Web Design |
Week | Date | Planned Activities |
1 | January 15 & 17 | Introductions, site setups, telnet/SSH, FTP
Internet history, pioneers |
2 | January 22 & 24 |
Web searches, URLs,
basic (X)HTML, TCP/IP etc.
Lab: begin handcoded pages |
3 | January 29 & 31 |
More HTML, HTML5;
Research, MLA style |
4 | February 5 & 7 |
CSS intro; review; HTML: Tables
Test #1 |
5 | February 12 & 14 |
Images, optimization, personal topics; Annotated bibliography
CSS layout, Images 2 |
6 | February 19 & 21 |
Design principles;
Typography on the Web |
7 | February 26 & 28 |
Lab on CSS handcoding; content/info site
More on typography; Navigation, usability |
8 | March 5 & 7 |
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK |
9 | March 12 & 14 |
Lab: build CSS layout
Color, color on the Web |
10 | March 19 & 21 |
Test #2
Test review; lab: work on personal content sites |
11 | March 26 & 28 |
Project planning process
Finish personal content sites |
12 | April 2 & 4 |
Dreamweaver intro; Forms
Frames, iframes + video embedding; organization/business sites |
13 | April 9 & 11 |
Dreamweaver and CSS
Dreamweaver cont. |
14 | April 16 & 18 |
JavaScript, DHTML, jQuery
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15 | April 23 & 25 |
Web development, SEO, testing
Intro to XML |
16 | April 30 & May 2 |
Work on final sites
Work on final sites; test review |
17 | May 8 |
Final test Thursday, May 9, 2 p.m. final projects due Monday, May 6 |