Calendar for ITSE 1413.7426 Page Design I / Summer 2003
- Readings = articles or chapters that should be completed BEFORE due date
- Topics = short graded papers or projects
- Quizzes = short multiple-choice quiz on designated material
- Activities = ungraded assignments that expand on material on the textbook
- Exercises = graded practices covering specific objectives.
- Projects = graded assignments. Projects take from the equivalent of 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.
- ECR = Extra Credit
- Admin = administrative items needed to make the class run more smoothly. If there is not a link there, then nothing has been added.
- Notes = tips on how to handle particular assignments.
- HOT = textbook, Dreamweaver MX Hands-On Training
= 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
| Type | Activity | Due Date |
| Week of Monday June 2 | ||
| Note | If you have not purchased Dreamweaver you need to install the 30-day trial located on the textbook CD-ROM. (You will still need to buy it -- the trial will expire before class finishes.) Lacking software is not an excuse for late work! | --- |
| Admin | Be sure to fill out the Student Profile. This gives your instructor contact information, and tells the webmaster to set up your webspace. You need to fill this out once each semester, even if you're taking multiple classes. | ---- |
| Admin | Syllabus, Lab Policies (Read), Open Lab Informaion (Read) | --- |
| Exercise | Scavenger Hunt (Submit as an attachment to instructor) | 6/9 |
| Reading | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 6/9 |
| Quiz | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 6/9 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 1, Ch. 2 (ungraded) | 6/9 |
| Project | Montessori School | 7/7 |
| Topic | Academic Dishonesty (Submit as attachment to email) | 6/9 |
| Monday June 9 | ||
| 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 | 6/16 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 20, pages 633 - 645. You DO NOT
have to get a Tripod account -- use your NLC web space instead! |
6/16 |
| Note | UPLOAD chapters 3 & 20 exercises after reading Ch. 20. | --- |
| Exercise | xHTML Exercise 1 | 6/16 |
| Monday June 16 | ||
| 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. | 6/23 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 5: Linking -- be sure to UPLOAD this chapter when finished. Make links from your home page to each exercise. | 6/23 |
| Tip | How to Save Images from Web Browsers | --- |
| Lecture | Color Theory |
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| Topic | Exploring Color | 6/23 |
| Monday June 23 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 6: Typography -- do I have to remind you to upload & make links again? | 6/30 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 7: Tables |
6/30 |
| Exercise | xHTML 2 | 6/30 |
| Exercise | Office: Word and Dreamweaver | 6/30 |
| Exercise | Office: PowerPoint and Dreamweaver | 6/30 |
| Exercise | Office: Excel and Dreamweaver | 6/30 |
| Reference | Using Microsoft's Design Gallery Live |
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| Topic | Web Design DOs and DONTs | 6/30 |
| Monday June 30 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 12: HTML | 7/7 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 10: Rollovers | 7/7 |
| Project Due | Project One Due! | 7/7 |
| Project | eCommerce | 8/6 |
| Monday July 7 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 8: Layout | 7/14 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 9: Frames (Frames are not required in Tabloid Terror, but you must
complete the chapter exercises)
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7/14 |
| Exercise | xHTML 4 | 7/14 |
| Note: All information on scanning, digital cameras, and Fireworks is intended as reference material for students who have these resources at home. None of this information is required. | ---- |
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| Reference | Scanning - Bring a photograph to class and scan it. |
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| Activity | Using a Digital Camera | -- |
| Exercise | Simple Graphics in Fireworks - Please make two identical buttons before
class ends, each saved as a seperate file. |
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| Reference | Cropping and Re-sizing in Fireworks |
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| Monday July 14 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 11: CSS |
7/21 |
| Exercise | xHTML 5 | 7/21 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 13: Forms |
7/21 |
| Exercise | What Is ASP? | 7/21 |
| Exercise | ASP Calculator | 7/21 |
| Exercise | Using the ASPEmail Component | 7/21 |
| Topic | Legal Linking | 7/21 |
| Monday July 21 | ||
| DROP DATE is July 21. | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 14: Behavoirs | 7/28 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 17: Templates | 7/28 |
| Exercise | xHTML 6 | 7/28 |
| Exercise | xHTML 7 | 7/28 |
| Monday July 28 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 16: Automation | 8/4 |
| Bookwork | Ch. 18: Accessibility | 8/4 |
| Monday August 4 | ||
| Bookwork | Ch. 20: Plug-Ins |
8/6 |
| All work due WEDNESDAY August 6. | 8/6 |
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