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CTN 160: Web Authoring
Syllabus
Grading
Taking quizzes/doing homework
Ongoing project: bad html
Glossary/Index
Final project
1.
The Internet
1.1
Understanding the Internet
1.2
What is the Internet
1.3
How does the World-Wide Web work
1.4
URLs
1.5
IP numbers
1.6
Summary information
1.7
Creating a Web page
1.8
Reminder: How to take a quiz safely
1.9
Lesson One exercises
2.
Usability
2.1.
Usability
2.2.
Usability: targets
2.3.
Usability: fundamentals
2.4.
accessibility: Section 508
2.5.
Summary information
2.6.
Discussion
3.
Search tools
3.1.
Searching the Internet
3.2.
Subject directories
3.3.
Ready reference
3.4.
Specialized databases
3.5.
Virtual libraries
3.6.
Pathfinders
3.7.
WebRings
3.8.
Online reference tools
3.9.
Portals
3.10.
Search engines
3.11.
What is a search engine and how does it work?
3.12.
Using a search engine
3.13.
Step one: selecting keywords
3.14.
Step two: building a search query
3.15.
Step three: evaluating search results
3.16.
Step four: rebuilding a query
3.17.
Search engines and search engine resources
3.18.
Summary information
3.19.
Lesson Three exercises
4.
Basic HTML
4.1.
HTML
4.2.
Writing HTML
4.3.
The HTML tag
4.4.
Tags, attributes and values
4.5.
Container tags vs. standalone tags
4.6.
Nesting HTML tags
4.7.
Tags for document structure
4.8.
Saving HTML documents
4.9.
Tips for writing good HTML
4.10.
Formatting text within parts of a document using HTML
4.11
Formatting text within parts of a document using inline Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
4.12
Global CSS: Controlling the look of a whole page
4.13
Linked CSS: controlling the look of a whole site from one file
4.14
Making space
4.15
Linux/Unix
4.16
Making lists
4.17
Creating links
4.18
The mailto value
4.19
Summary information
4.20
Lesson Four exercises
part one
and
part two
5.
Graphics and color
5.1.
Graphics and color on the Web
5.2.
GIF or JPG or PNG
5.3.
Graphics software
5.4.
Web-safe color
5.5.
Dithering
5.6.
RGB and hexadecimal colors
5.7.
Graphical images on the Web
5.8.
Finding images
5.9.
Sites to think about--images
5.10.
Color on the Web--the concepts
5.11
How color affects mood
5.12.
Color on the Web--the code
5.13.
Sites to think about--color
5.14.
Some tips on using color
5.15.
Summary information
5.16.
Lesson Five exercises
5.17.
Assignment instructions
5.18.
Assignment URL turn-in
6.
FTP
6.1
Posting your site to the Web
6.2.
Basic FTP software instructions
6.3.
Basic FTP command-line instructions
6.4.
Good file management
6.5.
Homes for Web pages
6.6.
Summary information
6.7.
FTP THIS! Fun with images
7.
Design process
7.1.
Designing for the Web
7.2.
The process of Web design
7.3.
Pre-Design
7.4.
Design sites to talk about
7.5.
Flow diagrams
7.6.
Navigation
7.7.
Navigation sites to talk about
7.8.
Storyboards
7.9.
Finding inspiration
7.10.
Summary information
7.11.
Lesson Seven exercises
7.12.
Assignment: Pre-design for final project
8.
Tables
8.1.
Introduction to tables
8.2.
Tags within a table
8.3.
Basic tables
8.4.
Table sizing
8.5.
COLSPAN and ROWSPAN
8.6.
Keeping track
8.7.
Table height can be trouble
8.8.
Tables and color
8.9.
Tables and body background images
8.10.
Nested tables
8.11.
A complex data table
8.12.
Table exercise
8.13
Assignment:
Bad HTML
8.14.
Summary information
8.15.
Lesson Eight exercises
9.
CSS Positioning
9.1
Throw away your tables
9.2
Throw away your frames
9.3
A more cross-browser scroll
9.4
CSS-P gone wild
9.5
Practicing CSS-P
9.6
Summary information
9.7
Lesson Nine exercises
10.
Frames
10.1.
Frames--the good, the bad, and the confusing
10.2
Inline frames
10.3
The FRAMESET tag
10.4
Creating frame columns and rows
10.6
Controlling frame borders
10.6
The FRAME tag
10.7
The NOFRAMES tag
10.8
Targeting frames
10.9
The BASE tag
10.10
Dedicated target names
10.11
Summary information
10.11.
Lesson Ten exercises
11.
Forms
11.1.
Input this! The how-to of great forms
11.2.
Creating a simple form
11.3.
The form elements
11.4
Text boxes
11.5.
Checkboxes and radio buttons
11.6.
Text areas
11.7.
Submit and reset buttons
11.8.
Other input types
11.9.
Creating a menu
11.10.
Making forms work
11.11.
Stupid form tricks
11.12.
Summary information
11.13.
Lesson Eleven exercises
12.
Image maps
12.1.
Image maps
12.2.
Creating image maps
12.3.
Editing images
13.
Stupid Netscape tricks
13.1.
JavaScript and Java overview
13.2.
Summary information
13.3.
Lesson Thirteen exercises
13.
HTML and the art of making a living
14.1.
Show me the money
14.2.
Job sites
14.3.
Tips for joining the Internet industry
14.4.
On campus information
14.5.
Summary information
15.
Continuing education
15.1.
Hooked on HTML
15.2.
Tutorials
15.3.
Free training
15.4.
Community
15.5.
Summary information
16.
Final project
16.1.
Final project information
16.2.
The end