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Course Calendar - Fall 2010

 Numbers below link
to weekly lessons		 Tuesday Thursday
1
Getting
Started
with HTML		 August 24
  • Opening remarks
  • Review of syllabus
  • Discussion of course content
 August 26
  • Web Writing Style
  • Basic HTML tags
  • Set up ISU home page
  • FTP transfer tutorial

Readings Due:
2
Cascading
Style Sheets		 August 31
  • Web Typography
  • CSS Lecture
  • HTML Workshop

Readings Due:
 September 2
  • Dreamweaver CSS
  • Linking to external sheet
  • Controlling page typography

Readings Due:
  • HTML, 127-168
3
Page Layout
with CSS		 September 7
  • Page design
  • Structuring pages w/ CSS
  • Positioning
  • FireFox Developer Bar

Readings Due:
  • Style Guide, Ch. 6 and Ch. 7
  • Don't Think, 10-49
  • HTML, 169-188
 September 9
  • Advanced layout
  • CSS rollovers
  • Lists
  • Site Validation

Readings Due:
  • HTML, 215-225; 339-351
4
Rhetoric
& Code		 September 14
  • Rhetoric and the web
  • Constructing electronic ethos
  • Audience analysis & research

Work Due:
  • Electronic Résumé
 September 16
  • Site design
  • Properties window
  • Creating Hyperlinks

Readings Due:
5
Information
Architecture		 September 21
  • Navigation Systems
  • Labeling systems
  • Site structure and searching

Readings Due:
 September 23
  • Site management
  • Templates & Libraries

Readings Due:
6
Tables		 September 28
  • Intro to tables
  • Tables to display data
  • Tables for page design

Work Due:
  • Site Analysis
 September 30
  • Basic table formatting
  • Using invisible tables
  • Using CSS to control tables

Readings Due:
  • HTML, 227-252
7
Standards &
Accessibility		 October 5
  • W3C & validation
  • Accessibility
  • Usability testing

Readings Due:
 October 7
  • First Exam
8
Graphic
Images		 October 12
  • Creating web graphics
  • JPEG, GIF, & PNG
  • Photos and artwork

Readings Due:
 October 14
  • Photoshop Intro
  • Low-bandwidth images
  • Browser-safe colors

Work Due:
  • Spend time with Photoshop & review PS web resources
9
Graphic
Images		 October 19
  • Creating GIFs, JPEGs
  • Type Images
  • Navigation Buttons

Work Due:
  • Spend time with Photoshop & review PS web resources
 October 21
  • Peer review of site drafts



Work Due:
  • Website Proposal Draft
10
JavaScript, Behaviors,
& Spry		 October 26
  • JavaScript
  • Behaviors
  • Spry menus and tabs

Work/Readings Due:
  • Website Proposal
  • HTML, 311-326
 October 28


Readings Due:
11
Multimedia		 November 2
  • Serving audio and video
  • Streaming video
  • Flash & Shockwave

Readings Due:
 November 4
  • QuickTime, WMP, & Flash video
  • Audio/MP3 files
  • Handheld and print stylesheets

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
  • HTML, 199-214
12
Project
Workshop 		November 9
  • Second Exam
 November 11
  • Project Workshop

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
13
Progress
Reports		 November 16
  • Oral presentations

Work Due:
  • Progress Reports due
 November 18
  • Oral presentations
14
Thanksgiving		 Thanksgiving
15
Launching
Your Site 		November 30
  • Launching and promoting your site


Readings/Work Due:
  • Continue projects
  • HTML, 353-373
 December 2
  • PHP and MySQL
  • XML & XSLT

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
16
Workshop
Week		 December 7
  • Project Site Workshop

Work Due:
  • Continue projects
 December 9
  • Project Site Workshop


Work Due:
  • Final projects due
17
Final Project
 Final Web Sites can be submitted beginning
the final day of class and up until Sunday, December 12