Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am 10:30am Tuesdays Noon-1:00pm Thursdays Noon-1:00pm by appointment only Room J-324

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1 Course Syllabus Course Description: will introduce students to basic concepts in developing content for the web. Students learn to develop web sites using HTML and CSS. Students will also learn to develop pages with an eye toward findability, browser and device compatibility. Students who have taken TCOM 4035 or IT 3203 cannot take this course for credit. Course Objectives: Create a simple, functional multi-page Web site Understand the different layers of a Web site and how to work efficiently within each Gain a firm grasp of basic design principles, especially as they apply to a virtual environment Class on-ground meet times: Thursdays, 10:30am 11:45am Room J-212 Class online meet times: All new material for each online week will be posted on Tuesdays. You will have until the start of the following in-person class to complete those materials. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30am 10:30am Tuesdays Noon-1:00pm Thursdays Noon-1:00pm by appointment only Room J-324 Contact information: Course Materials and Resources Required text: Learning Web Design: A Beginner s Guide to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Web Graphics by Jennifer Niederst Robbins. (2012) ISBN-10: Further Reading: The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, 2nd Edition by Jason Beaird. (2010) ISBN-10: X Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students by Ellen Lupton. (2010) ISBN-10: Software used in this course: Adobe Creative Suite 6 and/or Adobe Creative Cloud (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Illustrator) on a Mac platform Syllabus page 1

2 Course Participation & Grading Participation and Attendance Students are expected to attend every on ground class unless illness or other extreme circumstances prevent it. While attendance may not be taken every day, you will be responsible for content covered in every class. About 15% of class lectures will cover content not direectly covered in the textbook. In addition, there are many in-class exercises that will feed into your participation grade. If you cannot attend a class for any reason, please me in advance and I will let you know what content we are covering that day. I expect you to have completed not just online quizzes and discussions, but also all assigned reading before class begins on Thursday mornings. I will cold call with questions based on the readings, and if you are unprepared with an answer, you will lose participation points. Student Work Submission Policy (online) All online assignments, discussion participation, homework readings and quizzes must be completed by 11:59pm on the Wednesday following the assignment posting. Every online submission will have guidelines as to how to submit (usually via DropBox) and how to name the file correctly. Failure to follow these intructions will result in points off your grade. Many online assignments will be critiqued by your classmates through an online discussion that I will set up. For the online portion of this class, you will be graded on your online postings and quizzes. Don t fall behind! Assignments not received by dates due will be considered one day late and will lose 5 pts. An additional 5 pts will be deducted for every subsequent day late. Student Work Submission Policy (in person) Course projects, exercises, and comps are due BY THE BEGINNING OF CLASS on the dates due. Students need to assignments, zipped into a single folder, to by class time on the due date, unless a hardcopy is required instead. For many assignments, we will be viewing and critiquing your project in class on the projected screen. For this class, you will be graded both on your final projects and on various milestones within those projects. Your syllabus notes due dates for projects and their milestones. Please note these dates are subject to change depending on class progress, and additional project milestones may be required. Any changes to due dates and project requirements will be discussed in class and posted on D2L. Assignments not received by the start of class on dates due will be considered one day late and will lose 5 pts. An additional 5 pts will be deducted for every subsequent day late. General Course Information Students with Disabilities If you have a disabling condition and need academic accommodations, please contact the Disability Services Coordinator at Honor Code SPSU has an Honor Code and a procedure for handling cases when academic misconduct is alleged. All students should be aware of them. Information about the Honor Code and the misconduct procedure may be found at Disclaimer This syllabus provides a general guideline for the conduct of this course. However, deviations may be necessary and will be noted in class and via during the semester. Syllabus page 2

3 Grading rubric: Assignment 1: 30% Assignment 2: 30% Online participation: 10% In-class participation: 10% Quizzes: 10% Last day to withdraw from class is October 3 Thursday, August 15 Tuesday, August 20 Thursday, August 22 Tuesday, August 27 Thursday, August 29 Tuesday, September 3 Thursday, September 5 Tuesday, September 10 Thursday, September 12 Tuesday, September 17 Thursday, September 19 Introduction and course design What is HTML? Three components of any Web site design Web site layout and anatomy Homework: Read Chapter 1 History of HTML and the Web: online written lecture Online Quiz: Week 1 Quiz Homework: Read Chapter 2 Discussion: choose one of two Week 1 discussions to participate in Getting started with HTML: structure and tags, inline vs. block elements, markup hierarchy, directory structure, basic HTML elements In-class exercise: creating a rudimentary HTML page Homework: Read Chapters 4 & 5 Introduction to CSS: online written lecture Online Quiz: Week 2 Quiz Homework: Read Chapter 11, complete Exercise 11-1 Discussion: choose one of two Week 2 discussions to participate in The mighty <div> tag, ids & classes in CSS, specificity and contextual selectors, linking your CSS file to your HTML file In-class exercise: using selectors Homework: Read Chapter 12 Assignment 1 distributed Linking Online Quiz: Week 3 Quiz Homework: Read Chapter 6, complete Exercises 6-1 through 6-8 Discussion: choose one of two Week 3 discussions to participate in Using lists; Introduction to tables In-class exercise: creating a table Homework: Read Chapter 8 Tables in CSS Exercise: Complete Week 4 exercise and post to D2L Homework: Read Tufte selection Discussion: Participate in ALL of Week 4 discussions Controlling typography in CSS, proper typographic rules Creating a container In-class exercise: styling type for the Web Homework: Read Chapter 12 Assignment 1 Rough Drafts due and must be posted to D2L by noon Discussion: Critique your classmates rough drafts In-class exercise: Photoshop review Syllabus page 3

4 Tuesday, September 24 Thursday, September 26 Tuesday, October 1 Thursday, October 3 Tuesday, October 8 Thursday, October 10 Tuesday, October 15 Thursday, October 17 Tuesday, October 22 Thursday, October 24 Tuesday, October 29 Typography in CSS continued Readings: Read selections on typography posted on D2L Online Quiz: Week 6 Quiz Discussion: choose two of three Week 6 discussions to participate in Assignment 1 due by beginning of class Colors and backgrounds Homework: Read Chapter 13, complete exercises 13-1 through 13-7 Online Quiz: Week 7 Quiz Exercise: Complete Week 7 Exercise: Creating Buttons Positioning with CSS: Floating In-class exercise: The Energy Collective Homework: Read Chapter 15 Margins, Padding & Borders Homework: Read Chapter 14, complete exercises 14-1 through 14-3 Online Quiz: Week 8 Quiz Exercise: Complete Week 8 Exercise: Creating an online portfolio Positioning with CSS: Positioning Assignment 2 handed out In-class exercise: Dada Site Design Principles of Layout Readings: Read selections on layout posted on D2L Online Quiz: Week 9 Quiz Discussion: choose one of two Week 9 discussions to participate in Positioning with CSS, liquid and fixed layouts In-class exercise: Creating a liquid layout Homework: Read Chapter 16 History of Design, Part 1 Readings: Read selections on design history posted on D2L Online Quiz: Week 10 Quiz Discussion: choose one of two Week 10 discussions to participate in Navigation In-class exercise: creating a navigation for Assignment 2 Transitioning and transforming in CSS3 In-class exercise: pimping your nav History of Design, Part 2 Readings: Read selections on design history posted on D2L Online Quiz: Week 11 Quiz Discussion: choose one of two Week 11 discussions to participate in Syllabus page 4

5 Thursday, October 31 Tuesday, November 5 Thursday, November 7 Tuesday, November 12 Thursday, November 14 Tuesday, November 19 Thursday, November 21 Tuesday, November 26 In-class exercise: Illustrator review Assignment 2 Rough Drafts due and must be posted to D2L by noon Discussion: Critique your classmates rough drafts Opacity in CSS3 Class time: work on Assignment 2 Creating Graphics for the Web Readings: Read Chapter 21 Online Quiz: Week 13 Quiz Discussion: choose one of two Week 13 discussions to participate in Introduction to APIs; video and audio with HTML5 Class time: work on Assignment 2 Discussion: post questions about Assignment 2 Assignment 2 due by beginning of class Review: take online practice quiz Discussion: post questions practice quiz Syllabus page 5