IST 361
Web Development

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays--2:15-5:30 pm
Digital Workshop 1

Jennifer Powers, PhD
jjpowers@uamail.albany.edu, 442-5124
Office hours: Draper 141B, by appointment

Course Schedule

Please note that this schedule is subject to change, so please check back!

Date In-class Topic Presentations
5/30

Introduction: HTML, file structure, FTP, Dreamweaver, tables

Design principle: "Look & Feel"

Teams

Review and set up file structure for web site/navigation

Introduction of assignments

UserIDs for additional Unix space

 

Evaluation of websites by teams

Planning and designing a successful web site

5/31

Photoshop, Flash, Fireworks

Intro to Flash (Spotlight on You)

 

Developing client relationships

 

6/1

Forms in Dreamweaver

Making forms "work"--FormMail.cgi

More on FormMail

 

Perl/CGI tutorial

Perl/FormMail tutorial

Sample form (to go with handouts in class)

6/6

Dreamweaver

Templates in Dreamweaver:
Kitchens R Us

How to access additional UNIX space

Team 1--Dreamweaver: Rollover images, imagemaps, & jump menus

 

6/7

Flash

Team 2--Flash project (Raindrop)

 

6/8
CLASS WILL BEGIN AT 2PM SHARP!

Fireworks

Team 3--Fireworks (intro)
files and files

Don Buskard of Mercury Web Solutions

6/13 Dreamweaver

Team 4--Dreamweaver: CSS
files

 

6/14

Flash

Team 5--Flash project (Sunset)

 

6/15
class ends at 4pm

Dreamweaver

 

Team 6--Dreamweaver: Behaviors
files

6/20

Work on project

 

6/21

Work on project

 

6/22

Work on project

 

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Assignments

Please note: late assignments will not be accepted!

Team presentations:

Each team will make 1 presentation on a topic assigned by the instructor. You should spend about 30-45 minutes on the topic, demonstrating a certain skill within the appropriate application. In addition, you should hand out instruction sheets and make these instructions available online. You should come up at least 1 mini project utilizing your team's skill for the class to add to their homepage. Finally, you will assist the instructor in guiding the class that night as we all work on that skill. Teams will be formed the first night of class.

Grades

Participation & Technical Proficiency= 10 points
Team presentation = 10 points
Web Design Project = 80 points

Points will be deducted for unexcused absences, lateness, and early departures.

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Last updated Tuesday, June 6, 2006