CSC 263  Course Syllabus Winter 2010
Introduction to Web Page Design: Online Course 
CSC 263-01: MW 4:00PM-05:15PM 106 MSB;    CSC 263-W1: online

Instructor: Linda M. Hicks
Web Page: http://packard.flint.umich.edu/~hickslm
 Email: hickslm@umflint.edu
          Outlook Web Mail  (Always use your umflint student email account for course related communication. )

Phone: (810) 762-3184 (voice mail leave a message)

Office Hours: 

  • TTh:  4:00-5:15 rm 213D msb

  • MW  5:15-5:45 p.m. rm 106 msb

  • and by appointment

  • Required Textbook:  Learning Web Design, Third Edition A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics

     Textbook Units/Topics covered.

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    Course Lecture Notes, Assignments,  quizzes can be found on the Blackboard Course Companion Site. (Your USERNAME is your UM-Flint Uniqname.)

    Assignments:   All assignments are to be completed by midnight of  the date due. Late assignments are Marked down 20% for each day late  After one week of due date late assignments receive zero credit.  

    Grading: Pass/Fail

    Web References:

    Material covered 
     (This is a tentative schedule for material covered, and is subject to change at any time. )
    Jan. 4
    • Introduction to this course, the World Wide Web  &   web browsers
    • Chapter 1 Where Do I Start?
    • Chapter 2 How the Web Works

    • Chapter 3 The Nature of Web Design
    Jan. 11
    • Chapter 4: Creating a Simple Page (HTML Overview)
    • Chapter 5: Marking up Text
    Jan. 18

    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday Jan. 19th (no classes, university open)

    • Chapter 6: Adding Links
    • Using FTP to Publish Your Web Site Instructors notes plus Chapter 21: Getting Your Pages on the Web
    Jan. 25
    • Chapter 7: Adding Images
    • Chapter 8: Basic Table Markup
    Feb. 1
    • Chapter 9: Forms
    • Chapter 10: Understanding the Standards   
    Feb. 8
    • Chapter 11: Cascading Style Sheets Orientation
    • Chapter 12: Formatting Text (Plus More Selectors)
    Feb. 15
    • Chapter 13: Colors and Backgrounds  (Plus Even More Selectors and External Style Sheets)
    Feb. 22

    • Chapter 18: Web Graphics Basics

    • Final Drop Class Deadline Friday Feb, 26 @5:00 p.m.

    March 1 Spring Break March 1-7 No Classes 
    March 8
    • Chapter 19: Lean and Mean Web Graphics
    March 15
    • Creating your own Graphics (instructors notes)
    March 22
    • Chapter 14: Thinking Inside the Box (Padding, Borders, and Margins)
    March 29
    • Chapter 15: Floating and Positioning
    April 5
    • Chapter 16: Page Layout with CSS
    April 12
    • Chapter 17: CSS Techniques
    April 19 Classes End Monday April 19th (Tuesday, April 20 is a Study Day)

     

                 

    This page was last modified on 01/03/2010 by L.M. Hicks