Tentative Course Calendar - LIS5937 - Web Design

Note: This calendar is subject to change. In addition this is a fully online course, so all meetings are optional. Weeks run from Monday through Sunday.

Complete any readings, assignments and activities listed under each week. Project, assignments, activities and any other deliverables are due on the Sunday of a week, as indicated below. Other than those indicated with an actual due date, activities should be tracked on your self-reporting checklist . Changes may be made to this schedule according to the learning needs of the class. Any changes to this calendar will be denoted in red.

Week 1

1/7-1/13

Orientation & Introductions

Where do I start?

How the Web Works

Read the Syllabus; Review the calendar (this page); Post your introduction & get your book!

Read Niederst Robbins (3rd Ed):
Preface (p. xiii)
Chapters 1 (p.3-18)
- Exercise 2-1 (p. 24)
- "Test Yourself" page 18
Chapters 2 (p.19-29)
- "Test Yourself" page 28
Complete Activity 1
Activity 1 Due January 13

The nature of Web Design

Read Chapters 3 (p.29-48)
Complete:
- "Test Yourself," and p. 48 ;
- Activity 2 - Part I & Part II

Week 3

1/21-1/27

Getting your pages on the web

Read Chapter 21 (p.415-426)
(read for generalities; remember we will be using SSH or Fugu to post to the USF server space).

finish both Activity 2 (Part I) & Activity 2.5 (Part II)
both are due to receive credit
Activity 2 Parts I & II are due Sunday, Jan 27 midnight

Week 4

1/28-2/3

Marking up Text

Adding Links

Read Chapters 5, 6;

Read Chapter 5 (p.71-94)
Complete:
- Exercise 5-3 (p. 91)
- "Test Yourself" (p.93)

Read Chapter 6 (p.95-113):
Complete:
-Exercise 6-2 (p.99);
-Exercise 6-3 (p.100);
-Exercise 6-4 (p.101).

Practice these examples (you will definitely use these techniques later to add links to your menu page);
Just try 6-3 Link one directory down if you can. We will have more practice and notes on this when making your project 1 web site. Any other Chapter 6 exercises will only help you with links! Try what you can.

There may be an optional workshop on HTML (TBA)

Week 5

2/4-2/10

COMPS WEEK

Topics/themes for Web Site Project Due Sunday, February 10
(a one paragraph description of a potential idea - submit to instructor through Blackboard drop box; a discussion board will be open if you want to discuss with peers).

For those of you not taking comps, you may want to read ahead.

Adding images

Site Development Process

Read Chapters 7, 20;

Read Chapter 7 (p.115-127)
Complete:
- Exercise 7-1 Adding and linking images.
- " Test Yourself" p127

Read Chapter 20 (p.405-414)
Web Reading: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/SteveMarques/WEBSITE/index.html
Read the "Plans" Access, Explore, Develop links and the" Links to Info About Planning Web Sites"

Reminder: Web site plan due February 24

Week 7

2/18-2/24

Basic Table Markup

Read Chapter 8 (p.129-142)
Complete:
- Exercise 8-1 Making a simple table;
- Exercise 8-2 Column spans;
- Exercise 8-3 Row spans;
- Exercise 8-4 The table challenge.
- "Test Yourself" (p.142)

Web site plan due Sunday, February 24, midnight

CSS

Read Chapter 11 (p.187-202)
Complete:
- Exercise 11-1 Your first style sheet (p.192);
- Exercise 11-2 Applying an inline style (p.194).

Week 9

3/3-3/9

Formating Text

Colors and backgrounds

Read Chapters 12, 13

Chapter 12:
Complete Activities:
- 12-1 Formatting a menu (p.207);
- 12-2 Using selectors (p.221).
- "Test Yourself" (p.232).

Chapter 13:
Complete Activities:
- Exercise 13-1 Adding color to a document (p.243);
- Exercise 13-2 Working with background images (p.247);
- Exercise 13-3 Making an external style sheet (p.256);
- "Test Yourself" (p.259).

optional readings Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17

Web Readings:
Download and install Kompozer http://kompozer.net/

Week 10

Week 11

3/17-3/23

Web graphics basics

WYSIWG Editors

Chapter 18;
Complete Activities:
- Exercise 18-1 Resizing an image p. 376;
- Exercise 18-2 Creating Transparent images p. 379;
- "Test Yourself" p385


NOTE:
-March 22 is the Last day to drop with a “W”; no refund & no academic penalty
-Optional Help/Work Sessions on WYSIWYG editors and Graphic Images (TBA)

Web Project Draft Due Sunday March 23 - Details TBA

Week 12

3/24-3/30

The Web and Multimedia

Work on Projects

Web Reading:
http://webstyleguide.com/multimedia/print/multimedia.html
This is a chapter from webstyleguide.com a book published by in 2001. Although it is somewhat dated the guidelines are pretty good.
Lynch, P.J., & Horton, S. (2001). Web Style Guide: Basic
Design Principles for Creating Web Sites. 2d ed. New Haven,
Conn: Yale University Press

Unfortunately, I will be away at a conference this week, so I will be unavailable for appointments.

Self-report checklist due Sunday 3-30;

Week 13

3/31-4/6

Work on Projects

Reminder: Final web project and reflection, Due Sun, April 20

Optional Help/Work Sessions by Appointment, Locations TBA

Week 14

4/7-4/13

Work on Projects

Please complete online evaluations on OASIS. Go to OASIS at http://usfweb2.usf.edu/oasis/mainoasis_stu.htm and choose the Faculty Student Assessments link at the bottom of the OASIS menu.

Optional Help/Work Sessions by Appointment, Locations TBA

Week 15

4/14-4/20

All projects resubmits and any other outstanding course deliverables due

Final projects due Sunday, April 20, midnight;