CIS305 - Course Syllabus

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1 CIS305 - Course Syllabus Course: Instructor: Semester: Section 01 & Office: Course URL: Web and Internet Publishing Donna J Ehrhart Spring Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:05-10:00 am Drake Library Lower Level, Room #44 Office hours can be arranged via . I will be able to respond quicker to your request through than telephone. The best times to meet are before or after the class meeting time. Leave messages at: dehrhart@brockport.edu or if you do not need a quick response, leave message at: , ext htm &N=16&Ntk=APG %7C%7CP_EPI&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial Textbook: Materials Required: Handouts: Software: The Web Collection Revealed Standard Edition: Adobe Dreamweaver CS6, Flash CS6 and Fireworks CS6, 1st Edition Sherry Bishop North Arkansas College (Emerita) Jim Shuman Bellevue Community College (Emeritus) Barbara M. Waxer Santa Fe Community College ISBN-13: Pages Hardcover; 2013 Published Storage medium - USB Flash stick (any storage capacity) Check in your Angel account. Adobe CS6 (Windows version in classroom) Students with Apple Computers could use Mac version on Personal Computer). Textbook written for both versions. Student Discount available from University of Buffalo Computer Store -

2 Other Online Resources: Course Description: Course Objective: 1.html A general introduction to Web communication and design tools for publishing. Html and current design software used for creation of static and dynamic pages, containing optimized vector and bitmap graphic formats, sound & video, forms, navigation bars/links, scripting, and CSS formats, and a variety of current web tools and features. Incorporate W3C and accessibility guidelines. 3 Cr. 1. To provide basic computer literacy in the use of communication software in cyberspace. 2. To understand the process of creating, managing, transferring, and publishing web pages. 3. To use basic HTML code to develop web pages. 4. To use a web page editor to create and manage web pages. 5. To develop an understanding and use simple active script in a web page. 6. To ensure students possess a working knowledge of fundamental aspects of a web editor and graphic software. 7. To develop the ability to design and publish web pages at a web site. Grading: 10% 1 Quiz 60% 2 Tests 30% Homework Assignments

3 Grading Scale: Numeric semester avg. 93 and above Letter Quality Grade Points A A B B B C C C D D 1.00 BELOW 60 F 0.00 Attendance: Tests, Quizzes & Make-Up Policy: Attendance is required for all lectures and labs. A student's final semester average will be lowered by 5 points for each class they are absent. Coming to class late, counts the same as an absent, in a computer lab, you must be ready to take notes, quizzes, and start promptly. There will be no makeup exams or quizzes. Call instructor to discuss any possible conflicts you might run into before the exam (one week before the exam). There will be no makeup exams. Plan to make arrangements before the exam is scheduled to take the exam early. No exams will be administered after the scheduled exams. Mini-Quizzes - are unannounced and require attendance to participate. These quiz grades are accumulated and will reward the student in perfect attendance. The announced Quiz that is worth 10% of overall grade, listed on the agenda, is not part of these mini-quizzes, but instead a quiz before the mid-term test.

4 Homework: College Disability Policy Statement: Disability Statement: and Technology Guidelines: Due dates will be established in class the day the projects are assigned. Your projects and assignments will be collected at the beginning of the class period it is due. If necessary, homework may be handed in late, however, late projects and assignments will only receive half credit. Most of your homework assignments will be graded by viewing your pages from your class web site. Students with documented disabilities may be entitled to specific accommodations. SUNY Brockport's Office for students with Disabilities makes this determination. Please contact the Office for Students with Disabilities at (585) or to inquire about obtaining an official letter to the course instructor detailing approved accommodations. The student is responsible for providing the course instructor with the official letter. Faculty and staff work as a team with the Office for Students with Disabilities to meet the needs of students with disabilities. I would appreciate hearing from anyone in this class who has a special need which may be the result of a disability. I am reasonably sure we can work out whatever arrangement is necessary, be it special seating, testing or other accommodations. See me after class, as soon as possible. SUNY does not allow any misuse of its system. A student should not send any homework, project or test files to other students. Any student caught plagiarizing work from any source (Internet, or the library or any other source) will receive a failing grade for the entire semester. Plagiarism is using others' words or ideas, or programming code and claiming them as your own. Plagiarism will not be condoned and will result in a failing grade for the course. Cheating on an exam will be treated similarly. Also, misuse of the mail system, Internet or any files on the UNIX network or the PC will result in a failing grade being given for the course. Emergency Preparedness on campus and in class: Please visit this link.

5 Course Agenda: (This is a working agenda and will reflect changes throughout the semester.) Topic Week 1 January 27, Assignments First week of class: Review Syllabus Webmail - webmail.brockport.edu Angel - angel.brockport.edu Read Internet Units A-B, F-G and create list of terms Week 1-2 February 3, FTP Programs Readings: The Internet Units C-D; create list of terms Zip applications - WS_FTP; WinZip Read: Do Scavenger Hunt for Homework

6 Week 2-3 February 10, Read The Internet, Units H-I Create first sample html document Learn about HTML tags Dreamweaver Text Chapter 1 Getting Started with Dreamweaver CS6 - Basic terms and manage web site Find an gif or jpg, and save to disk. Look at: QUIZ TBA about this week. Week 4 February 17, President s Day no classes Chapter 1 - Getting Started with Dreamweaver (con't.) Required elements are shown in this sample bare-bones document: <html> <head> <TITLE>A Simple HTML Example</TITLE> </head> <body> <H1>HTML is Easy To Learn</H1> <P>Welcome to the world of HTML. This is the first paragraph. While short it is still a paragraph!</p> <P>This is the second paragraph. I created this first sample by using Notepad. Each open tag has a closing tag. The html tags are the very first and last. The head tags are next, and the title tags are within the head tags. The next tags are the body tags, and most everything will fall within this container.</p> </body> </html> Open Dreamweaver, create a page. Create your index.htm page, upload to your web site. Print login screens for setup. Go to student page, and click on link to the index.htm template. Download and save to your disk index.htm dot.jpg uc07.gif constcoffee.gif Create your own handout of login screens. Set up at home too! Create an umbrella folder, and call the index page umbrella.htm, place in folder (page 1.26) Storyboards Final Exam Looks at various projects in the textbook to get ideas for your own final project, which will be a final exam.

7 Week 5 February 24, Quiz - 10% of grade - no Make-Ups! The Internet: Units A-D,F-G Chapter 2 Developing a Web Page Color palette Research Color and Culture Good, Bad Ugly site: Print from Angel - Create Web Page Template Chapter 2 - Lessons 1-5 Layout Design, Formatting, Links, links, History & Modify & Test web pages Homework Post: Exercises from Chapter 2 and Project Builder 1 (p2-36) Mid-term Test #1-30% of final grade Week 6 March 3, Chapter 3 Working with Text & Graphics Chapter 3 - Working with Text & Graphics: Ordered & Unordered lists Cascading Style Sheets Assets Panel - inserting graphics and aligning Resizing graphics, Alternate Text (Alt tags), borders, spacing, brightness/contrast of graphics, Accessibility Option page Inserting background images Removing non-web safe colors Homework Post Exercises from Chapter 3, and Project Builder 1

8 Week 7 March 10, (Mid-Term break is March 17-21, ) *MID-TERM DUE THE WEEK BEFORE BREAK ON WEDNESDAY. - page evaluation - verifier validator.w3.org - W3 Consortium Validation service Chapter 1 Fireworks - Getting Started with Adobe Fireworks Chapter 1 Getting Started with Adobe Fireworks (Photoshop option) Working with Tools Adding Layers & locking Bitmap vs. Vector images Creating shapes, adding strokes Creating, modifying text Attaching Text to a Path Spell Checker Homework Post Project Builder 1 **Apply Portfolio Project of Fireworks to your final exam too! Week 8 March 24, Add a Pull-down Menu: Select a page to go to, then click GO UNIX commands Pull-down Menu Forms - Button to close screen Chapter 4 - Working with Links Internal & External Links (absolute vs. relative paths) Links to Named Anchors (bookmarks) Rollovers with Flash Text Create, Modify & copy a navigation bar Managing web site links Chapter 4 Working with Links Chapter 2 Fireworks - Working with Objects Homework Post Project Builder 1 Chapter 2 Fireworks - Working with Objects Work with Vector Tools, modify color, gradients, filters, apply styles Homework Post Project Builder 1

9 Week 9 March 31, Create button linked to sound files, like the following two buttons. Sound Linked and embedded Chapter 5 Using HTML Tables to Lay Out a Page Buttons can be found at: Sounds can be found at: Add a movie file to your Web Page -- Use your Digital Video Cameras Chapter 5 - Using HTML Tables to Lay Out a Page Creating a Table Table Properties Splitting and Merging cells Resizing rows/columns Inserting & Modifying Graphics in a cell Inserting & Modifying Text in a cell Performing Web site Maintenance Homework Post Project Builder 1 Week 10 April 7, Scholars Day on Wednesday no class Chapter 3 Fireworks Importing, Selecting, and Modifying Graphics Chapter 3 - Fireworks - Importing, Selecting, and Modifying Graphics Bitmap selection tools Marquee tool, feathered edges, transform Selection areas Lasso pixels Select areas based on color Homework Post Project Builder 1

10 Week 11 April 14, Thumbnail Table with popup windows Scanner Week 12 April 21, Frames Hardware and Logical Names Download/Print Thumbnail page, and Form - Closes Window Create a page with Picture in Close Form page Crop and size pictures for Thumbnail Table, then link to other web sites and pages - Edit through the code Create a Frames page Create a 3-part frames page - refer to sample Week 13 April 30, Week 14 May 5, Call Functions - Apply Current Date Test #2-30% of Final Grade - 2 weeks remaining Final Portfolio Projects from Dreamweaver Chapter 1-5, and Fireworks 1-3 should be completed and posted. Be prepared to present final web site proposal last week, Monday May 5 & May 7, No exam during final exam week.