Web Design and Development
DART/ENG 230
TR 11:00 - 12:15 (S 21); H-167
Syllabus
John Beatty
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E-mail: beatty@lasalle.edu
Office:157 Olney
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MW 11-1, TR 1-2,
F 1-2 and by appointment
Office phone: (215) 951-5004
Professionalism
Just as if you were “On the job” I expect you to attend class. Roll will be taken at each class meeting. For any absence to be excused you must contact me beforehand and provide documentation of your explanation or have a friend do so if you are unable.
Given normal extenuating circumstances, you will be allowed a total of four unexcused class absences. Further unexcused absences, or excessive excused absences will lower your final grade.
Assignments, tests or quizzes missed due to excused absences can be made up. Those missed due to unexcused absences cannot.
You have the reponsibility to read and follow the La Salle policy on Academic Integrity. This includes forbidding of plagiarism defined here as knowingly presenting as one’s own the work or ideas of another, and self-plagiarism, presenting as original work that was completed for another college course. Normal penalties for plagiarism include a zero grade for the test or assignment, with a failing grade for the course a possibility.
We'll also take a look at my presentation on integrity as it relates to Digital Arts.
The Academic Integrity Policy, the American Disability Act of 1990, and the Student Guide to Rights and Responsibilities are posted on the Canvas course Help Menu.
Assignments
There will be a two tests and a final exam/test. This is a technical subject area that requires you to be conversant with extensive terminology, principles, and concepts. Tests will include material from class including handouts, readings from the Web, and the primary text:Duckett, J. (2011). HTML and CSS. Design and Build Websites. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley, and Book Web site. (ISBN 978-1-118-00818-8)
Recommended is: Maivald, J. (2017). Adobe Dreamweaver CC: Classroom in a Book. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit. (ISBN-10: 0-13-466428-0)
Note that other recommended references for this course include Jakob Nielsen’s Designing Web Usability and Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think. A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability.
Other assignments include hand-coded pages and components, site-of-the-day presentations, a content-based or personal portfolio website, and revisions and extensions to that website (notably a working form page).
Grading
Weights will be assigned as follows:Tests 20%Grade Assignment: A = 94 and above; A- = 90-93; B+ = 87-89; B = 84-86; B- = 80-83; C+ = 77-79; C = 74-76; C- = 70-73; D+ = 67-69; D = 60-66; F = below 60.
Exercises (hand-coding, etc.) 20%
Site(s) of the day 5%
Website 30%
Revised site 15%
Final test 10%
In other words:
- A = All major and minor goals achieved
- B = All major goals achieved, some minor ones not
- C = All major goals achieved, many minor ones not
- D = A few major goals achieved but not prepared for further advanced work
- F = None of the major goals achieved
Syllabus change policy: This syllabus is a guide and every attempt is made to provide an accurate overview of the course. However, circumstances and events may make it necessary for me to modify the syllabus during the semester and may depend, in part, on the progress, needs, and experiences of the students. I will give notice when changes to the syllabus are made.
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