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Week 1 (8/23 - 8/29)

TOPICS

  • Introduction to the class
  • Introduction to Multimedia and the World WIde Web
  • Self publishing
  • Introduction to blogging for the class
  • Setting up your own blog (on Blogger or WordPress)

RESOURCES

LAb/Homework

  • Set up your blog and e-mail me the address (URL)
  • Make your first post to the blog
  • Get the Book and begin play/experimentation
  • Review HTML Basics at HTML Dog and/or W3 Schools

Week 2 (8/30 - 9/5)

TOPICS

  • Web basics
  • Reveiw of HTML and CSS
  • Basic HTML Tags
  • Hard-coding web pages with HTML
  • Coding Color
  • HTML vs. CSS for formatting
  • Styling with CSS
  • Coding Tables and Images
  • Using a WYSIWYG: Introduction to Dreamweaver for creating and editing Web pages

RESOURCES

Exercise #1: <I AM IN HTML> (Due 9/7)

Hand-code a web page using HTML that provides a brief introduction to who you are, including a biographical description of yourself, your careers goals/major, your interest in the course, and/or any other information that you'd like to provide. At minimum, your HTML page should include:

  • A page title
  • A header with your name
  • Some form of narrative biographical information about yourself
  • An ordered or unordered list of your favorite web sites with links to the sites
  • A hot link with your e-mail address
  • Comments in the code

Remember to play around with the formatting and select a background color and font styles for your page (Note that modern formatting uses CSS rather than presentational HTML code, but you are welcome to use either for this exercise). You're welcome to explore coding tables, inserting images, inserting horizontal rules, etc., but it's not required.

Save the file using your last name plus "e1", and then use the extension ".htm" (i.e. clevelande1.htm). Put it in the Exercise 1 folder on the shared drive.

LAb/Homework

  • Finish Exercise # 1 (due 9/7)
  • Bring a poem (5 - 25 lines) to the next class on 2/11
  • Read Dreamweaver CS5 Classroom in a Book, Chapters/Lessons 1-2 (recommended)
  • Read Design in Theory and Practice (Principles, Elements)
  • Blog Away

Week 3 (9/6 - 9/12)

TOPICS

  • Introduction to Working with Dreamweaver
  • WYSIWYG
  • The Dreamweaver Environment
  • Page properties
  • Working with text/typography
  • Formatting text
  • HTML Formatting vs. CSS Formatting
  • Working with CSS
  • Line breaks and paragraphs
  • Special Characters
  • Absolute and relative links
  • Working with tables