Summary of the Course
Text Book and Printed Resources
Prerequisites
Grading
Teaching Method
Week by Week Schedule

Summary of the course:

An introduction to the World Wide Web and web development for non-technical majors. Students will create web pages using a WYSIWYG editor. Students will evaluate web sites using a variety of analytical and empirical methods. Students will conduct technology-related experiments following the principles of the scientific method and use technology to analyze their results. Topics include web-based technology, creating content for distribution on the web, and design principles for web sites. Students will develop an appreciation for the connections among science, mathematics, and technology in modern society, as well as for the principles guiding advances in science and technology. PREREQUISITE(S): NONE.

Learning Goals Summary:

1. Be able to create and maintain web pages using Web authoring tools. Know basic HTML syntax in order to understand and modify the web pages created by HTML editors

2. Know the basic principles of user-centered design and techniques.

3. Know the significant events and origins of the Internet and the World Wide Web, and understand the significant impact that Web technologies have on our lives.

4. Understand the issues of privacy and copyright that arise from the World Wide Web, where information is freely accessible.

5. Understanding the importance and the potential impact of page content on very broad audiences, and know how to create content to communicate and distribute information effectively through the web

Textbooks and printed resources:

Learning Web Design, Third Edition A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics By Jennifer Niederst Robbins. ISBN 10: 0-596-52752-7 | ISBN 13: 9780596527525

The grading scheme is as follows:

Assignments  20%

Individual Project  20%

Science Project 20%

Mid-term exam 20%

Final 20%

 

Total 100%

 

A	94 and above
A-	90 - 93
B+	87 - 89
B	84 - 86
B-	80 - 83
C+	77 - 79
C	74 - 76
C-	70 - 73
D+	67 - 69
D	64 - 66
D-	60 - 63
F	Less than 60

 

Teaching Method:

A combination of teaching methods will be used (lecturing, guest speakers, group presentations, etc).

Click for Weekly Schedule

Week 1

Intro.ppt

Lecture Slide

Introduction

Discuss syllabus

Introduction to the web and the Internet

Read Chapter 1

Read chapters 2 and 3

Week 2

HTML 2.ppt

Intro to HTML

Class Activities

Read chapter 4

Week 3

HTML Images.ppt

Cascading Style Sheets

Images

Quiz 1

Class Activities

Chapter 7

Week 4

Tables

Tables in Frontpage

Chapter 8

Week 5

Design_prin.ppt

Design Principles

Support Material

Quiz 2

Class Activities

Web site critiques

(student presentations)

Class Activities

Thinking inside the Box

Adding links, padding, margins and positioning

Class Activities

Web site Development process

Class Activities

Internet and WWW Issues in our social environment

Project

Quiz 3

Class Activities

Class Activities