An Introduction to HTML and Website Design. Students will learn both the mechanics and aesthetics of good web design. Topics include basic HTML, Working with text and graphics, adding multimedia elements, and controlling page layout with tables or frames. Intermediate topics including Cascading Style Sheets, forms and utilizing JavaScripts will be discussed. Students will find a free web host and will publish a website as a final project. This class is designed for the beginner. Access to a computer with an internet connection is essential.
Course objectives
By the end of this class, students will be able to:
Understand the relationship between a web browser, web pages, domain names, the internet, and their computer
Distinguish between good and bad web design
Create web pages using HTML and a text editor
Create, locate, and manipulate graphics for use on web pages
Utilize various web search tools to locate resources they need for their web project
Create a website as described in 'Project Descriptions' and publish that site to the web
Identify multiple means of publicizing their web site
Create a plan that addresses important Web Security issues
Use WebCT to communicate effectively and comfortably in our online classroom
Emphasis of Five Themes
The curriculum at Hawaii Pacific University is designed to provide an integrated approach to learning which introduces students to five broad intellectual themes and issues. This class will emphasize all five of these themes: communications skills, global systems, world cultures, values and choices, and research and epistemology.
Students will develop writing and communication skills in creating the website project required in the class. Studends will be introduced to new web search skills and the appropriate methods of citing resources used in web pages. Students will discuss values and choices in context of copyright and intellectual property laws. Students will gain an understanding of the global nature of the web specifically and of the Internet in general.
Course Structure
This class will be comprised of short audio lectures, tutorials, articles and readings from our text. There will be weekly assignments and bulletin board discussions to take part in. There will be a short midterm quiz and a final project as described in the 'Project Description' below.
Your Commitment to this class: Please plan to log into this class daily or almost daily. First, look at the Class Calendar for readings, tutorials or assignments. Next, check the Bulletin Board discussion topics. Most of our interaction will happen there. If you log in and do a little bit daily, you'll find the class is fun and interesting. If you wait until a few minutes before a due date, you'll find it much less fun and rather stressful.
My Commitment to this class: I will respond to everything you do in this class. Expect to have email and bulletin board posts answered or acknowledged within 24 hours. Expect all assignments to be graded within 24 hours. You'll find a much faster turnaround most of the time.
How to get started: Please finish reading this syllabus and take a look at the class schedule. Click on the 'Discussions' icon and post to the topics:
Introductions
Let's Break the Ice
Each time you return to the classroom, please look at the Bulletin Boards discussion topics for any new posts.
Required Text
"HTML: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages"
by Ruth Maran
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; IDG Books
ISBN: 0764534718
Check availability at Amazon.com.
Grading Policies
Your final course grade will be based upon the following:
Class Participation
40pts
Weekly Assignments*
140pts
Midterm Quiz
40pts
Web Page Creation Project
80pts
Total
300 pts
*Weekly assignments are worth 10 points each. 10 x 14 weeks = 140.
Class Participation
There are 40 points available for class participation. These can mean the difference of a full letter grade. Points are based upon participation in our Bulletin Board discussions. Interactivity is key and you can make this a much more interesting class by participating in this way.
Letter grades for the course will be based upon the following scale:
A
270-300 points
B
240-269 points
C
210-239 points
D
180-209 points
F
0-179 points
Late or missing assignmets:
If you find you have an emergency that prevents you from turning in an
assignment on time, please notify the instructor prior to the due date to avoid losing points.
Assignments will lose 5 points for each week they are late.
The Website Project will lose 2 points for each day it is late.
Web Project Description
Here are the minimum requirements for your Web site. Your Web site needs to be up and available to look at on or before 11:59pm HST on DUE DATE HERE. You will lose two points for every day it is late after that. You should begin working on your website as soon as we've completed Conference Three. Please do not wait until the last minute.
If you want to post it sooner and notify me by email that it is up and ready for review you can do that. I will review it, let you know what I think, and then you can make any corrections if necessary by the due date.
You will be asked to publish your site to your free web hosting space that you setup at the start of this class.
Your site will be made up of at least six pages. The site must be created using a text editor and your knowledge of HTML tags. The site should not be created in an authoring tool such as Microsoft Word or FrontPage.
PAGE REQUIREMENTS:
Your main page must have a link to your other pages
All other pages must have a link back to your main page
Each page must have a title (using the HTML title tags)
Each page must have an appropriate background color or graphic
SITE REQUIREMENTS: (Points possible are shown in parenthesis)
Use at least four font colors. The colors used must be presentable and not interfere with reading the pages. (4)
Contain at least one instance of using italics (1)
Use at least one horizontal rule (3)
Have an ordered or unordered list (5)
Use at least one table (8)
Graphics
TWO regular images (4)
TWO hyperlinked images (4)
TWO animations - (4)
Links:
Have a 'mailto' link to your email address (2)
Have at least 6 links to other web pages (12)
At least one same page jumping links/anchors (3)
Advanced Features:
The site contains any one of the following: (5)
JavaScript Code
Feedback Form
Frames Pages
CSS
Overall Layout, Design, and Usability:
The page is easy to navigate (2)
The text is of a size, color, and style that is easy to read on the chosen
background color or graphic (2)
Text and graphic placement is visually appealing (2)
Graphics do not appear squished or stretched (aspect ratio) (2)
The page loads reasonably fast. (2)
There are unifying elements that make the pages seem that they belong
together (4)
Your pages are well written, using proper spelling, grammar, sentence
construction (6)
Bonus points for exceptional content or design beyond the basic
requirements (5)
Course Schedule
Click here for an overview of the topics we'll be covering during the class. For specific information on weekly assignments and due dates, please refer to the calendar in our classroom.
How to Contact Me
Please feel free to contact me using any of the following means: email: robin@hawaii.rr.com or use our classroom mail link Voice: 808-949-2161 MSN Messenger: RobinHNL AIM: pcrobin
You'll find me online most afternoons and evenings.
I'll also be available via our class chat room every Tuesday from 3:30-5pm HST or by appointment at other times.
My goal is to provide all of the help that is needed to make your experience in this class an enjoyable and successful one.
Please let me know if this is your first online class.
Please let me know if you're feeling lost or confused.
Please let me know if you have any special needs.
I'm glad you decided to take this class and am looking forward to getting to know you.
