How the Lessons are Organized:
The first 6 weeks of the course, we will cover two chapters per week in the textbook. During this period, almost all assignments, discussions, assessments, and projects are due 1 week after they are first assigned. The due date is always noted in the WebCT system on the home page of the course.
In Unit 13 we will cover Templates which will help you to organize all the info and skills you have learned into a very attractive website.
The time at the end of the course will be used for two things:
- creating the final project. (Everybody)
- covering chapters 13 and 14 of the text. (Optional)
During the first part of the course we will follow a standard format. The pace will be twice as fast as the 16 week version of this course that is taught in the fall and spring semesters. In genereal, we will cover two units per week. For each unit there will be:
- a reading assignment with a page or two of comments from me, to help you get the most out of the reading and to give you any special instructions for exercises that are due.
- one of more discussion items. (Most weeks.)
- a quiz on the reading.
- an exercise that you will turn in to me via WebCT or that you will post to your personal website. After unit 4, you must always post your work on your website.
During the last part of the course things will not be as structured. There will be three assignments that will add up to the final project for the course. As you might expect, the final project will be to design and post a complete website. After all, that's why you took the course!
There will also be two additional chapters to cover in the textbook for those who want to do so for extra credit, but those chapters are totally optional.
During the course, I will check email frequently, so if you have questions, I will try to give you a speedy answer. However, I will need to limit detailed questions and answers to topics that we cover in this course.
That is not to say I won't answer your questions on outside topics in general terms. I will be happy to give you advice on resources where you can go to find additional info. I just can't get involved in personally resolving specific technical issues on techniques and skills that are outside the scope of the course--such as Javascript, asp.net, Coldfusion, Flash, mySQL, etc.
...WPC