Web Design II 0855-391


Instructor: Tom Policano

EMail:tjpnvc@rit.edu

Office: 14-2218

Phone: 475-6891

Lab Location: 7A-A311

Office Hours: Tuesday 11:00 AM -12:00 PM,Wednesday 11:00 AM -1:00 PM

Text Books

Course Objectives , Requirements and Policies
Class and Lab Schedules
Assignments and Tests
Syllabus
Evaluation

Course Objectives and Policies

Course Objectives: At the completion of this course, the students will be able to:

    1. Develop reading, writing, analytical thinking, and problem solving skills related to Website design and development
    2. Understand the history, impact, and operation of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
    3. Understand and apply graphics-based design concepts and procedures to website development
    4. Understand and apply cross-platform and cross-browser usability and accessibility concepts and procedures to website design


Course Prequisites: 0855-341, 0855-342, 0855-351, 0855-352

Grading Policy: Student evaluations will be based on the following criteria:

    1. Quality of Work: 85%
      Includes products produced, level of supervision required, organization and neatness of your work.

    2. Tests & Quizzes: 10%
      Includes products produced, level of supervision required, organization and neatness of your work.

    3. Performance: 5%
      Includes attitude, teamwork, homework, use of materials, clean-up, following directions, keeping a neat notebook, and coming to class with your notebook and the tools and materials necessary to do your work.

    4. Meeting Deadlines:
      One letter grade will be lost each week your project is overdue.
 

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Class and Lab Schedules
Day Section Lab Schedule
Mon 01 8:00AM - 10:50AM
02 2:00PM - 4:50PM
Tue    
Wed 01 8:00AM - 9:50AM
02 2:00PM - 3:50PM
Thu    
Fri    

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TESTS and ASSIGNMENTS
Assignments
Project % Date Assigned Date Due Description
1 Fireworks 30 9/30/09 10/14/09

Use Fireworks to produce

- GIF animation thumbnails links for your slide shows
- rollover buttons
- navigation bars

2 Flash CS3 Slideshow 25 10/11/09 10/21/09 Create a slide using flash and add it to your portfolio
3 Flash Intro 30 10/26/09 11/4/09 Intro to your home page.
4 Flash Site 0 tba EOQ Create a new site using a flash template
         

Tests
Date Name of Test Points
9/7/09 Quiz 1 0
9/23/09 Quiz 2 1
11/11/09 Final 7

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Syllabus
Date Content Links
9/7/09 Course Overview. Discuss iPowerWeb Hosting Package with Domain Name (1yr = $71.40) that is required for this course. Linking types introduced. Homework:
  • Find "Did You Know" on-line and view it again. Also view earlier versions and compare.
  • Be papared to present your home page to the class.
  • Go to Network Solutions and research 3 available .com names for your webspace. DUE 12/4/08
  • Be able to set up your web site using Dreamweaver
  • Complete HW 1: Links DUE 12/4/08

 

Web Trends
9/9/09 Internet link options discussed. Help students set up iPower Accounts. Homework:
  • Read the Linking handout
  • Complete HW 1: Links DUE 9/14/09
  • Study Heirarchical File Structures

Linking

HW 1: Links [zip]

Hierarchical File Structure
9/14/09 Discuss hierarchical file structure. Students integrate DW with iPower Site. iPower Control Panel Show & Tell  
9/16/09 Quiz 2 next class. Students set up DW sites. Instructor reviews sites. Templates introduced. Homework:
  • Review Home Pages to get some ideas for your home page template DUE 9/21/09

file naming protocols

Review Home Pages
9/21/09 Quiz 2 moved to 9/23/09. Review templates again. Discussed Text, Graphics, and morphed (hybrid) site designs. Homework:
  • Complete Template and apply to whole site DUE 9/23/09

 
9/23/09 Quiz 2 today. CSS Introduced. Demonstration on how to use CSS to design backgrounds and links. Homework:
  • Do CSS Practice DUE 9/30/09
  • Complete application of template and css redesign of your website. DUE 9/28/09

CSS Notes

CSS Practice Files
9/28/09 Students present their redesign of their websites using templates and css for a class critique. Review Test. CGI taught.

formmail files

formmail tutorial

Really Simple Text

File Permission Tutorial
9/30/09 Instructor sick today. Contact using AIM (tpolicano). Students go through Fireworks CS4 gif animation tutorial using practice images. Homework:
  • Use Fireworks CS4 to create 3 GIF animations for a minimum of three portfolio topics DUE tba

Gif Animation Tutorial [PDF]

practice images
10/5/09 Fireworks CS4 rollover button, rollover popup menu, techniques. Review Fireworks Gif Animation. Homework:
  • Use Fireworks CS4 to create three differenct designs of rollover buttons for your site. DUE 10/12/09

Rollover Popup Menu Tutorial [PDF]

 
10/7/09 Review templates, CSS, and CGI (Common Gateway Interface) techniques. Fireworks CS4 nav bar introduced. Homework:
  • Use Fireworks CS4 to create a graphics based navbar for your site. DUE 10/14/09
  
10/12/09 Students work on setting up sites  
10/14/09 Students work on setting up sites  
10/19/09 Introduction to Flash. Project 2 Flash Slide Show assigned DUE 10/21/09. Homework:
  • Collect and catalog your Project 2 flash images using Expression Media 2
  • Search for free on-line flash slideshow templates of interest ( www.flashmo.com | www.flashmint.com/ | flashden ) or use one of the templates provided by the instructor

Project 2 Flash Slide Show

Flash Slideshow Templates [zip]

To make your html slideshow on the web self running use the tag below on each page:

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="10;url=nextpage">

10/21/09 More flash. Students work on projects.  
10/26/09 Project 3 Flash Intro introduced DUE 11/4/09

Project 3 Flash Intro

391_3_flash_intro_file_structure.pdf
10/28/09

How to add your flash intro to your site. How to add a button in flash CS4 using the following action script code:

My_Button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseClick);

function mouseClick(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("http://www.bluepearl-design.com/"), "_self");
}

Flash Button Tutorial

 
11/2/09 Students work on projects.  
11/4/09 Review Flash CS4 button creation. Review adding Flash intro to site. Students work on projects.  
11/9/09 Instructor review student work. Final Quiz next class. Study file formats, file naming, file structure, LINKS, HTML basic page tags, CGI, CSS, Flash, Fireworks. Set appointments to meet with instructor during exam week.  
11/11/09 Final Quiz today.  
     
     

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TP Home Button Created on: November 29, 2007, Updated on: November 15, 2009