Web Page Design I Syllabus for 2015-2016
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Course

IMED-1316-002 Web Page Design I

Prerequisites

 Prerequisite: ARTC 1325 or PHTC 1300 or instructor consent

Course Description

Instruction in web page design and related graphic design issues including markup languages, web sites and browsers.

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Department Expectations

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Required Text:
\ HTML & CSS by John Duckett
\ ISBN: 978-1-118-00818-8

\ Instructional Website:  www.thedesignlab.us

Supplies

• Storage device 2 gb or higher (thumb-drive, external hard drive)
• Drawing pencil
• A standard spiral notebook for taking notes is recommended but not required.
  (You may take notes in your sketchbook if you wish)

Student Performance

Course Description: Instruction in web design and related graphic design issues including mark-up languages, web sites, and browsers.
End-of-Course Outcomes: Identify how the Internet functions with specific attention to the World Wide Web and file transfer; apply design techniques in the creation and optimization of graphics and other embedded elements; demonstrate the use of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) formatting and layout standards; design, create, test, and maintain a web site.

Specific Course Outcomes: Identify how the Internet functions with specific attention to the World Wide Web and file transfer; apply design techniques in the creation and optimization of graphics and other embedded elements; develop proviciency writing (x)HTML and CSS code necessary to create a web page; demonstrate the use of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) formatting and layout standards; design, create, test, and maintain web pages.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

• Cell phones and communication devices will be required to be kept inside your purse, bag or pocket.
• Cell phones and devices must be turned to silent.
• No texting during lecture, critique or class room instruction.
• No social networking of any kind during class time.
• Students are required to come to class prepared with all supplies.
• Student are expected to be respectful to each other and all faculty.
• Listening to headphones will not be allowed unless explicitly stated otherwise for a specific class. You must learn to operate in a group, and in an environment of distractions.

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.

Plagiarism of any kind will not be tolerated and will be reported.

Grading Criteria

Exercises - 30%
In-class guided tutorial or self-guided exercises, 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 for that project.

In Class 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. There will also be periodic, timed quizzes over the class material which will be completed and due in class

• All exercises and projects are due when specified by the instructor.
• LATE PROJECTS and EXERCISES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
• Instructor reserves the right to decline the acceptance of any class work or projects that are significantly incomplete.
• Students are responsible for staying informed of their grades and status in the class.

Work Development & Process:
Projects are expected to be explored, developed and refined through a process of student work and initiative combined with instructor and peer feedback. For this reason, work that is turned in on critique day should show the completion of this process. If you turn in a project that is a departure from what has been discussed and reviewed prior to critique day, your project will not be accepted. This shows a lack of respect for the process of feedback and revision, and would be unacceptable in a true work environment.

Grading Schema:

A: 90 or above
B: 80-89
C: 70-79
D: 60-69
F: 59 or below

Attendance

THIS IS A STUDIO COURSE. YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PROMPT ARRIVAL TO CLASS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LEARNING AND EVALUATION.

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.

ABSENCES
Students will be allowed 2 absences without penalty. After the second unexcused absence, 1 letter grade will be deducted from the total class grade for each additional absence. 5 absences will result in automatic failure of the course. A breakdown of penalties for absence is presented below:

Up to 2 Absences: No penalty
3 Absences: Loss of 1 letter grade
4 Absences: Loss of 2 letter grades
5 Absences: Failure of Course

You will counted as absent if you arrive more than 30 minutes late, if you leave more than 30 minutes before class is over without approval, or if you leave without consulting with instructor on days reserved for consultation and feedback.

There will be no exceptions to the above policy. For the opportunity to make up any work missed (which will only be allowed under the direst of circumstances and will be granted at the discretion of instructor), documentation must be provided as the reason for absence.

It is your responsibility to stay up to date on your absences.


TARDINESS
2 tardies = no penalty
3 or more tardies = 1 percentage point removed from Activity grade per tardy after 2.

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.

Calendar

Note: Dates are tentative and may change according to the progress of the class as a whole. Changes in the schedule will be announced during class and reflected on the syllabus on the official ACTX.edu site and on the instructional website: ( http://thedesignlab.us ).

The days noted for book readings are the days by which they should be read. LWD refers to pages for similar content in Learning Web Design by Jennifer Robbins, a book that is being phased out.

Day 1:
Syllabus/Intro

Day 2:
What is the Web? How does it work?
Reading: Pages 5-9

Day 3:
Structure of a site, page, and element / Basic Elements / Attributes
Reading: pp 12-26

Day 4:
Semantics / Accessibility / Simple Image resizing, saving for web
Quiz 1: Document structure
Reading: pp 50-60 (LWD: pg 85 chart)

Day 5:
Introduce CSS / CSS activity
Reading: pp 226 - 240

Day 6:
Cascade / rule hierarchy / style types / specificity / inheritance / text styles
Reading: pp 238-239, LWD: page 220, 239-240,

Day 7:
Box Model / Margins / paddings / borders / width / height
Reading: page 361-362, 300-326

Day 8:
Building sections with CSS
Background Images: pp 413-416

Day 9:
Lecture / Lab
Introduce Floats: Traditional usage, layout/column usage
Reading: pp 370-376, LWD: pp 286-294

Day 10:
Lecture / Lab

Day 11:
Lecture / Lab
Images for Web, background images with CSS
Reading: pp 413-416, LWD pp 246-252

Day 12:
Lecture / Lab

Day 13:
Lecture / Lab

Day 14:
Lecture / Lab

Day 15:
Lecture / Lab

Day 16:
Lecture / Lab

Day 17:
Lecture / Lab
Positioning
Reading: pp 360-369

Day 18:
Lecture / Lab

Day 19:
Lecture / Lab
Lists as navigation
Reading: p 317 (display property), LWD book: pp 342-347 (navigation lists)

Day 20:
Lecture / Lab

Day 21:
Lecture / Lab

Day 22:
Lecture / Lab

Day 23:
Lecture / Lab

Day 24:
Lecture / Lab

Day 25:
Lecture / Lab

Day 26:
Lecture / Lab

Day 27:
Lecture / Lab

Day 28:
Lecture / Lab

29. 12-1
Lecture / Lab

30. 12-3
Lecture / Lab

Additional Information

Further details on major projects can be found on the supplemental intructional website. Course materials for demos and projects will be provided in class, gathered by students as instructed, or through the instructional website ( http://thedesignlab.us ).

Syllabus Created on:

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Last Edited on:

11/30/-1 12:00 AM