| Description | Due Date |
| Tuesday 8/24 | |
IMPORTANT: If you are receiving Financial Aid grants or loans and are enrolled in a Distance Learning class, you must show participation in this class prior to the certification date (the 12th day after the start date of the class) by e-mailing/contacting the instructor. Students taking open enrollment classes that do not have traditional semester start dates should make note of the start date of their class. Do not drop or stop attending any class without consulting the Financial Aid Office. Changes in your enrollment level and failing grades may require that you repay financial aid funds. In this class, a completed SCAVENGER HUNT will count as your first contact. |
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| READING: Syllabus, Lab Policies, Open Lab Information | ic |
| 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 NLC web design classes. | ic |
| ASSIGNMENT: Scavenger Hunt | 8/30 |
| EXERCIE: Become aquatinted with Dreamweaver. Working in groups, figure out what every button on the PROPERTIES bar does. | ic |
| LAB: Chapter 1 - 3, 20 (Mostly reading, ungraded -- no need to upload.) | 8/30 |
| PROJECT ONE : Resume | 9/2 |
| Thursday 8/26 | |
| Bring old resumes to class!! | --- |
| Discussion: Design vs. Art | ic |
| Refresher: Property Bar | ic |
| Activity: Creating Folders | ic |
| Activity: Define Your Site | ic |
| READING: NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | ic |
| QUIZ: NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines (Counts as 1 Exercise) | 9/8 |
| Tuesday 8/31 | |
| Skill Check | ic |
| Class time to work on resume | ic |
| Thursday 9/2 | |
| Lab: Chapter 4 -- SKIP pages 79 - 85. We have already defined your site! (Remember, all bookwork is graded!) | --- |
| Tuesday 9/7 | |
| Lecture: Color Theory | ic |
| Exercise: Color Combinations | ic |
| Thursday 9/9 | |
| Lab: Chapter Five (SKIP "Define Your Site" stuff) | 9/16 |
| Tuesday 9/14 | |
| Work Day -- catch up on bookwork, spend time developing concept for Project Two | ic |
| Lab: Chapter Six | 9/21 |
| Thursday 9/16 | |
| Lab: Ch. 7 | 9/30 |
| Tuesday 9/21 | |
| Lab Day: Work on Project II | ic |
| Thursday 9/23 | |
| Lab Day: Work on Project II | ic |
| Tuesday 9/28 | |
| Basic Blogger Code -- right-click and "Save Target As" | ---- |
| HTML Lecture | ic |
| Lab Day: Work on Project II | ic |
| Thursday 9/30 | |
| xHTML 1 - 7 If you attend class you DO NOT have to complete these assignments!! The assignments are makeup for those unable to attend. | ic |
| Last class session for Project II | ic |
| Exercise: Web Design DOs and DON'Ts | 10/7 |
| Tuesday 10/5 | |
| Lab: Ch. 8 | |
| ASSIGNMENT: Office: Excel and Dreamweaver | |
| ASSIGNMENT: Office: Word and Dreamweaver | |
| ASSIGNMENT: Office: PowerPoint and Dreamweaver | |
| Project Three: eCommerce Website | 11/2 |
| Thursday 10/7 | |
| Exercise: Server-Side Includes | ic |
| Tuesday 10/12 | |
| Lab: Ch. 9 | 10/14 |
| Lab time to work on Project Three -- GATHER YOUR IMAGES!!!!!!! | ic |
| Thursday 10/14 | |
| Lecture: Frames (MAKEUP: Ch. 10 in textbook) | ic |
| Frames Gallery | --- |
| Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time) and Even With CSS Frames Suck and Why Frames (Still) Suck and Frames - The Problems and Solutions | --- |
| Tuesday 10/19 | |
| ASSIGNMENT: What Is ASP? | ic |
| ASSIGNMENT: ASP Calculator | |
| ASSIGNMENT: ASP Email | ic |
| Thursday 10/21 | |
| Lab: Ch. 13: Forms | 11/4 |
| CSS Lecture | ic |
| Tuesday 10/26 | |
| Lab Day | --- |
| Thursday 10/28 | |
| Lecture: Behaviors (in place of Ch. 14) | ic |
| Lab: Ch. 13 | 11/2 |
| Tuesday 11/2 | |
| Lecture: Timelines (not in textbook) | ic |
| Thursday 11/4 | |
| Ch. 16 Automation | 11/9 |
| Tuesday 11/9: Last Day to Drop with a "W" is 11/11 | |
| Lab Day | --- |
| Ch. 18 Accessibility | 11/16 |
| Thursday 11/11: Last Day to Drop with a "W" | |
| Lecture: Media Objects (in place of Ch. 19) | ic |
| Tuesday 11/16 | |
| Lecture: Extensions | 11/23 |
| Thursday 11/18 | |
| Lecture: Contribute | ic |
| Tuesday 11/23 | |
| Project Three Due by End of Class | --- |
| Thursday 11/25: Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Tuesday 11/30 | |
| Database Integration I | ic |
| Thursday 12/2 | |
| Database Integration II | ic |
| Tuesday 12/7: | |
| No Class | --- |
| Thursday 12/9: | |
| Take-Home Exam -- Lab WILL BE OPEN if you contact me by 10:00 PM on 12/8. Remember, my phone number is in the syllabus! | --- |
- 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, 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 on date shown unless noted. |
| Gray | Old material -- Sessions may be grayed out after week 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