create a small two-page website using this template. Store it in your EXERCISES folder, ina sub-folder called "Spheres." | 4/6 |
| Extra Credit | Extra credit for downloading and playing with three other Add-Ins (excepting templates.) +10 points for a one-page paper summarizing your findings. | 4/6 |
| Week of April 6 | ||
| Admin | Create a new folder in FPCLASS named XHTML. You will be saving a few exercises to this folder. | ---- |
| Exercise | xHTML -- Nornally the Dreamwever students complete these very short lessons over several weeks. You'll be completing them in one week. The exercises ask you to upload with Dreamweaver. Please upload with WS_FTP instead. | 4/13 |
| Exercise | Add MSNBC headlines to Your Site -- create a page with headlines, save it to the EXERCISES folder as headlines.htm. | 4/13 |
| Week of April 13 | ||
| Exrercise | FrontPage and WAP -- create one page using WAP as described in this article, and test it using the WAPsilon browser emulator. Save the page to your xHTML folder as cellphone.wml. (I'm not after 100% comprehension -- cut and paste is OK!) | 4/20 |
| Reading | Newsgroups: A Place to Network | 4/20 |
| Week of April 20 | ||
| Exercise | Using Server-Side Includes: Read the article and create an include file (include.ssi) and a web page that "calls" the include file. Save to your xHTML folder as include.htm. | 4/27 |
| Week of April 27 | ||
| note | content coming for this week, I promise! | ---- |
| Week of May 4 | ||
| lab | Lab week -- all work due by noon on Thursday May 8. | 5/8 |