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Calendar, IMED 2415.7501 - Page Design II - Fall 2005

by Sharon Huston

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All assignments are due by the next class session unless noted.

  • Week One (August 29)
    • IMPORTANT:

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      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.

    • Scavenger Hunt
    • Syllabus
    • Lab Policies
    • Open Lab Information
    • Student Profile
    • XHTML Unit A
    • XHTML Unit B
    • XHTML Unit C
    • OPTIONAL At-Home Activity: Download Firefox 1.0. You only THOUGHT Internet Explorer was the best browser! Its CSS support isn't anywhere near as good as Firefox's. Some of the things I'm asking you to do this week don't even show up in IE. Please save frustration and download & install Firefox.
    • This is the list of the browsers we have in the classroom, in case you want to duplicate the experience at home.
    • VERY OPTIONAL: For the very-computer-savvy -- instructions on how to get multiple versions of IE installed on your PC. I found the link at the bottom of the list more helpful than this article, but your milage may vary.
    • EXTRA CREDIT: For extra credit, contact me via any Instant Messenger program. Once completed successfully you will receive +5 points on your lowest assignment of the semester.
  • Week Two (Sept. 5)
    • No class -- Labor Day Holiday
  • Week Three (Sept. 12)
  • Week Four (Sept. 19)
    • Lecture: Type (based on Holzschlag Ch. 4)
    • Lecture: The Box Model (based on Holzschlag Ch. 5)
    • Lab time to work on Resume Makeover (due 9/26)
    • Reading: Size Matters
    • Reading: Power to the People
  • Week Five (Sept 26)
    • Reading: Holzschlag Ch. 5 & 6
    • Notes: Broken Boxes
    • Exercise: Box Model Hack -- download, modify as instructed, and upload to your site.
    • Float Tutorial -- the best way to work with this tutorials is to read the first "unit", then try to do the additional units without looking at the code. Only look at the code when you get stuck.
    • Project Two: Two-Column Liquid Layout (due October 24)
  • Week Six (Oct 3)
  • Week Seven (Oct 10)
    • Lecture: Media Types
    • Homework: Media Types: Screen, Projection, and Print
    • Listutorial - the best way to work with this tutorials is to read the first "unit", then try to do the additional units without looking at the code. Only look at the code when you get stuck.
  • Week Eight (Oct 17)
  • Week Nine (Oct 24)
    • Class time to work on projects -- if you intend to work IN CLASS you must let me know by 10/18.
    • Sharon is presenting at a conference -- cross your fingers for her!!!
  • Week Ten (Oct 31)
    • Presentations
    • Presentation Critique Sheet -- please, as soon as you enter class, each student print NINE of these.
  • Week Eleven (Nov 7)
  • Week Twelve (Nov 14)
    • Lecture, Absolute vs. Relative Positioning note to Sharon -- better VAs
    • CSS-Discuss Wiki
  • Week Thirteen (Nov 21)
    • Readings: RegExpressions pt 1 & 2 on WebMonkey.com
    • Hacks Lecture One -- note to Sharon -- video!!!!!!
  • Week Fourteen (Nov 28)
    • Hacks Lecture Two
  • Week Fifteen (Dec 5)
    • Hacks Lecture Three
  • Week Sixteen (Dec 12)

 

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  • ic = in class
  • Bookwork = Chapters in text. You should work through each chapter, performing all exercises. Bookwork chapters are required assignments (ungraded and checked off as completed) and are to be uploaded to the NL server.
  • Readings = Articles for reading--not graded.
  • Topics = Short papers or projects. These assignments may be uploaded to the NL server or sent to your instructor as attachments to e-mail messages. These assignments are graded.
  • Quizzes = One online multiple-choice quiz over the copyright guidelines. This quiz will be scored automatically and the score sent to your instructor. Six other short-answer quizzes over the text chapters are to be completed in MS Word and submitted as attachments to e-mail messages. All quizzes are graded based on a 100 point system.
  • Exercises = Ungraded assignments that expand on material in the textbook. Some are required and some are optional. See calendar for required or optional.
  • Projects =  Four graded assignments. Projects take from the equivalent of two class sessions to an entire semester. Uploaded to the NL server. A project evaluation form is used. See calendar for the form.
  • 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.