Syllabus Term 2 - Winter 2009

Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | Workshop | Class 4 | Class 5

Goal

This term you will build on the skills you learned last term to create your own template-driven web site that incorporates some more advanced features while cementing the knowledge you acquired last term. Whereas last term we emphasized web language and the web page, this term we will be moving to full web-site development and management. This will incorporate the following new areas of knowledge:

• Solidifying (X)HTML constructs and CSS styling
• Template development
• Web forms (with email posting)
• More advanced media - image maps; video and sound clips
• Compliance testing for HTML and CSS
• Accessibility testing
• A look at Javascript and some JQuery examples
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• Introduction to RSS and podcasting

This term we will be using Dreamweaver extensively in class along with browser toolbars for development testing.

Assessment

You will be graded both on your web site and your familiarity with the material. Your web site will be graded on both content and style.

Knowledge of Terminology and Concepts	20%
Content: Depth of coverage of subject	10%
Content: Clarity of expression	10%
Site: Capability and Construction	30%
Site: Attractiveness and Order	10%
Site: Organization of file structure	10%
Site: Clarity of Navigation	10%
	100%

Lesson Plan

Class 2-1 (Jan 21)

• Review of last term
• Testing and Validation (see chapter 18)
• Server-side Includes

Homework after class 2-1

• Do more Review exercises;
• Read Chapter 18 on Validation
• Read chapter 11 (Forms);
• Pick a specific topic for your site and start designing a layout on paper

Class 2-2 (Jan 28)

• Dreamweaver Templates / server-side includes
• Beginnning Forms (chapter 11)

Homework after class 2-2

• Read chapter 13 and Appendix C (Accessibility)
• Review accessibility sites:
  • Condensed recommendations used for WWU
  • Official Accessibility Site
• Finalize your primary site layout and start HTML/CSS for blank page of site
• Create navigation for your site as an include file
• Create the HTML for a simple Form for you website. You can add it to your template later, just get the form written in html for now.
• Make sure your recent work to date is up on the class site

Class 2-3 (Feb 4)

• Adding Email Posting to Forms
• Accessibility

Homework after class 2-3

• Read Chapter 12
• Finish the form for your site and get emailer workingl.
• Finalize Look and Feel of site with HTML and CSS and create template for it

Workshop: class 2-4 (Saturday class - Feb 13)

• Javascript (chapter 12)
• Form Validation
• JQuery and Cool Effects

Homework after term 2 workshop

• Complete exercises
• Read chapter 17 (SEO)
• Make form work with validation
• Add any effects to your template that you want to use

Class 2-5 (Feb 18)

• Search Engine Optimization (chapter 17)
• Multimedia (referencing audio and video files)

Homework after class 2-4

• Substantially complete project including Template and Form
• Read chapters 15,16 (RSS etc)

Class 2-6 (Feb 25)

• RSS and podcasting (chapter 15, 16)
• Review of student projects
• Questions
• Teacher Assessment forms

Homework to do class 2-5

• Complete project ready to hand in by the Monday after the last class