DEPARTMENT:

Mathematics and Computer Science

DATE:

MAY TERM 2004

PROFESSOR:

Ronald Kirk Haas, Ph.D.

COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE:

MY132 Creating and Maintaining a Web Site

COURSE HOUR:

A.M.

CREDIT HOURS:

Four

OFFICE HOURS:

1:00 – 2:00 MTWT

OFFICE PHONE:

Ext 1265

 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

1.   The goal of this course is to provide an interactive means for students to learn the skills and techniques needed to create and maintain a Web site. Students will create and edit Web documents using an editor such as FrontPage 2002. Students and faculty will learn together.

 

2.   There is no text for the course, we will be using the internet for our sources.

 

3.   Topics in the text which will be the foci of discussion will include the following: the internet, the HTML language, using text, HTML and WYSIWYG editors, over all site design, aesthetics of web page design, creation and editing of images, practical considerations, and transporting files and images, etc.

 

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

 

1.   Attendance will be taken and absences will adversely affect your grade.

 

2.   The evaluation of your progress will consist of judging the breath and depth of your daily journal, judging the originality, design modality, and functionality of your personal web site, the breath and depth of your participation in class discussion and sharing of ideas and techniques, and the breath and depth of your participation in a collaborative project.

 

3.              The grade for this course will be awarded in the following fashion:

 

ACTIVITY

POSSIBLE POINTS

CONVERSION

Journal

100

93% - 100% = A

88% -  92% = AB

Personal Site

100

83% -  87% = B

78% -  82% = BC

Participation

100

73% -  77% = C

67% -  72% = CD

Collaboration

100

60% -  66% = D

Below 60%  = F

TOTAL

400

 

 

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

 

 

WEEK OF

ACTIVITY

MAY

 3 - 7

Finding Resources and Reference Materials

Class Presentations

Discussion of Site Design

Discussion of Page Design

Web Fundamentals

Creation of Your Personal Site

Journal Due on the 7th

 

10 - 14

Finishing on Your Personal Site

Discussion of Collaborative Projects

Design of Collaborative Sites

Journal Due on the 14th

 

17 - 21

Work on Collaborative Sites

Journal Due on the 21st