SYLLABUS FOR WEB PAGE DESIGN

 

Term:  Fall 2005  (051)  (August 29 - December 10, 2005)

Course Number: CIS 253X

Instructor:   Mr. Darren Henderson

Office:  Room 508

Office Phone: (219) 473-4346

E-mail:   dhenderson@ccsj.edu

Office Hours:     Monday                                 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

                                                                  3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday                  4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday             3:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.

 

Instructor Background:

Darren Henderson earned a B. S. in Engineering from Purdue University Calumet and a M. S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University with a specialty in Communications and Signal Processing.  His undergraduate curriculum was characterized by a strong emphasis in mathematics and physics including courses in Advanced Calculus, Partial Differential Equations, Complex Analysis, Advanced Analysis, Electromagnetic Field Theory, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics.  As his undergraduate senior design team project, Darren worked on a prototype for a home security and convenience system that provided a speech synthesis capability.  His task was to write the assembly language software for the Motorola HC11 microcontroller and to work with the Texas Instruments speech synthesis chip.  Darren’s graduate coursework included courses in Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Computer Networks, and Estimation Theory.

Darren joined the Computer Information Systems Program at Calumet College of St. Joseph in 1995.  He regularly teaches the courses C Programming I and II, Hardware and Software Concepts, and Data Communications and Networking Theory.  In addition to his teaching activities, Darren has worked for CCSJ's Computer Services Department.  He used his engineering background and skills to help lay the groundwork for the school's existing computer network and services.  He was responsible for initially creating the faculty and staff e-mail accounts and for making the school's computers (faculty, staff, and 4th floor computer labs) Internet accessible.  His duties involved Unix/Linux and Windows NT System Administration and TCP/IP Network Administration in support of DNS, DHCP, WWW, and e-mail services.  He was also responsible for implementing an early firewall to protect the school's Univers database system from unauthorized access.  He currently is working on ways of integrating the Blackboard 5 e-learning environment into his courses at CCSJ.

                Before his tenure at CCSJ, Darren was an adjunct instructor in the Electronics Technology Department at Ivy Tech State College in Valparaiso.  He taught a multitude of courses including: Circuits I and II, Solid State I and II, Digital Principals, Digital Applications, and Electricity for HVAC.

                His current research interests are in C++ programming, software engineering for Internet applications, and network security.

 

Course Time: Wednesdays             7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.       Room 419

 

Course Description: The course will introduce students to the fundamentals of web page development using the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).  Students will use a non-visual/code-based HTML development environment throughout the term.  Students will also be introduced to the use of Adobe Photoshop for web-based image creation and processing.

 

Prerequisite:  CIS 115

 

Learning Outcomes/ Competencies:

Students in this course will:

·         Understand the syntax differences between HTML 4.0 and XHTML 1.0

·         Use a Web Browser to

o        view HTML source code

o        access Internet resources (e.g. documentation/tutorials/scripts) on Web page design concepts

o        preview their Web page designs/HTML source code

·         Use Non-WYSIWYG HTML editors/tools to create web pages that contain

o        text

o        bulleted and numbered lists

o        relative and absolute links

o        images

o        tables

o        forms

·         Acquire images from a digital library, from the Internet, from a scanner, and/or from a digital camera

·         Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (embedded, inline, and external) to format and position text elements

·         Use Adobe Photoshop for Web Graphics

o        understand the differences between vector-based images and bitmap images

o        understand the TIFF, PSD, JPG, and GIF file formats

o        convert an image to a different file format (e.g. TIFF à JPG)

o        determine an image’s dimensions (i.e. width and height) in an appropriate unit (e.g. pixels or inches)

o        work with color

§         sample a color from an image using the eyedropper tool

§         view a color’s RGB and hexadecimal values

o        crop an image

o        create optimized GIF and/or JPG images

o        create transparent and interlaced GIF images

o        create navigation buttons and bars

·         Apply “best practices” in Web page design and layout

·         Incorporate popular JavaScript scripts and Server-Side Includes (SSI) into their HTML

·         Use HTML validation tools

·         Upload Web pages to a Web server (e.g. via the File Transfer Protocol (FTP))

 

 

Textbooks: (required)

HTML and XHTML, 4th ed., Patrick Carey, Course Technology, Boston, MA, 2005. (ISBN 0-619-26747-X)

 

Learning Strategies:

The course material will be presented mainly through a combination of lectures, class discussions, and instructor-led demonstrations.  Students will develop proficiency in Web Page Design and HTML through collaborative learning laboratory experiences and through the completion of additional hands-on assignments and projects.

 

Assessment:

The student’s grade is computed using the weights shown below:

 

Attendance                                             10%

Homework/Class Exercises                50%

Semester Project                                                  40%

                                                                100%

 

Class Policy for Assignments/Projects:

Homework will be assigned throughout the duration of the term. Homework will be collected generally two weeks from the date assigned unless directed otherwise.  Students are generally required to submit homework in both electronic and hardcopy form.  Students will use a combination of the following methods (as appropriate) to exchange files with the instructor: floppy disk, CD-R or CD-R/W media, Blackboard Digital Dropbox submissions, or e-mail attachments.  Homework that is submitted (<= 7 days late) is subject to an automatic deduction to be determined by the instructor.  Homework that is more than one week late will NOT be accepted for credit and will result in an assigned score of zero.  Homework received after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 (i.e. Week #14) will NOT be considered for credit and will result in an assigned score of zero.

 

Students will be required to complete a multi-page Web site as a final semester project.  Further details on the project requirements and timetables will be given throughout the semester at the appropriate times.  The deadline for submitting the semester project is 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 7, 2005 (i.e. Week #15).  Submissions after this deadline will NOT be considered for credit and will result in an assigned score of zero.

 

Students are expected to submit their own independently created solutions to any and all class exercises, homework assignments, and course projects.  Therefore, the sharing of computer solution files and/or the misrepresentation of someone else’s work as your own is prohibited.  Any student found violating this policy will be given a zero grade for that particular assignment or activity.  Repeated violators of this policy are subject to further consequences including receiving a failing grade for the course.

 

Grading Scale:

 

A: 93-100                A-: 90-92               B+:  87-89     B: 83-86         B-:  80-82    C+: 77-79

C: 73-76                 C-: 70-72              D+:  67-69     D: 63-66         D-:  60-62    F:  59 & below

 

Class Policy on Attendance/Class Exercises:

Attendance accounts for 10% of the student’s semester grade.  Therefore, it is vital that students attend the class sessions on a regular basis in order to be credited for this portion of the grade and also to be informed of any important class announcements, any deviations from the course outline below, and of any supplemental material presented.

 

Periodically throughout the term, class exercises will be given during the class session to reinforce the course concepts and material.  The class exercises are intended as a formative learning experience for the student and are to be completed and reviewed by the instructor in-class.  Students missing a class session in which a class exercise is assigned may complete the class exercise and have it reviewed by the instructor at the start of the next class session only.  Therefore, frequent absences may result in the student failing to receive credit for the class exercise component of the course.

 

Class Policy on Electronic Devices:

As a matter of courtesy to the instructor and to fellow students, cell phones, beepers, pagers, etc. are generally NOT to be answered in class and should be switched off BEFORE class begins.  If it is absolutely necessary to receive a call during the class period, then the device should be placed in a “vibrate” mode and the student should answer the call outside the classroom so as to minimize disruptions to the learning environment.

 

 

Course Outline:

 

Class Dates:

Topics/Assignments:

WEEK 1

8/31/2005

Syllabus/Course Policies

File Management Review

HTML Editor Basics

HTML Validation

WinZip (i.e. file compression/decompression utility) Introduction

Blackboard 6 Introduction/Accounts/Digital Dropbox

CLASS EXERCISE – File Management/HTML Editor Basics

WEEK 2

9/07

Tutorial 1 – Developing a Basic Web Page

Tutorial 9 – Working with XHTML

WEEK 3

9/14

Tutorial 2 – Developing a Basic Web Site

WEEK 4

9/21

OPEN SESSION/CLASS EXERCISE

WEEK 5

9/28

Tutorial 3 – Designing a Web Page

WEEK 6

10/05

Tutorial 4 – Designing a Web Page with Tables

WEEK 7

10/12

Semester Project Proposals Due

Photoshop Tutorial – (ch 2, ch 3)

  photoshop environment, toolbox, palettes, creating new images

Photoshop Tutorial – (ch 4, ch 5)

  using layers

Photoshop Tutorial – (ch 7)

  gif and jpg compression

WEEK 8

10/19

OPEN SESSION/CLASS EXERCISE

WEEK 9

10/26

Tutorial 6 – Creating Web Page Forms

WEEK 10

11/02

Tutorial 7 – Working with Cascading Style Sheets

WEEK 11

11/09

Tutorial 10 – Working with JavaScript

WEEK 12

11/16

Tutorial 7 – Working with Cascading Style Sheets (cont.)

  (Cascading Style Sheets for Page Layout)

OR

Photoshop Tutorial – (ch 9)

  rollovers

Photoshop Tutorial – (ch 10)

  image maps

(Animated GIFs, Image Maps, Slices, and Rollovers)

WEEK 13

11/23

Appendix C – Putting a Document on the World Wide Web

OPEN SESSION/CLASS EXERCISE

WEEK 14

11/30

OPEN SESSION for Semester Project work/questions

WEEK 15

12/07

Semester Projects Due/Presentations

 

 

Class Participation:

See "Class Policy on Attendance" above

 

Center for Academic Excellence:

Tutoring assistance is free to all students of Calumet College of St. Joseph.  The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) has experienced and well-trained tutors in most subject areas to help students who are struggling in a course or who are doing well and would like to do better.  Regular weekly tutoring sessions are likely to improve your grade.  In addition to the face-to-face tutoring offered by the Center, online tutoring is available for students whose schedules do not permit them to meet with a tutor in person.  Call the Center for Academic Excellence at (219) 473-4287, to schedule a tutoring appointment or for additional information about how to access online tutoring assistance.

 

Academic Alerts:

In order to assist students to successfully persist towards course completion, Calumet College of St. Joseph asks instructors to give a written evaluation in the form of an Academic Alert at the end of the 5th and 10th weeks of the semester (Fall and Spring) for any students performing below “C” average work.  The current practice is to have the instructor hand-deliver the alert to the student if possible otherwise the alert is forwarded to the CCSJ Academic Advising office where it is then delivered to the student via the U.S Postal Service.  The intent of the academic alert system is to notify the student of substandard performance so that they may take steps to rectify the situation (e.g. tutoring through the Center for Academic Excellence)  However, students should realize that NOT receiving an Academic Alert on week #5 or week #10 is NOT a guarantee of NOT receiving a grade below a “C” for the semester since a student’s assigned semester grade depends on the student’s performance during all 15 weeks of the semester.

 

Statement of Plagiarism:

If an instructor or other Calumet College of St. Joseph personnel find that a student has plagiarized or been involved in another form of academic dishonesty, the instructor or other personnel may elect to bring the matter up for judicial review. The maximum penalty for any form of academic dishonesty is dismissal from the College. The procedures for judicial review are listed under the section of CCSJ handbook that addresses student grievances.

 

Please note: Calumet College of St. Joseph subscribes to Turnitin.com and all papers can and may be submitted for checks on plagiarism from the Internet/Electronic sources/Databases.

 

Citation Guidelines:

Calumet College of St. Joseph adheres to citation guidelines as prescribed by the particular discipline (i.e., MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style or Turabian.).  All of these guidelines are available in the Calumet College of St. Joseph library or bookstore.  These texts outline how to cite references from a variety of sources, including electronic media.

 

School Closing Information:

 

                Internet:                                               http://www.ccsj.edu

               

http://www.EmergencyClosings.com

Facility: Calumet College of St. Joseph

Phone: 219.473.4770

 

                Radio:

 

WAKE – 1500 AM

WGN  - 720 AM

WIJE – 105.5 FM

WLS – 890 AM

WZVN – 107.1 FM

WBBM NEWS RADIO 78

 

                TV Channels:

 

2, 5, 7, 9 (WGN), 32 (WFLD)

 

 

 

Withdrawal from Classes Policy:

After the last day for class changes has passed (see College calendar), students may withdraw from a course in which they are registered with permission from the faculty member conducting the course. A written request detailing the reason(s) for the withdrawal must be filed with the Registrar. The Registrar must receive written request for withdrawal by the last day of classes prior to the final examination dates specified in the catalogue. Written requests may be mailed to the Registrar or faxed to the College fax number 219-473-4259. Students are to make note of the refund schedule when withdrawing from courses. The request is forwarded to the faculty member, who makes the final determination to accept or deny the request. If the request is honored, the student will receive notification of official withdrawal; if denied, the notification will indicate why the withdrawal is disallowed.

 

An official withdrawal is recorded as a "W" grade on the student's transcript. Dropping a course without written permission automatically incurs an "F" grade for the course (see Refund Schedule).