Class Schedule

(An aspirational plan. We can modify as we go, so please check this page regularly to see if you need to be in class or not.)

Dates
Topics covered
Deadlines
Sep. 10 am
Introductions, administrivia,
Lecture: Elements of the web, Critiquing websites
 
Sep. 10 pm
Lesson: Writing HTML & Using FTP
Exercise: Your homepage; Exercise: Personalizing homepage
 
Sep. 17 am
Lecture: Usability
Lesson: Writing Semantic HTML
 
Sep. 17 pm
CSS, File Structure and Organization
Lesson: Writing CSS, Exercise: Using CSS
 
Sep. 24 am
Lecture: Writing for the Web; Lesson: Web Typography
Exercise: Creating "scannable" text, Exercise: CSS Typography
 
Sep. 24 pm
Lesson: Simple CSS Layouts with Floats
Exercise: Create a 2-col layout; Exercise: Make a 3-col layout
 
Oct. 1 am
Lecture: Conceptual Design
 
Oct. 1 pm
Lesson: Clearing Floats and CSS Linking Styles
Exercise: Toaster Uprising; Exercise: Big Red Dot
Code Test   (online)
Oct. 8
Fall Reading Week
 
Oct. 15 am

Lesson: Externalizing CSS, UL Menu, & CSS3 Tricks

Exercise: Create layout with external CSS and Menu with CSS3 flourishes

 
Oct. 15 pm

Pathways & File Structure mini-lecture

Work Period

Proposal  
Oct. 22 am
Lesson: Simple Responsive Layout
Exercise: Make a responsive layout
 
Oct. 22 pm
Lesson: CSS drop-down menus
Exercise: Add a drop-down menu to Big Red Dot
 
Oct. 29 am
Creating and Using Dreamweaver Templates to Generate Pages
Exercise: Create a mini-site using Dreamweaver templates
 
Oct. 29 pm
Optional Lesson: Introduction to Photoshop, selecting, text editing, color use
 
Nov. 5 am
Perception, Graphics and Color Theory
Lesson: optimizing images -- gifs, jpgs, png files
Exercise: Create hybrid art for the web
 
Nov. 5 pm
Optional Lesson: adjusting images, layer styles, filters
 
Nov. 12 am
Content Management Systems (CMS), Interactive technologies
Lesson: Wordpress CMS
Exercise: Make simple portfolio site
 
Nov. 12 pm
Optional Review: Final Assignment Marking Criteria, FTP/File Structure
 
Nov. 19 am
File structure test
 
Nov. 19 pm
Work Period
Exercises 
Nov. 26
Work Periods
 
Dec. 3
Work Periods
Final Website