CIS-1151-VS01 - Website Development

Course Description:

This course includes an introduction to web pages for websites: use of and design with HyperText Markup Language, text and graphics; applying appropriate design, color, and art; size and place graphics, including imagemaps, in a web page; creation of advanced tables, including nested tables; creation of forms that contain advanced input types and attributes, text areas, and advanced lists; use of a validation tool to debug an HTML document.

Essential Objectives:
The successful student will be able to:

1. Locate and evaluate a variety of World Wide Web sites for content, style and functionality.
2. Outline current trends in Web page use and design.
3. Explain the unique characteristics and assets that hypertext brings to the design of informational presentations.
4. Describe the characteristics and limitations of HTML programming language on Web page design.
5. Create a web page using HTML.
6. Produce sample web pages using a graphical HTML editor.
7. Use a variety of graphic file formats and describe the parameters of each format and their effect on quality and speed.
8. Demonstrate the effective use of tables, forms and frames in Web page design.
9. Describe the use of Perl and other scripting languages as they relate to web design.
10. Create a form that uses CGI script to process collected data.
11. Design a coordinated, multi-page web site that includes links to other web sites.
12. Describe the logistics involved in planning, producing, finding a host, or hosting and maintaining a web site.
13. Describe the types and costs for web hosting options including shared, developer and dedicated plans.

Textbooks:

Summer 2009 textbook data was uploaded on May 6. We strongly suggest that you verify the information below with our online bookseller EdMap before purchasing textbooks from another vendor. If your course is at the Burlington site, check the UVM Bookstore for textbook information.

Web Development & Design Foundation with XHTML - 4/e, ISBN: 0321530195, $74.40

Methods: The course will consist of:

1. Weekly Overview, Discussion & Demonstrations
2. Hands-on Activities/Practice Problems
3. Group Project - Since the class is small - the class is the group.  However any students can team up to create assignments and/or Projects together.  You just need to state who did what - or compliment each others work.
4. Weekly Assignments
5. Final Project (5+ page Web Site)

Evaluation Criteria:

Grades will be based on the following:

12 points   Attendance, Class Participation and In-Class Exercises

60 Points = 5 points per week @ 12 weeks for  Homework (XHTML/CSS Assignments & Web Site Analysis)

  3 points for Project Outline

This totals 100 points. 25% of your grade is determined by you and what direction you want learning Website Development to take you.  The Project Outline is a way that each student and JilMac discusses their ideas - so that it meets the course objectives and meets the students need for taking the class.

Gradingtotal points received during a semester will give you this grade	B Grade is required to Transfer Credit to another school.	C Grade Score and points needed to earn them.	Pass Fail grading = 65 or greater is passing.  Remember a Pass/Fail grade CAN NOT be transferred!
100+    = A+	88-89 = B+	78-79 = C+	69-60 = D
95-99  = A	85-87 = B	75-77 = C	59 = Failure
90-94 = A-	80-84  = B-	70-74 = C-	.

Grading Criteria:

          Letter Grades with + and -, ex.  A+, A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, etc.

A  OUTSTANDING WORK- For any work to receive an A, it must clearly be exceptional or outstanding work.  It must demonstrate keen insight and original thinking.  It must not only demonstrate full understanding of the topic or issues addresses, but it must also provide a critical analysis of these.  In addition, an A grade reflects a student's ability to clearly and thoughtfully articulate his or her learning.

 B  GOOD WORK- For any work to receive a B, it must be good to excellent work.  It must demonstrate strong originality, comprehension, critical thinking, and attention to detail.  In addition, a B grade reflects a student's ability to clearly articulate his or her learning.

 C  SATISFACTORY WORK- For any work to receive a C, it must meet the expectations of the assignment.  It must demonstrate solid comprehension, critical thinking, and attention to detail.  In addition, a C grade reflects a student's ability to adequately articulate his or her learning.

 D  MARGINAL PERFORMANCE For any work to receive a D, it must marginally meet the expectations of the assignment.  It must demonstrate at least some comprehension, critical thinking, and attention to detail.  In addition, a D grade may reflect a student's difficulty in articulation his or her learning.

 F  FAILURE  Work that receives an F grade does not meet the expectations or objectives of the assignment.  It demonstrates consistent problems with comprehension, organization, critical thinking, and supporting details.  In addition, an F grade reflects a student's inability to articulate his or her learning.  Students are strongly urged to discuss this grade with their instructor and advisor.

 P  PASS - Equivalent to D (+/-) or better and therefore course will not count as credit for specific program requirements or competence area requirements.

 NP  NO PASS  Indicates failure to meet course objectives and/or failure to meet grading criteria for successful completion as described in the instructor's course description.

Gradingtotal points received during a semester will give you this grade	B Grade is required to Transfer Credit to another school.	C Grade Score and points needed to earn them.	Pass Fail grading = 65 or greater is passing.  Remember a Pass/Fail grade CAN NOT be transferred!
100+    = A+	88-89 = B+	78-79 = C+	69-60 = D
95-99  = A	85-87 = B	75-77 = C	59 = Failure
90-94 = A-	80-84  = B-	70-74 = C-	.

Attendance Policy:

The student is expected to attend every class.  Regular attendance and participation in classes are essential components of a student's success in college and are completion requirements for courses at CCV.  Each class will include in-class presentations and participatory activities, many of which will be difficult to make up.  In the event of an emergency absence, the student must contact the instructor before the class.  Active and faithful participation is a key to passing this course.  Missing two classes will result in a final semester grade deduction. Missing more than 3 classes will result in an F for the course.

Faculty Contact Information:

Email Address: JilMac@Mac-Rand.com

Work Phone 802-254-8628 M-F 6am-8pm S-S 8am-8pm Office Location Springfield's Howard Dean Center Late Monday Afternoons Office Hours 4pm-9:30pm Monday's at CCV Springfield or by Appointment in the Brattleboro CCV office Personal Link http://JilMac.com Notes Hi, I'm Jil MacMenamin, you can call me JilMac. I am an instructor for the Community College of Vermont referred to as CCV. I have been teaching computers and computer languages at CCV since 1985. I taught every semester from 1985 - 1997, during the big computer boom, pre-Y2K and for a few years after, I was working in the Deerfield-Amherst-Hadley-Holyoke, MA area. The long commute left little time for teaching. I received my Masters in Internet Engineering in the Fall of 2003 and starting teaching Web Programming languages for CCV in the Spring of 2004. When I'm not teaching at CCV I am an Independent Web Database Consultant for area schools & businesses. I am a product of CCV. My first college course in 1975 was at CCV in Rutland. Accounting I followed by Accounting II, after that I was hooked. I enrolled at Castleton State College, transferred my CCV credits and received by BA in Computer Programming in 1981 and my BA in Mathematics, Minor in Corporate Communications and Concentration in Accounting in 1984. Classes at CCV are an important part of my life, because I've been a student, a teacher, a spouse of a student, and a mother of a CCV student, I have a long history of how important CCV is in my life and my community.

Hiring Coordinator for this course: Debra Grant - dag05260@ccv.vsc.edu

Please note: In order to receive accommodations for disabilities in this course, students must make an appointment to see the Americans with Disabilities Coordinator in their site and bring documentation with them.

Academic Honesty: CCV has a commitment to honesty and excellence in academic work and expects the same from all students. Academic dishonesty, or cheating, can occur whenever you present -as your own work- something that you did not do. You can also be guilty of cheating if you help someone else cheat. Being unaware of what constitutes academic dishonesty (such as knowing what plagiarism is) does not absolve a student of the responsibility to be honest in his/her academic work. Academic dishonesty is taken very seriously and may lead to dismissal from the College.

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