Week 1

Tuesday (7/17)

5:30 pm –11:00

• Introduction.
• Possible Topics.
• Web site project assigned.
• Client Q & A.

• Planning
• Create site map.

Week 2

Tuesday (7/24)

• Discussion of readings.
• Site maps due—presentations & discussion.
• Style manuals.
• Exercise: Transparent background illusion.

• Create style manual.

Chapters 1–3 as assigned.

Week 3

Tuesday (7/31)

• Style manuals due—presentations & discussion.
• Interface design.
• Navigation.
• Exercise: Rollover tabs using CSS.

• Create interface mock-up (include navigation).

Chapter 4.

Week 4

Tuesday (8/7)

• Interface mock-ups due—presentations & discussion.
• Graphics & images.
• Exercise: Dreamweaver Templates.

• Create graphics (including banners, navigation, etc).
• Acquire images.

Chapters 5–6.

Week 5

Tuesday (8/14)

• Presentation of graphics—an update.

• Accesibility—why it's important.
• Begin building a working page with interface.

• Begin building the interface.
• Graphics creation continues.
• Image aquisition continues.

Week 6

Tuesday (8/21)

• Rough, working interface/page due—presentations & discussion.
• Refine page.
• Begin to build additional pages.

• Refine first page.
• Begin to build additional pages.

Week 7

Tuesday (8/28)

• Finished interface/page due—presentations & discussion.
• Build additional pages.
• Exercise: Drop-down menus.

• Build additional pages.

Week 8

Tuesday (9/4)

• Lab day—finish site.

• Finish site.

Week 9

Tuesday (9/11)

• Preliminary Presentations & critiques.
• User testing—what is it? Why is it important? How do you do it?

• User testing of sites.

Week 10

Tuesday (9/18)

• User testing reports.
• Web sites refined

• Sites refined.

Week 11

Tuesday (9/25)

• Final presentaions & crtiqiues