Calendar for ITSC 1413.7001 Page Design I / Spring 2004
| Mon. January 12 | Syllabus, Lab Policies (Read), Open Lab Information (Read) | 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 | |
| Scavenger Hunt (Submit as an attachment to instructor) | 1/21 | |
| Reading: NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 1/21 | |
| Quiz: NLC Web Design Copyright Guidelines | 1/21 | |
| Wed. January 14 | Ch. 1, Ch. 2 (ungraded--nothing to upload) | --- |
| Exercise: Academic Dishonesty (Submit as attachment to email) | 1/21 | |
| Exercise: Creating Folders. Complete this assignment before uploading work! | ||
| Exercise: Defining Your Site in Dreamweaver MX | --- | |
| Fri. January 16 | Project One: Resume (mandatory class session) | 2/9 |
| Mon. January 19 | Martin Luther King Holiday | --- |
| Wed. January 21 | Quick Note on Working with the HOT Textbook | --- |
| Reading: What Is INDEX.HTM? | 1/26 | |
Ch. 20, pages 633 - 645. You DO NOT have to get a Tripod
account -- use your NLC web space instead!  |
1/26 | |
| UPLOAD chapters 3 exercises after reading Ch. 20. | 1/26 | |
| Mon. January 26 | Lecture: Color Theory | --- |
| Tip: How to Save Images from Web Browsers | --- | |
| Wed. January 28 | Lecture: Space | --- |
| Fri. January 30 | Ch. 4: Basics -- be sure to UPLOAD this chapter when finished. | 2/2 |
| Mon. February 2 | Lecture: Linking Practices | --- |
| Wed. February 4 | Exercise: Web Design DOs and DON'Ts | 2/9 |
| Fri. February 6 | Ch. 5: Linking -- be sure to UPLOAD this chapter when finished. | 2/9 |
| Mon. February 9 | Project 2: Link List | 2/23 |
| Wed. February 11 | Work Day | IC |
| Fri. February 13 | Ch. 6: Typography -- Remember to upload all chapters as you finish them. | 2/16 |
| Mon. February 16 | Work on Project | ---- |
| Wed. February 18 | Lecture: Typography | IC |
| Lecture: Buttons | IC | |
| Lecture: Layout | IC | |
| Fri. February 20 | Ch. 7: Tables  |
1/20 |
| Mon. February 23 | No class, Sharon ill | |
| Wed. February 25 | Exercise: Layout and the Grid System | 3/1 |
| Project Three: Corporate Newsletter | 3/27 | |
| Fri. February 27 | Ch. 8: Layout | 3/1 |
| Mon. March 1 | Lecture: The Browser Wars | IC |
| Graphics Blowout: Bring a picture to scan!! | IC | |
| All information on scanning, digital cameras, and Fireworks is intended as reference material for students who have these resources. None of this information is required. | --- | |
| Scanning - |
IC | |
| Simple Graphics in Fireworks |
IC | |
| Cropping and Re-sizing in Fireworks |
IC | |
| Wed. March 3 | Lecture: Why Frames Suck | IC |
| Fri. March 5 | Ch. 9: Frames (Frames are not required in Tabloid Terror, but you must
complete the chapter exercises)  |
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| Mon. March 8 - 14 | Spring Break | |
| Mon. March 15 | Lab Day | |
| Wed. March 17 | Lab Day | |
| Fri. March 19 | Ch. 12: HTML | |
| Mon. March 22 | xHTML 1 - 3 | |
| xHTML 4 - 7 | ||
| Server-Side Includes | ||
| Wed. March 24 | Lecture: Accessibility | |
| Lecture: Modular Websites | ||
| Fri. March 26 | Ch. 18: Accessibility | |
| Mon. March 29 | Project Five: eCommerce Website | |
| What Is ASP? and ASP Calculator | ||
| Wed. March 31 | ASP Email | |
| Fri. April 1 | Ch. 13: Forms | |
| Mon. April 5 | DW Extensions | |
| DROP DATE: April 8 is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W. | ||
| Wed. April 7 | Lecture: Rollovers and Animation | |
| Fri. April 9 | Ch. 10: Rollovers | |
| Mon. April 12 | Lecture: JavaScript | IC |
| Wed. April 14 | Lecture: Multimedia on the Web | |
| Fri. April 16 | Ch. 14: Behaviors | |
| Mon. April 19 | Lecture: dHTML | |
| Wed. April 21 | Lecture: Timelines | |
| Fri. April 23 | Ch. 15: Timelines | |
| Mon. April 26 | Office: Word and Dreamweaver | |
| Office: Excel and Dreamweaver | ||
| Office: PowerPoint and Dreamweaver | ||
| Wed. April 28 | Lecture: Templates | |
| Fri. April 30 | Ch. 17: Templates | |
| Mon. May 3 | Lab Day | |
| Wed. May 5 | ALL WORK DUE BEGINNING OF CLASS!! |