Tuesday 10AM-1PM (432 HN)
Film and Media Department
Fall 2002
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Andy Deck, deck_at_artcontext.net
Hunter College, New York
Course Policies Course Description and Objectives: This hands-on class teaches you the skills needed to build simple, well-designed web sites. Learn how to layout pages, format text, and optimize images for professional looking web pages. Classes cover HTML coding, hypertext links, manipulating text and graphics, creating and optimizing GIFs and JPEGs, animated GIFs, image maps, tables, frames, and more advanced web interactivity through creating rollovers and animations using layers. Lectures and exercises focus on creating cohesive, usable websites with effective mapping, clear and consistent navigation, and interactivity. |
Prerequisite (new): Introduction to Digital Media
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Grade
Policy: Student's
grades will depend on the TIMELY completion of all homework assignments
and readings, lab exercises, midterm, a final project, attendance and participation.
If students have any emergencies or difficulties in completing an assignment,
THEY SHOULD CONTACT ME AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. My e-mail is deck_at_artcontext.net-
no excuses.
Grades will be awarded using
the standard grading scale:
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Attendance: Attendance of all classes is required. Part of your final grade will be determined by class attendance. If a student misses a class section, it is the student's responsibility to make up any work missed. More than three absences will result in an 'F' (failure). Lectures will be held at the beginning of class so you must be punctual. Two late arrivals equal one absence.
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Make-ups: If a student finds s/he will not be able to hand in a midterm or final on the scheduled day, it is the student's responsibility to notify me prior to that day. Under no circumstances will I accept the work if I have not been notified and arrangements made prior to that day.
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Participation: Lecture must be interactive. To this end, I encourage an open atmosphere where back-and-forth communication is the norm. Students are free to speak up when they need clarification or wish to make observations. Always let me know if you are having difficulties mastering a technique presented in class and I will help you. Plus, you will be expected to work several hours outside of class time each week. You will not be able to finish your assignments during class!
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Homework:
Homework assignments will be collected at the beginning of class (when attendance
is taken). Any homework not turned in at this time will be marked late.
Points will be deducted from late homework. There are several labs at Hunter
that are available for students to use outside of class to complete homework
assignments. |
Required
Textbook: (available
at the College's bookstore, Barnes and Noble, amazon.com, and most major
book stores)
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Optional:
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Suggested
Reading: (many
of these can be acquired through at Barnes and Noble, amazon.com, etc. if
not available in the Hunter College library. See also Bookfinder.com)
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Week 1: Sept. 3 | Intro
to Class | Brief History of the Web | What is Html? | Basic HTML Text
Formatting | Day 1 of HTML Tutorial
Reading: Creative
HTML Design Chapters 1 , 2, and 19 |
Week 2: Sept. 10 |
Html Basics - Review Text Formatting | Creating Links | Day 2 of HTML Tutorial Hyperlinks Exercise Browser overview | What is cache? Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapters 3, 4, and 5 |
Week 3: Sept. 24 |
Html - Color | Embedded and Background Images | Day 3 of HTML Tutorial Basic Photoshop Tutorial Introduction to Photoshop Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapters 6 and 8 |
Week 4: Oct. 1 |
Html - Embedded and Background Images Part 2 Imagery Scanning | Size, resolution, and compression of images | Web file formats for images-GIF vs JPEG | Web color | Transparent GIFs | PNG Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapters 11 and 12 Intro to Information Architecture http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/tutorials/tutorial1.html |
Week 5: Oct. 8 | Review
| HTML QUIZ
Midterm Website Assigned | Site Map and Description due 10/15
Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapters 9 and 10 |
Week 6: Oct. 15 |
Site Map and Description due | View and Discuss |
Week 7: Oct. 22 |
HTTP | Client-Server communication | Using a server Html Servers (Directories) | Uploading Work on midterm project |
Week 8: Oct. 29 |
Work-in-progress presentation
due | View and Discuss Reading: Review Creative HTML Design Chapter 9 and Read Chapter 3: Weinman Dreamweaver (defining a site), and Chapter 6: Tables |
Week 9: Nov. 5 |
Midterm Websites due and presented to class | Final Assigned Dreamweaver - Site Management | Tables Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapters 13 and 15, Dreamweaver Chapter 7, Chapter 10: Frames, and Chapter 11: Rollovers |
Week 10: Nov. 12 |
Dreamweaver - Frames | Image maps | Rollovers Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapter 13, Dreamweaver Chapter 8: Style Sheets |
Week 11: Nov. 19 |
Layers Reading: Creative HTML Design Chapter 16, Dreamweaver Chapter 12: Forms |
Week 12: Nov. 26 |
Dreamweaver - Style Sheets | Timeline and Animation | Forms Review | HTML QUIZ - TABLES AND FRAMES |
Week 13: Dec. 3 | Where
do we go from here?
Javascript | Flash | SVG | PDF | XML Troubleshooting Finals | Showing Work-in-Progress | View and Discuss |
Week 14: Dec. 10 | Class Show of Work-in-Progress Finals | View and Discuss |
Week 15: Dec. 17 | Final Show of Finals | View and Discuss |