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Course Calendar - Fall 2007

 Numbers below link
to weekly lessons		 Tuesday Thursday
1
Getting
Started
with HTML		 August 21st
  • Opening remarks
  • Review of syllabus
  • Discussion of course content
 August 23rd
  • Web Writing Style
  • Basic HTML tags
  • Set up ISU home page
  • FTP transfer tutorial

Readings Due:
2
Cascading
Style Sheets		 August 28th
  • Web Typography
  • CSS Lecture
  • HTML Workshop

Readings Due:
 August 30th
  • Dreamweaver CSS
  • Linking to external sheet
  • Controlling page typography

Readings Due:
  • HTML, 127-168
  • Dreamweaver, 133-161
3
Page Layout
with CSS		 Sept. 4th
  • Page design
  • Structuring pages w/ CSS
  • Positioning
  • FireFox Developer Bar

Readings Due:
 Sept. 6th
  • Advanced layout
  • CSS rollovers
  • Lists
  • Site Validation

Readings Due:
  • HTML, 215-225; 339-351
  • Dreamweaver, 163-214
4
Rhetoric
& Code		 Sept. 11th
  • Rhetoric and the web
  • Constructing electronic ethos
  • Audience analysis & research

Work Due:
  • Electronic Résumé
 Sept. 13th
  • Site design
  • Properties window
  • Creating Hyperlinks

Readings Due:
5
Information
Architecture		 Sept. 18th
  • Navigation Systems
  • Labeling systems
  • Site structure and searching

Readings Due:
 Sept. 20th
  • Guest Instructor
  • Site management
  • Templates & Libraries

Readings Due:
6
Tables		 Sept. 25th
  • Intro to tables
  • Tables to display data
  • Tables for page design

Work Due:
  • Site Analysis
 Sept. 27th
  • Basic table formatting
  • Using invisible tables
  • Using CSS to control tables

Readings Due:
  • HTML, 227-252
  • Dreamweaver, 267-299
7
Standards &
Accessibility		 October 2nd
  • W3C & validation
  • Accessibility
  • Usability testing

Readings Due:
 October 4th
  • First Exam
8
Graphic
Images		 Oct. 9th
  • Creating web graphics
  • JPEG, GIF, & PNG
  • Photos and artwork

Readings Due:
 Oct. 11th
  • Photoshop Intro
  • Low-bandwidth images
  • Browser-safe colors

Work Due:
  • Spend time with Photoshop & review PS web resources
9
Graphic
Images		 Oct. 16th
  • Creating GIFs, JPEGs
  • Type Images
  • Navigation Buttons

Work Due:
  • Spend time with Photoshop & review PS web resources
 Oct. 18th
  • Peer review of site drafts



Work Due:
  • Website Proposal Draft
10
JavaScript, Behaviors,
& Spry		 Oct. 23rd
  • JavaScript
  • Behaviors
  • Spry menus and tabs

Work/Readings Due:
  • Website Proposal
  • HTML, 311-326
 Oct. 25th


Readings Due:
  • Dreamweaver, 345-393
11
Multimedia		 Oct. 30th
  • Serving audio and video
  • Streaming video
  • Flash & Shockwave

Readings Due:
 Nov. 1st
  • QuickTime, WMP, & Flash video
  • Audio/MP3 files
  • Handheld and print stylesheets

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
  • HTML, 199-214
  • Dreamweaver, 253-265
12
Project
Workshop 		Nov. 6th
  • Second Exam
 Nov. 8th
  • Project Workshop

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
13
Progress
Reports		 Nov. 13th
  • Oral presentations

Work Due:
  • Progress Reports due
 Nov. 15th
  • Oral presentations
14
Thanksgiving		 Thanksgiving
15
Launching
Your Site 		Nov. 27th
  • Launching and promoting your site


Readings/Work Due:
  • Continue projects
  • HTML, 353-373
 Nov. 29th
  • PHP and MySQL
  • XML & XSLT

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
16
Workshop
Week		 Dec. 4th
  • Project Site Workshop

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
 Dec. 6th
  • Project Site Workshop
17
Final Project
 Final Web Sites due during final exam period:
Thurday, Dec. 13th, 7:30 - 9:30 am, in my office, Ross 441.