College of the Siskiyous - CSCI 28A Web Publishing I

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CSCI 28A ~ Web Publishing I ~ Fall 2008

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Week	Date	Topic	Readings & Assignments
1	8/22/08	Introduction to the Course	No reading required
		Introductions Setup network accounts Overview of the course Using the COS network	Exercise 0 Fill out the Student Information Form
1	8/22/08	Understanding HTML and XHTML	Hour 1
		What is a Web Page? How Web Pages Work The Pieces and Parts of a Web Page The Many Faces of HTML The Scoop on HTML, XML, and XHTML Summary	Exercise 1 will be done in class Take the online quiz Hour 1
2	8/29/08	Create a Web Page Right Now	Hour 2
		Initiate COS Student Email Getting Started with a Simple Web Page HTML Tags Every Web Page Must Have Organizing a Page with Paragraphs and Line Breaks Calling Out Text with Headings Peeking at Other People's Pages Validating Your Pages Summary	Exercise 2 will be done in class Take the online quiz Hour 2
3	9/5/08	Linking to Other Web Pages	Hour 3
		Linking to Another Web Page Linking Between Your Own Pages Addressing Web Pages Opening a Link in a New Browser Linking to Google Maps Adding Links to a Practical Example Summary	Exercise 3 will be done in class Take the online quiz Hour 3
4	9/12/08	Publishing Your HTML Pages	Hour 4
		Setting Up Web Space on the Internet Transferring Pages to a Web Server Making a File Available for Downloading Other HTML Publishing Options Testing Your Web Pages	Exercise 4 will be done in class Take the online quiz Hour 4
5	9/19/08	Basic Text Alignment and Formatting	Hour 5
		The Old Way Versus the New Way Aligning Text on a Page The Three Types of HTML Lists Placing Lists Within Lists Boldface, Italics, and Special Text Formatting Tweaking the Font Working with Special Characters	Project Idea Due Exercise 5 will be done in class Take the online quiz Hour 5
6	9/26/08	Creating Text Links - Editing/FTP Software DEMO	Hour 6
		Linking With a Page Using Anchors Linking to a Specific Part of Another Page Linking Your Email Address into a page Linking to Wikipedia Using TextPad Using FireFTP	Exercise 6 will be done in class Take the online quiz Hour 6
7	10/3/08	Creating Your Own Web Page Graphics	Hour 7
		Choosing Graphics Software The Least You Need to Know About Graphics Preparing Photographic Images Creating Banners and Buttons Reducing the Number of Colors in an Image Interlaced GIFs and Progressive JPEGs Creating Animated Web Graphics Assembling Images into an Animation Generating Transitions and Text Effects	Exercise 7 Take the online quiz Hour 7
	10/10/08	No Class - Campus Planning Day
8	10/17/08	Putting Graphics on a Web Page	Hour 8
		Placing an Image on a Web Page Describing an Image with Text Turning Images into Links Aligning Images Specifying Image Width and Height	Exercise 8 Take the online quiz Hour 8
8	10/17/08	Custom Backgrounds and Colors	Hour 9
		Exploring Background and Text Colors Specifying Custom Colors Using Background Image Tiles Working with Transparent Images Creating Your Own Tiled Backgrounds	Exercise 9 Take the online quiz Hour 9
9	10/24/08	Graphical Links and Imagemaps	Hour 10
		Why Imagemaps Aren't Always Necessary Mapping Regions Within an Image Creating Client-Side Imagemaps	Exercise 10 Take the online quiz Hour 10
10	10/31/08	Using Tables to Organize and Lay Out Your Pages	Hour 11
		Creating a Simple Table Controlling the Size of Tables Alignment and Spanning Within Tables Table Backgrounds and Spacing Creative Page Layout with Tables Please read - "Where we are so far..."	Exercise 11 Take the online quiz Hour 11
11	11/7/08	Formatting Web Page Content with CSS Style Sheets	Hour 12
		Understanding CSS A Basic Style Sheet A CSS Style Primer USing Style Classes Internal Style Sheets and Inline Styles A Quick Style Sheet Recap	Exercise 12 Take the online quiz Hour 12
12	11/14/08	Digging Deeper into Style Sheet Formatting	Hour 13
		Advanced Text Formatting with CSS Changing the Appearance of Links Commenting CSS Code CSS Tips and Tricks Revisiting the Hockey Player Example	Exercise 13 Take the online quiz Hour 13
13	11/2108	Using Style Sheets for Page Layout	Hour 14
		The Whole Scoop on Positioning Controlling the Way Things Stack Up Working with Margins A Little Padding for Safety Keeping Everything Aligned Managing a Flow of Text Taking Advantage of a Style Sheet Template	Exercise 14 Take the online quiz Hour 14
	11/28/08	No Class - Thanksgiving
14	12/5/08	Creating Print-Friendly Web Pages	Hour 15
		What Makes a Page Print-Friendly? Applying a Media-Specific Style Sheet Designing a Style Sheet for Print Pages Viewing a Web Page in Print	Exercise 15 Take the online quiz Hour 15
15	12/12/08	Multipage Layout with Frames	Hour 16
		What are Frames? Building a Frameset Linking Between Frames and Windows Nesting Frames Within Frames Controlling Frame Margins, Borders, and Scrolling	Project Due Exercise 16 Take the online quiz Hour 16
16	12/15/08	Final
		The final will be given on December 15th, 2008, from 1:00 to 2:50pm. If you have any questions or cannot attend this final you must email the instructor at donica@siskiyous.edu or call 859.2854 Have a great Holiday!	Take the online final exam Complete the final web page