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Week 10: attendence is required Tuesday and Thursday.
This week we will finish up our sites and talk about promotion.
- Tuesday: Forms and Promotion.
- Thursday: Presentations for extra credit.
- Submit your project no later than
10:00am on Tuesday, December 6 of finals week. (10 points) - Peer Review another student's site in the forum by no later than
10:00am on Thursday, December 8 of finals week. (5 points).
See instructions. -
Evaluate the course. - Follow instructions (.swf movie) for success.
- Your feedback about this course is valuable!
- As a reminder, when you have constructive criticism, provide enough detail to will help me make updates in the course. A quick statement about something you did not like may not be enough information to enact change. Details are important.
- Grades will be visible once you've completed the evaluation.
- NOTES:
- We do not meet Finals week.
- No late assignments will be accepted.
Week 9 Contact Form
This week we'll finish up new skills by learning to use form elements.
Week 8 Content
Your newly-formed web site will finally have some content now! This week you must text, at least one styled aside, a photo gallery, a styled table, and sound or video. Learn how...
Week 7 Site Structure
This week you finally get to call your web site a web site! When multiple pages are linked together with a menu system/user interface it becomes a website and is no longer just a webpage. Learn how make new pages and link them to your menus.
Week 6 Print Stylesheet
When your web site has relevant and important content to read, then your visitors might want to print it. To save them paper and ink, you'll design a style sheet just for printing.
Week 5 Graphic design
Week 5 is about making rows and columns and adding the three main optimized graphic types: JPG, PNG, and GIF. So much to learn!
Week 4 Wireframe and navigation design
Week 3 was spent planning the site you'll build the rest of the term. This week, you'll learn to use PHP and HTML to create a wireframe template.
Week 3 Planning a web site project
Week 2 was filled with new tags and the CSS language, which many of you embraced! Those that are struggling MUST come to office hours to get some help.
This week, you'll use those new skills again while writing up a plan for the site you'll build the rest of the term. Start brainstorming now so you have lots to write about.
Week 2 Practice Page
Our first week was fantastic! Most of you attended class, learned how the course works, and submitted your project on time. I'm thrilled!
This week, we'll learn to make a Cascading Style Sheet to beautify a page filled with the most common HTML tags. Get ready to learn a lot!
Introduction
Design Coding © Mo Serious TV 2008. The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) is back with another marketing rap. This time he describes how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site. (3:22 Flash)
Also view The Machine is us/ing us.
Welcome to Beginning Web Authoring. This 10-week course will require your attention to weekly lectures, readings, exercises, and project deliverables. We'll work at a fast pace so expect to show up and participate in class each day.
Note that I have extensive office hours. I am here to provide the individual attention you may need in lieu of a lab session.
Before we get to week 3, where we plan the site you'll be building the rest of the term, please jot down ideas you have for potential site topics. Consider a topic related to a hobby, business, organization, student club, etc. The following subjects will not be allowed: party sites, adult content, or weapons.
I'll see you in class Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am to 11:50pm. Be on time and sit up front.
Bring a laptop if you have one.
Update Windows Folder settings
To avoid double file extensions, please uncheck the default Settings->Control Panel->Folder Options->View->Hide extensions for know file types option.
Click to view where to change the settings: 
When using the Bb forums, remember to:
- Click the Plain Text radio button if you want to show some code (otherwise, Bb will render it rather than show it to you).
- If you ask a question about your page, then include the address of the page (starting with http://)
- Keep like topics together in the same thread sequence.
- Ask a question in one place, not two.
Please follow these troubleshooting steps in this order:
- Attend class and ask lots of questions.
- If you are not attending class then you'll miss a lot of detail that will help you succeed each week.
- Not every single thing you need to know is written in the lecture materials.
- If you write down everything I have on the board, listen and watch more closely, and ask more questions in class, you'll have an easier time understanding the instructions when you work on your own.
- Use the troubleshooting checklist.
- I'll go over each item as we learn it.
- Ask for help in the weekly forum.
- So other students can help you and earn a point.
- So you can earn the weekly forum point.
- Visit office hours.
- Drop by or email me for an appointment if you can't make office hours.
- Email the instructor (last resort).