Textbook(s):
DREAMWEAVER MX 2004 Hands-On Training
by Garo Green; developed by Lynda Weinman
Peachpit Press; ISBN No. 032120297X
| Description | Due Date |
| Sunday 8/29 | |
IMPORTANT: If you are receiving Financial Aid grants or loans, you must begin attendance in all classes. 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. |
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| READING: Syllabus, Lab Policies, Open Lab Information | 8/29 |
| 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. | 8/29 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Scavenger Hunt | 8/29 |
8/29 |
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| READING: Chapter 1 - 3, 20 (Mostly reading, ungraded -- no need to upload.) | 8/29 |
| Quiz 1 - Intro - Ch 1-3 (Word document) | 8/29 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Designing and Creating a Folder Structure on your machine. | 8/29 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Defining a Site in Dreamweaver | 8/29 |
| PROJECT ONE: Building an Online Resume | 9/19 |
| Sunday 9/5 | |
| Don't forget to start working on your resume this week! | --- |
| Quick Note on Working with the HOT Textbook | --- |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 4 | 9/5 |
| READING: NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 9/5 |
| QUIZ 2: NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 9/5 |
| Sunday 9/12 | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 5 | 9/12 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Academic Dishonesty (Submit as attachment to email) | 9/12 |
| READING: What Is INDEX.HTM? | 9/12 |
| Guest Speaker: Sharon Huston ~ Introduction to Fireworks | |
| Tip: How to Save Images from Web Browsers | --- |
| Sunday 9/19 | |
| BOOKWORK: Ch. 6 | 9/19 |
| PROJECT TWO: Link List | 10/24 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Office: Word and Dreamweaver |
9/19 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Office: PowerPoint and Dreamweaver | 9/19 |
| Guest Speaker: Sharon Huston ~ Fireworks and Buttons | |
| Quiz 3 - Ch 4-6 | 9/26 |
| Sunday 9/26 | |
| BOOKWORK: Ch 7 Viewlet on Advanced Tables |
9/26 |
| ASSIGNMENT: Office: Excel and Dreamweaver | 9/26 |
| Exercise: Web Design DOs and DON'Ts | 10/24 |
| Guest Speaker: Sharon Huston ~ Color Theory | 10/3 |
| Sunday 10/3 | |
| How to avoid "Click Here" phrases | |
| BOOKWORK: Ch. 8 | 10/3 |
| Tip: How to Save Images from Web Browsers | 10/3 |
| Sunday 10/10 | |
| Project Three: Corporate Newsletter (Due on November 7) | 11/7 |
| Work on Projects (Do's and Don'ts, Links, Newsletter) | |
| Catch Up Day (View Grades) | |
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| Sunday 10/17 | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 9 | 10/17 |
| Quiz 4 - Ch 7-9 (Due 10/24) | 10/24 |
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| Sunday 10/24 | |
No Class Today |
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| Lessons: XHTML 1 - 7 | 10/30 |
Quiz 6 -XHTML- HTML |
10/30 |
| Browse through Chapter 12, more on XHTML, nothing to upload | |
| Sunday 10/31 | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 10 | in class |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 11 | in class |
| Quiz 5 - Ch 10-12 | 10/31 |
| Exercise: Server-Side Includes | |
Helpful Information: All information below on scanning, digital cameras, and Fireworks is intended as reference material for students who have these resources. None of this information is required.
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| Sunday 11/7 | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 13 | 11/7 |
| ASSIGNMENT: What Is ASP? | 11/7 |
| ASSIGNMENT: ASP Calculator (Optional) | --- |
| ASSIGNMENT: ASP Email (Optional) | --- |
| Last Day to Drop with a "W" is Thursday 11/11/2004 | |
| Sunday 11/14 | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 14 - Behaviors | 11/14 |
| Project Four: eCommerce Website -- at least 21 required pages!! Don't wait until the last second on this one! | 12/9 ( last day ) |
| Sunday 11/21 | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 16 - Automation | 11/21 |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 18 - Accessibility | |
| BOOKWORK: Chapter 19 - Inserting Media Objects | 11/28 |
| Sunday 11/28: Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| No Class Today Recover from overeating! |
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| Sunday 12/5 | |
| Come in to complete your work and to take the quiz. You have the option to send everything through email / upload to server if you have the tools at home. | |
| ALL WORK DUE on Thursday 12/9 at midnight!! No late work accepted. | --- |
| Final Quiz 7 - Final exam emailed to the email address I have on file. Submit by the deadline posted in the email. | |
- 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
= 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. Hover over the icon to see the show's title. Please remember that a Viewlet's content does not reflect all the material in a chapter.
= Link to a web site used in lecture. Hover over the icon to see the site's name or URL.
= Supplemental reading