Course Description

This course is an introductory approach to navigating, searching, creating, designing, and publishing a variety of information on the Internet. Basic terminology, concepts, tools, components and software are taught. Emphasis is on designing professional web pages that incorporate text and graphics. The transferring of the files to/from your web space is also emphasized. The prerequisites to this course is CIT 101 or IS 101 Introduction to Management Information System or an equivalent background in computer graphics, the internet and Windows operating systems.

Course Objectives:

1. To demonstrate the fundamentals of graphics preparation for the internet, emphasizing file formats and size.
2. To learn the basic design principals and various layouts of a web page.
3. To explore the fundamentals of Web page programming to prepare XHTML code for the internet.
4. To learn about the software and hardware requirements necessary for internet browsing and publishing.
5. To learn the basics of XHTML as a means for graphic design.
6. To learn to transfer files using FTP.
7. To learn to Present your work to the class
8. To communicate and transfer files using E-mail.

Required Text and Materials

New Perspectives on HTML and XHTML, Comprehensive by Patrick Carey, Course Technology; 4th edition, ISBN 061926747X
And a USB Drive of 16 megabytes or more to save and back up your work. They are available at Fryes for less than $10.00.

Grading Policy

Final grades are determined by accumulated scores, according to the following grading scale.  A total of 1,040 points can be earned.  See the Points Earned page for a detailed breakdown of the points.

A	above 930	C	730-769
A-	900-930	C-	700-729
B+	870-899	D+	670-699
B	830-869	D	630-669
B-	800-829	D-	600-629
C+	770-799	F	below 600

Assignment Policy

Assignments are due on the day specified and there is one assignment per period. Assignments counts 420 points. If Assignments are more than one period late then 5 points per period will be deducted for each period that the assignment is late. After 6 periods late no points will be given.   See the class Points Earned page for more details.

Attendance Policy

Attendance to the lecture sections of each class is mandatory.  Attendance counts 160 points.  See the class Points Earned page for more details.

Additional Policies and Procedures of the Classroom.

1. Absolutely no food or drink of any kind can be in the lab.  If you need to leave the classroom for any reason, just quietly get up and do your business.
2. Headphones are permitted during lab time only.  Volume has to be adjusted so that no one can hear your music, even with the headphones on.
3. You will be asked to turn your cell phone off, if it repeatedly disrupts the class.
4. Academic dishonestly will not be tolerated, refer to the school policy/catalog.
5. Continuous disruption of class will not be tolerated.  You will be ask to leave the classroom and I will be forced to follow the school's policy for possible dismissal.
6. Please follow the local computer lab and facility rules.
7. Students are not allowed to download or install/delete any software, or change any settings that involve the hard drive, etc. If you have questions, ask first.
8. This is a school, professional, adult environment, please do not embarrass yourself or any classmate with undesirable content from the internet or any other means.
9. Students are not allowed to copy any software in the lab.  Please do not abuse this rule, it is illegal to do so.

Compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

If you have a documented disability that may require assistance, you will need to contact the Disability Resource Center located in the Student Service Center on each campus. The DRC can be contacted at the following numbers: Cheyenne Campus 651-4045, Henderson 651-3086, and West Charleston 651-5089. For those students that would like to earn a little extra cash, stop by the Disability Resource Center to fill out a job interest card. This office hires students as note takers, readers, proctors, scribes, lab assistants, and research assistants as needed.

Course Outline

Note:  this course outline is the minimum amount of content and information that this course will cover.  By no means will we follow the outline step by step, please use it as a guideline and reference only.  Please refer to the class assignments page for more detailed information of what we will cover period by period.

• Web space accounts
  1. Your site will be a subdomain of the lmlv.net web site
• File Formats
  1. HyperText Markup Language (HTML) Protocol
  2. Graphic Formats
     1. JPG
     2. GIF
  3. Saving graphics from the internet
     1. Copyrights
• Transferring files
  1. FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
• HTML Basics
  1. Format
     1. html
     2. heading
     3. title
     4. body
        1. background
        2. bgcolor
  2. Text
     1. basics (size, font, style, color, alignment, etc.)
     2. lists
  3. Graphics
     1. size and format
     2. image and text alignment
  4. Navigation
     1. links
     2. targets
  5. Layout
     1. tables
     2. frames
     3. image maps
  6. Forms
     1. Get Method
     2. Post Method
     3. ASP Active Server Pages
  7. Java Script
     1. Rollover images
     2. Form verification
     3. Page Control
  8. Cascading Style Sheets
     1. External Style files
     2. Embedded Style
     3. Inline Style

Instructor's note:

We will learn this material from each other.  We will have a lot of fun in this class.  You can get the grade you want/earn. You can use the skills learned for business, hobby, or to further your education in computers and graphics.  But you need to attend to learn!  Good luck, I look forward to working with the group and each individual.

Charles

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