Class Schedule

Week

Day

Topics

Assignments

Week 1

Monday (7/14)

8:00 am – 12 noon

• Introduction to the class.
• Domains, hosts, & FTP.

• Ex: Create a home page.
• Begin Project 1: Image format research presentation

Wednesday (7/16)

10:00 am – 12 noon

• Fun with <meta> tags: redirecting & refreshing.

• Ex: Redirect

• Project 1 (ongoing)

Week 2

Monday (7/21)

• A few words about Javascript
• Generating random images on a Web page.
• Dan's quick & dirty Powerpoint demo

• Ex: Random images
• Project 1 (ongoing)

Wednesday (7/23)

• Pop-up windows

• Ex: Pop-up windows
• Project 1 (ongoing)

Week 3

Monday (7/28)

• Image file format presentations
• Animated GIFs

• Ex: Animated GIF
• Begin Project 2: Calendar

Wednesday (7/30)

• Making favicons.

• Ex: Favicon.
• Project 2 (ongoing)

Week 4

Monday (8/4)

• Positioning

• Ex: Positioning
• Project 2 (ongoing)

Wednesday (8/6)

• Fun with CSS: drop-down menus

• Ex: Drop-down menus
• Project 2 (ongoing)

Week 5

Monday (8/11)

• Frames

• Ex: Frames
• Project 2 (ongoing)
  

Wednesday (8/13)

• iFrames (aka floating frames).

• Ex: iFrames
• Project 2 (ongoing)

Week 6

Monday (8/18)

• Critique—project 2
• Templates & the library.

• Ex: Templates
• Begin Project 3: Audio/video file format research presentations.

Wednesday (8/20)

• Lab day

• Exercises (ongoing)
• Project 3 (ongoing)

Week 7

Monday (8/25)

• Protecting e-mail links.

• Forms.
• PHP.

• Ex: Mail form
• Project 3 (ongoing)

Wednesday (8/27)

• Introduction to Podcasts

• Begin Project 4: Podcast

Week 8

Monday (9/1)

• Labor Day — no classes held

• Podcast (ongoing)

Wednesday (9/3)

• A/V file format presentations
• Recording with the mixer

• Podcast (ongoing)

Week 9

Monday (9/8)

• Audio file formats.

• Embedding audio files on a Web page.

• Ex: Embedding audio files
• Podcast (ongoing)

Wednesday (9/10)

• Lab day (record & edit as needed)

• Podcast (ongoing)

Week 10

Monday (9/15)

• Video file formats.
• Embedding video on a Web page.

• Ex: Embedding video files
• Podcast (ongoing)

Wednesday (9/17)

• Lab day (edit podcast)

• Podcast (ongoing)

Week 11

Monday (9/22)

• Creating an RSS feed.

• Podcast (ongoing)

Wednesday (9/24)

• Final critique