Index of Linda

Index of Linda's Notes by Lesson:

Lesson and Objectives of Lesson:

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

Lesson 11

Lesson 12

Lesson 13

Lesson 1: The purpose of this lesson is to: [top]

Familiarize you with the Blackboard learning environment.
Make you aware of course requirements in general.
Give you an introduction to the Internet, the World Wide Web, client-server networks and network protocols. Make you aware of the role the web browser plays and the roll of HTML in the creation of web pages.

Lesson 2: HTML Basics: at the end of this unit you will: [top]

Have have been given an overview of the format of a simple HTML document.
Be familiar with and proficient in using, a small set for HTML tags.
Have had experimented with these same tags in a controlled online environment.
Have created on your own, a simple web page, saved to your local hard disk, which you will be able to view from your local machine using your browser. (Because your local machine is not a Web Server, your page will only be viewable from your local machine.)

Lesson 3: After completing this unit you should be able to: [top]

Setup the FTP program WS_FTP, to connect to your Unix account on the Sun server named Packard.
Upload files and directories from your local hard drive to your account on the server, so that they will be displayed in a browser window from anywhere on the internet.

Lesson 4: At the end of this unit students will be able to: [top]

Demonstrate an ability, using the font <FONT> tag, to change the various attributes of text, including size, face, and color.
Demonstrate an ability to alter the color of text using the Hexadecimal color system, the RGB color system or through known words.
Understand the reason for using browser safe colors.
Demonstrate an ability, within the body <BODY> tag, to change the color (s) of the background and links.
Demonstrate the ability to use the horizontal rule tag <HR> with its various attributes.
Demonstrate the ability to use the alignment options: LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT,. within the <P></P>, <HR> or various heading tags.
Demonstrate the correct format for closing container tags, when multiple tags are used to modify the same text.
Understand the differences between logical and explicit text styles and demonstrate their appropriate uses.

Lesson 5: At the end of this unit students will be able to.. [top]

Understand the purpose of a hyperlink and demonstrate an ability to create hyperlinks with use of the anchor <A> tag and the hypertext reference <HREF> tag.
Understand the differences between absolute and relative URLs.
Demonstrate an ability to create hyperlinks with use of both relative and absolute URLs.
Demonstrate an ability to create hyperlinks with use of the name attribute and understand when a "name" link is appropriate to use.
Demonstrate an ability to create "mailto" link. [top]

Lesson 6: We could spend the entire course studying graphics for the internet, but because of time limitations, this will of necessity, be a quick overview of web graphics. What I hope you gain from this introduction:

You will know how to use the IMAGE tag <IMG></IMG> to insert graphics into your Web page.
You will have a familiarity with graphic file formats used on the Internet; GIF, JPEG and PNG. You will be able to specify the advantages and disadvantages of each file format, and understand when it is most appropriate to use each format.
You will have a familiarity with transparent Gifs which allow for one color in an image to be transparent.
You will have a familiarity with interlaced Gifs which appear gradually on the screen in increasingly sharper layers.
You will have a familiarity with animated GIFs, which can add movement and interest to your Web page.
A sensitivity toward the size and number of images used on a web page, as they impact the speed with which a page will load.
You will be knowledgeable and respectful of copyright laws!
You will have a basic working knowledge of a graphics creation program, MacroMedia Fireworks, to the extent that you will be able to create a simple button and text image.

Lesson 7: Specific objectives for this lesson are that you will be able to.. [top]

Demonstrate an ability to incorporate different background patterns into web documents and understand the appropriateness of backgrounds given the color of text.
Demonstrate an ability to create alternate text messages for images for browsers that do not support images, (or used by screen readers, for visually impared people).
Demonstrate an ability to alter image alignment attributes.
Demonstrate an ability to wrap text around images and alter the space between text and images.
Demonstrate an ability to change the size of an image with use of the height and width attributes.
Demonstrate an ability to create hyperlinks with images and remove the link border.
Demonstrate an ability to customize horizontal rules and bullets with graphic files.
Demonstrate an ability to convert file formats, resize or crop an image, create a transparent GIF, and define coordinates for imagemaps.
Understand the suggested protocol for web images detailed in Chapter 10.

Lesson 8: The objectives for this lesson will be to … [top]

Understand the use of imagemaps.
Understand the differences between "server-side imagemaps" and "client-side imagemaps."
Demonstrate an ability to create client-side imagemaps for images with various shapes and inc orporate them in to a web document.
Demonstrate an ability to create an imagemap for an image that contains overlapping shapes.

Lesson 9: At the completion of this unit you will be able to ... [top]

Understand when tables are appropriate to use in a web document and how they can be used as a tool to clearly present complicated information.
Understand the fundamental parts of a table.
Demonstrate an ability to create a table to organize information in a web document.
Demonstrate the ability to alter the attributes of a table including, table headings, size, table captions, and width and height of rows and columns.
Demonstrate an ability to alter the alignment of table cell data.
Demonstrate an ability to alter the column and row span of a table.
Demonstrate an ability to alter table border widths, cell spacing, cell padding, table cell color and background image.
Demonstrate an ability to align a entire table within a web document.
Understand the purpose of nested tables and demonstrate an ability to create nested tables.

Lesson 10 & Lesson 11: At the completion of Units 10 & 11, the student will be able to: [top]

Understand the purposes associated with using forms on the internet.
Demonstrate an ability to create forms in a web document that include the following attributes: name, type, value, size, and maximum length.
Understand how combining forms and tables creates a clearer and better organized presentation.
Demonstrate an ability to create submit and reset buttons that relate to a form.
Demonstrate an ability to customize form buttons using graphic files.
Understand the purpose a CGI script serves with relation to forms and how information is retrieved in a meaningful way.

Lesson 12: At the completion of this unit students will be able to... [top]

Understand the practical reasons for using framed pages within a web document.
Understand the practical precautions of using framed pages within a web document.
Demonstrate an ability to create frames.
Demonstrate an ability to create frameset web documents and alter its row and column size and other various attributes.
Demonstrate an ability to create frame page with two or nested frames while setting the various targets for the linked material within frames.

Lesson 13: Usability, Accessibility Issues [top]