Web Page Design II Syllabus for 2013-2014
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Course

IMED-2315-001 Web Page Design II

Prerequisites

IMED 1316

Course Description

A study of mark-up language and advanced layout techniques for web pages. Emphasis on identifying the target audience and producing web sites according to accessibility standards, cultural appearance and legal issues.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ RECOMMENDED BOOK
\ Learning Web Design
\ By: Jennifer Niederst Robbins
\ ISBN: 978-0596527525
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\ HTML & CSS by Jon Duckett
\ ISBN: 978-1-118-00818-8

\ Instructional Website:  thedesignlab.us

Supplies

\ • Storage device 2 gb or higher (thumb-drive, external hard drive)
\ • 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 or larger Sketchbook
\ • Drawing pencils
\ • Student may be required to buy a domain name ($12-$20).

Student Performance

\ Demonstrate the use of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for style, accessibility, layout, and formatting; build web pages with dynamic customization capabilities; develop web sites designed for usability and cultural diversity; and utilize design strategies to increase the success of locating the site via search engines.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Log in using the AC Connect Portal

In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .

If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

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• \ Cell phones and communication devices will be required to be kept inside your purse, bag or pocket.
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• \ Cell phones and devices must be turned to silent.
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• \ No texting during lecture, critique or class room instruction.
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• \ No social networking of any kind during class time.
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• \ Students are required to come to class prepared with all supplies.
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• \ Student are expected to be respectful to each other and all faculty.
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\ Failure to operate within the above guidelines may result in dismissal from the class and student will not receive credit for that day's attendance or activity grade. Further action will be taken if a student exhibits a habitual disregard to the above guidelines.
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\ Plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated and will be reported.

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Grading Criteria

Exercises - 30%
\ In-class guided tutorial or self-guided excercises, usually contained within one class period, which will have a shorter window for completion and sometimes be assigned as homework activities.

Projects - 40%
\ These are more significant classroom activities, to be done either outside of class or over the course of several class periods. They will be due at the beginning of class on the due date, or at the end of class if due on a designated work day.
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\ Activity - 30%
\ Activity includes participating in all classroom activities and being attentive during classroom instruction. It includes having completed all activities required for each class day as instructed. It also includes abiding by classroom policies (Student Behavior), and violation of any of these may result in a reduction of the activity grade for the day.

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• All exercises and projects are due when specified by the instructor.
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• LATE PROJECTS and EXERCISES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Instructor will evaluate circumstances with each student to determine the consequences of any LATE work submissions, and whether an allowance is warranted. Instructor reserves the right to decline the acceptance of any and all late work.
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Attendance

\ THIS IS A STUDIO COURSE. YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PROMPT ARRIVAL TO CLASS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LEARNING AND EVALUATION.
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\ If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed, including new assignments and due dates, and to make arrangements to obtain the materials dispersed (if applicable) and/or catch up on instruction.
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\ ABSENCES
\ Students will be allowed 2 unexcused absences without penalty. After the second unexcused absence, 1 letter grade will be deducted from the total class grade for each additional absence. 6 absences will result in automatic failure of the course. A breakdown of penalties for absence is presented below:
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\ Up to 2 Absences: No penalty
\ 3 Absences: Loss of 1 letter grade
\ 4 Absences: Loss of 2 letter grades
\ 5 Absences: Loss of 3 letter grades
\ 6 Absences: Failure of course
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\ Any exceptions to the above policy will be made at the discretion of the instructor. For an absence to be excused, instructor may require appropriate documentation of the reason for absence.
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\ TARDINESS
\ 3 tardies = no penalty
\ 4 or more tardies = 1 percentage point removed from activity grade per tardy after 3.

\ INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO DISALLOW LATE ENTRANCE INTO THE CLASSROOM. In such cases grades for Attendance, Activity, Quizzes, and Exercises for that day will be lost.

\ • Students will be responsible for signing their own name on the attendance sheet in class.
\ • Instructor is not responsible for student's failure to sign in class attendance sheet.
\ • Failure by student to sign the attendance sheet will result in an absence.
\ • Students may request a review of their own attendance record with the instructor outside of class time.

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