IFS 115 Web Design
I gave you a few extra days so that you could incorporate material learned in the week 10 class.
Winter 2011
Select from below:
Misc. Web Site                              Due Homework                                               Due

Final Website

 In class labs

 

  3/1
  3/10

Take home final

 

  2/15
  2/22

IFS 115 WebPage Development Winter 2011

Instructor: Dr. Stephen Renk

Office: Carnegie 310C

Phone:

  • Office   (630) 637-5170
  • Home   (815) 756-9664

Net:

Office Hours: M/W 11:00 - 12:30,  Th. 4:00 - 6:00 - others by appointment

Text 1: Available on-line

Text 2:

Objective: The World Wide Web represents a paradigm shift for information transfer. Its client/server approach to information distribution presents few barriers to entry, therefore the field of information providers and thus information has exploded. This class will examine web-publishing technology and explore ways to exploit this technology. Students will: learn basic HTML, develop effective web pages utilizing multimedia and learn to plan, design and build a complete web site.

Homework: Various projects will be assigned. Homework is due at the beginning of class on the due date. All late work will be penalized 5% per day to a maximum of 50%.

Labs: Various labs will be started in class. These labs are designed to highlight a concept or skill. All labs must be completed and placed on the Blackboard within 24 hours after the end of class that they are started in. No make-up or late labs will be accepted without prior arrangement.

Final Web site: Each member of the class will design and construct a web site for a new start-up company. (I need to make this work in with your existing syllabus)  

Grading:

Homework       40%

Labs   15%

Final Web site          25%

Final                    20%

Scale: As 100-90, Bs 89-80, Cs 79-70, Ds 69-60, F 59 - 0

  

Schedule: (Subject to change)

Class

Topic

Readings

1

Intro., HTML

HTML Tutorial

2

Intro to Web Editors

Process

3

Page Design - tables, frames

Page design   Color
Writing
  Text

4

5

Site Design -
navigation

Site design  
Interface design

6

7

Media creation -
image editing, image maps

graphics  multimedia

8

9

Java scripts

Secretes of search engines
Words that lure readers

10

Web Presentations  

11

Final