Calendar for IMED 2415.7501 Page Design II / Fall 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
| Wednesday August 27 | ||
| Admin | Syllabus, Lab Policies (Read), Open Lab Informaion (Read) | --- |
| Admin | Be sure to fill out the Student Profile. This gives your instructor contact information, and tells the webmaster to set up your web space. You need to fill this out once each semester, even if you're taking multiple NLC web design classes. | --- |
| Admin | Name Game | ic |
| Admin | Create a Home Page -- I want to be able to find your assignemts without struggling!! See Josie's Page for an example. | ic |
| Exercise | Scavenger Hunt | ic |
| Reading | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 9/27 |
| Quiz | NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 9/27 |
| Discussion | CSS Zen Garden | ic |
| Exercise | Brothers Grimm Part A -- REVISED DUE DATE | 9/10 |
| Reading | Zeldman: Introduction - Ch. 3 | 9/3 |
| Wednesday September 3 | ||
| Discussion | Zeldman, Chapters 1 - 3 -- Is he on target? Do we care? | ic |
| Exercise | Getting Started | ic |
| Exercise | Viewing Differences | ic |
| Reading | What Is A Blog? | ic |
| Admin | Create a Blogger Account -- make a folder named "blogger" in your webspace before doing this. | ic |
| Reading | Browser Wars II: The Saga Continues | 9/10 |
| Project | Project One | 9/22 |
| Reading | Zeldman Ch 4 - 6 | 9/10 |
| Wednesday September 10 | ||
| Reading | Zeldman Ch 7 & 8 | 9/17 |
| Note | Last week was pretty easy; this week we're making up for it. | --- |
| Note | This week make a nice, concrete start on your project. Focus on your text and on structural markup. | --- |
| Exercise | Grimm Part B | 9/17 |
| Lecture Notes | Structural Markup | --- |
| Lecture Notes | Selectors | --- |
| Exercise | CSS Basics | 9/17 |
| Wednesday September 17 | ||
| Lecture | Quick wrap-up of selector issues | --- |
| Exercise | Grimm C | 9/24 |
| Project | Styling with the Brothers | |
| Lecture | Fairy Tale Artist Assignments
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| Group | As a group, develop structural rules for the Grimm Tales. Summarize. Reformat your three stories and upload to the new account. (Dave, I will email you their structure) | 9/24 |
| Dave | Yes, Dave, I've moved these next two items down a week and changed the due date. I didn't discuss them in class, so my campus class didn't complete them. | --- |
| Topic | In a short paper, describe the difference between a Search Engine and a Catalog. Research and explain what META tags are, and provide five helpful hints for using META tags. Explain how to use a robots.txt file to control how search engines crawl a site. Cite all references, send as email or email attachment, .DOC preferred. | 10/8 |
| Exercise | You have been hired as a web designer for a retail website selling saftey equipment to people who fear being abducted by aliens. IN A WORD PROCESSOR write correct META tags to help search engines locate your site. (You do not have to make a page -- just show me the code you would use if you did make a page.) Be creative! | 10/8 |
| Reading | Zeldman Ch 9 | --- |
| Wednesday September 24 | ||
| Reading | Zeldman Ch. 10 | 10/1 |
| Exercise | GrimmD -- CSS-P | 10/1 |
| Note | After completing GrimmD you should start working on your project! Individual portion is due in two weeks. | 10/01 |
| Wednesday October 1 | ||
| Note | Due date on Stylin Parts 1 - 3 moved again to 10/29 as I'm going to a conference. I expect great things given the amount of time you have on this!!!!!!! | --- |
| Note 2 | Grimm D examples | --- |
| Reading | Zeldman Ch. 11 | 10/8 |
| Wednesday October 8 | ||
| Exercise | Zeldman Ch. 10 Exercise | 10/15 |
| Wednesday October 15 | ||
| Reading | Zedman Ch. 12 | 10/22 |
| Wednesday October 22 | ||
| Reading | Zeldman Ch. 13 | 10/15 |
| Note | Lab Day - I'm in Milwaukee, please email if you need help. Check my blog for conference updates. | --- |
| Wednesday October 29 | ||
| Note | Stylin' Parts 1 - 3 due. | 10/29 |
| Project | Morning Radio | 12/10 |
| Exercise | Zeldman Rules | 11/5 |
| Reading | Zeldman Ch. 14 | 11/5 |
| Wednesday November 5 | ||
| Exercise | Zeldman Ch. 14 exercise | |
| Reading | Zeldman Ch. 15 | 11/12 |
| Reading | Nielsen Introduction - Ch. 2 | 11/12 |
| Project | Project Four: DOM Scripting | 11/12 |
| Wednesday November 12 | ||
| Reading | Nielsen Ch. 3 & 4 | 11/19 |
| Exercise | Zeldman Ch. 15 | |
| Reading | Nielsen Ch. 3 & 4 | |
| Wednesday November 19 | ||
| Exercise | Nielsen Ch. 5 & 6 | |
| Reading | ||
| Wednesday November 26 | ||
| Reading | Nielsen Ch. 7 & 8 | 12/3 |
| Wednesday December 3 | ||
| Reading | Nielsen Ch. 9 | 12/10 |
| Wednesday December 10 | ||
| Note | All work due by the beginning of class | ic |