Web Page Tips & Tricks
CIS 158.1 - design for the rest of us...
Assignments
All assignments are submitted using online forms. After you publish your pages on the Web, thy will be viewed and graded online. If you cannot make these forms work, send your instructor an email at lhemenway@santarosa.edu with your full name, section number, and answers to the questions on the form.
NO email attachments, please.
Deadline dates are midnight Pacific Standard Time. Late work will only be accepted one week after Deadline date, and a 20% deduction will be imposed. Late work will not be graded unless student sends instructor an email asking them to grade late work.
lesson 1 - begin
| Assignment | Form | Deadline | Points | Student Work |
| Homework password | online form |
6-23 | n/a | n/a |
The purpose of this assignment is to create a unique username and password, which you will use every time you check on your grade or post a homework assignment. Write these values down so you will remember them all semester. |
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| Greetings & gradebook | online form | 6-23 | 10 | meet class |
By completing the greetings and gradebook assignment, you accomplish three goals: (1) You register yourself in the online gradebook. (2) You add your email address to the class mailing list so you can receive email from your instructor each week. (3) You introduce yourself to your classmates so we can all get to know each other. |
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| Critique templates | post to message board | 6-26 | 10 | review responses |
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Visit the class message board and access the "critique templates" section. Explain in 50 words or less why you cohsoe the template that you did. List it's strengths and areas you plan to change. |
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| Download | email linda | 6-26 | 10 | |
Locate a Web browser on your local computer, if you do not have one, download and install one. Download FTP software - SSH Client (win) Fugu (mac). Install it on your local computer. If you do not already have one, request an account on the "student" web server. links to download sites and the student account form are the resources page Send me an email with the following message - |
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lesson 2 -analyze
| Assignment | Form | Deadline | Points | Examples |
| first pages |
submit work | 7-3 | 40 | student work |
Create a homework page which links to the 3 pages listed below. Name the file homework.html [05 pts] Here is an example of how a typical homework page would look This assignment requires you to create an "index.html" and one other page.These pages must include your unique written content [20 pts] Please load this file onto your student account along with the .css file and the img folder. [05 pts], Instructions for obtaining and using a student account can be found at http://www.santarosa.edu/cis/student/ftp Visit the W3C validator located at - http://validator.w3.org/ Once your pages have passed at the validator, add code for the XHTML 1.0 validator icon so I can validate the HTML for your page [05 pts]. Create a web page which has an inline style that sets the background color for each of the <div> tags in your template. Name the file "div-color.html" [05pts]. |
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lesson 3 & 4 -photos
| Assignment | Form | Deadline | Points | Examples |
| photos |
submit work | 7-17 | 40 | student work |
Create another Web page for your site (total is now 3) [5pts] Add content images to all 3 Web pages [15pts] Create an area of the site where thumbnails are linked to larger images or Web pages which display larger images. [15pts] Pages validate - 5 pts. Register your homework page when you submit your work, in the comments section, let me know what pages have been created. |
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lesson 5 - color
| Assignment | Form | Deadline | Points | Examples |
| color |
submit work | 7-24 | 40 | student work |
| feedback | post to message board | 7-26 | 10 | view messages |
Modify the color of your pages by either adjusting the .css rules or modifying the images which make up the structure of the site. [30 pts] Validate pages [10pts] Register your homework page when you submit your work. Post to message board [10pts] Click on the "post to message board" link and write up a critique of the site you are assigned. List the strengths of the site, the overall impression made by the colors and photos, and suggestions for improvement. To determine who you will critique, click on the student work link, find your name, and critique the person who is listed below you. The first person to turn in this assignment can critique anyone else in the class.
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lesson 6 - text / navigation
| Assignment | Form | Deadline | Points | Examples |
| text-nav |
submit work | 7-31 | 80 | student work |
Register your homework page when you submit your work. |
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lesson 7 - finish
| Assignment | Form | Deadline | Points | Examples |
| finish |
submit work | 8-7 | 40 | student work |
| feedback 2 | post to message board | 8-9 | 10 | view messages |
Create a Web page for every "second level" link at your site. In the examples of my garden site, I would need pages for the following categories: family, perennials, shrubs, trees, succulents, links, and contact. [30pts] All pages validate. [10pts] Register your homework page when you submit your work, in the comments section, let me know what pages have been created. Post message to board |
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