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WELCOME TO MY COURSE SYLLABI

On this site you will find links to syllabi, schedules and policies for all of my courses. These are live documents and might change throughout the semester so check the schedule weekly.

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ARTM2210 INTRO TO WEB: SCHEDULE

WEEK 1 HTML BASICS

HOMEPAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SEMESTER

ADOBE DREAMWEAVER

CLASSROOM IN A BOOK

LESSON 1 + 2

DUE WEEK 3

PROJECT 1A

Class 1 – 8/26 – Introductions

  • Pretest

  • Lecture: Introductions and how this class works

  • Demo: Writing HTML and Uploading Files
    Basic HTML <html><head><title><body><h1><p><ul><ol><li> and FTP

  • Homework: Exercise 1: Homepage

  • Read: Don’t Make Me Think: Pages 10-29

  • Handout: Project 1A - Haiku

  • Reference: w3schools.com

Class 2 – 9/2 – Labor Day

WEEK 3 

LINKS, IMAGES AND CSS BASICS

ADOBE DREAMWEAVER

CLASSROOM IN A BOOK

LESSON 3 

DUE WEEK 4

Class 3– 9/9 – File Management, Hyperlinks, CSS and Images

  • Lecture: File management

  • Review: Basic HTML add <header><nav><footer><article><blockqoute><em><strong><a>

  • Demo: How to setup your files, create links, style text and insert graphics using Text-Wrangler.

  • Challenge: Style the syllabus with CSS

  • Read: The Principles of Beautiful Web Design: Chapter 1: Layout and Composition

  • Handout: Review 1

  • Due: Homepage version 1

WEEK 4 

Con't LINKS, IMAGES AND CSS BASICS

ADOBE DREAMWEAVER

CLASSROOM IN A BOOK

LESSON 4 

DUE WEEK 5

PROJECT 1A

WRITE 10 HAIKU

Class 4– 10 – Doing layout with HTML & CSS

  • Review: File Management, Linking & Images

  • Demo: External style sheets, positioning elements

  • Read: Don’t Make Me Think: Pages 30-43

  • Due: Sketches for Project 1

  • Due: homepage version 2 which should now include a link to your formatted syllabus and have some style

  • Due: Review 1

  • Nursery Rhyme

Education

PROJECT 1B

CHOOSE A SINGLE PAGE WEBSITE TO ANALYZE

Class 11 – Analyse a website

PROJECT 3

MULTIPAGE WEBSITE

Class 11-15 – Multipage website

Class 11 – Outside of class begin Brainstorm concept, sketch ideas and work on content
Class 12 – Rough concept due, begin design comps in Photoshop, Illustrator or Fireworks
Class 13 – Begin Slicing & Coding
Class 14-15  – Continue Coding & adding content.
Coding should be nearing completion and site should be ready to troubleshoot
Class 15 – Final Critique

Class 13 – Domains & Hosting

Domain Name: a memorable address that is used on the web. these are routed through DNS servers which make sure the memorable address points to its IP address.

 

Network Solutions – register a domain name with any of the of the following extensions  .com .net .co .org .mobi .info .biz .tel .eu .co.uk .de .us .us.com .pro .eu.com .me .name .am .uk.com .de.com .bz .cc .gs .asia .xxx

 

Whois – find out who owns a domain name

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Web Host: a place to put your files. A few basic things to consider; storage space, number of email accounts allowed, bandwidth limits, MySQL and PHP support, customer support,will they host multiple domains/ sub-domains, cost.

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ARTM2210 INTRO TO WEB DESIGN: ASSIGNMENTS

Projects 50%

There will be 3 projects assigned through out the semester. Collectively they account for 50% of your final grade. Projects are due at the beginning of the class period for which the critique is assigned. Late Projects will be marked down a letter grade for every week its late, projects that are two weeks late receive an automatic F.

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  • Dreamweaver Lessons 5%

  • 10 Haiku 10%

  • Single Page Site 15%

  • Final Project 20%

 

Your projects will be graded on four elements: process, aesthetics, programming, and concept.

Homepage 5%

Your homepage will account for 10% of your final grade. I expect to see it evolve throughout the semester as you learn new coding techniques. To earn a C, I should see a minimum of 3 major updates and/or layout modifications to your homepage, for an A I should see 6 or more.

Teaching

Site Reviews 20%

Every month you must post a review of a website on a topic of my choosing. These topics will be posted on the class blog a two weeks before they are due. A few rules to follow, all reviews must be at least 200 words, written using professional language (you are not writing an email or posting this on a friend’s wall), describe what works and/or doesn’t work about the site: focus on how design principles and elements are utilized, how much the site makes you think and what improvements you might make. Lastly these must be posted to the class blog before the start of class the day they are due, if any one of these conditions are not met the review will receive an F. Reviews will not be accepted late. These will be graded on a scale from 1 to 5.

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RESOURCE LINKS:

SITES TO FOLLOW

WEB RESOURCES

Publication

HARDWARE & COMPONENTS​

INTRO TO WEB DESIGN STUDENT SAMPLES

ALUMNI PORTFOLIOS

2019

© 2019 By Doris Short

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