Winter 2015

Our class meets MW from 10:00 to 11:50 AM in Room BE3156. See you there.

12-Week Schedule

This schedule is a guideline and is subject to change.

Week One (1/5)
Lecture: Course Overview, Using the Document Tree
Reading: Duckett Chapters 1, 2 and 8, course syllabus, http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/document_tree.htm
through
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/advanced_idclass.htm
Assignment 1: Build a portal, define your project (due Wed 1/14)
Study Guide 1: Syllabus (Quiz 1/12)

Week Two (1/12)
Monday: Positioning with CSS, Building a Basic Template
Wednesday: Floats and Clears, Building a Basic Template
Reading: Duckett Chapters 6, 10, pgs 300-318, 337-340, 452-462,
Site Map Handout, CSS Positioning Handout
Quiz 1: Syllabus (Mon 1/12)
Assignment 2: Site Map and Content Outline (due Tues 1/20)
Exercise 1: Basic Template (due Fri 1/23)

Week Three (1/19)
Monday is a holiday: campus is closed
Wednesday: Styling Text
Reading: Duckett Chapters 3, 12, 15 (through pg 391) and 17
Assignment 3: Text Styles (due Wed 1/28)
Study Guide 2: Duckett Chapters 1, 2, 6, 8, and 10 (Quiz 1/28)

Week Four (1/26)
Monday: Intro to Dreamweaver, Managing File Structure
Wednesday: Modular Flexible Grid
Reading: Duckett Chapter 4, Marcotte Chapter 2
Exercise 2: Flexible Grid (due Wed 2/4)
Quiz 2: Duckett Chapters 1, 2, 6, 8, and 10 (Wed 1/28)

Week Five (2/2)
Lecture: Forms and Formhandlers
Reading: Duckett Chapter 7, Forms Handout, Form Styling Handout, Formhandler Handout
Assignment 4: Working Form and Thanks Page (due Wed 2/11)

Week Six (2/9)
Lecture: Styling Links and Menus
Reading: Styling Links Handout, Duckett Chapter 11, pgs 290-291, 319-322, 413-426, and 471-472
Exercise 3: Styling Links (due Wed 2/18)

Week Seven (2/16)
Monday is a holiday: campus is closed
Wednesday: Flexible Images
Reading: Duckett Chapter 5 and 16, Marcotte Chapter 3, Week 7 Resources
Homework: Find, size, and style images for your project
(backgrounds, content and sidebar images, logo, icons, etc.)
Write your final project's navigation CSS

Week Eight (2/23)
Monday: Header and Footer
Wednesday: Lab
Assignment 5: Header, Footer, and Nav (due Mon 3/2)

Week Nine (3/2)
Monday: JavaScript Image Gallery
Wednesday: Media Queries
Reading: Marcotte Ch 4
Exercise 5: Lightbox Image Gallery (due Fri 3/6)

Week Ten (3/9)
Monday: PHP Includes
Wednesday: Lab
Reading: PHP Includes handout, You Are Here handout
Assignment 6: Two PHP Templates (due Mon 3/16)

Week Eleven (3/16)
Lab Only: Get advice on your project
Assignment: Work on your final project (due Wed 3/25)

Week Twelve (3/23)
Monday: No class (we're on finals schedule)
Final Project Presentations: Wednesday, March 25th, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Presenting your final project in class is required. Please plan to attend.

Our final class is Wednesday, March 25th. Your final project must be emailed to me no later than 9:00 PM on 3/25/14.


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