MAT 125: Web Design 1: Fundamentals : SYLLABUS

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Summer 2010 Class Sections ..
1267 & 1344 are online (OL) courses. All assignments are completed online and you will not need to visit the campus.

Instructor .. Claudia Faulk .. contact by email cfaulk@miracosta.edu

Course Description ..
This course focuses on building the fundamental skills necessary to create effective web pages. Concepts covered include mastering basic through intermediate level HTML and XHTML programming; use of Cascading Style Sheets to format entire web sites, adapting digital imagery for web use; simple animations; basic concepts of interface design; FTP protocols for uploading web sites, and principles of web site management. Comparisons of the various popular browsers and their support of HTML, XHTML and CSS.

Student Learning Outcomes ..
The MiraCosta faculty believe that students who complete one or more certificates or degrees are systematic, critical, creative thinkers and clear communicators who are intellectually curious, technically proficient, aesthetically literate, and professional. To that end, the faculty has identified seven Student Learning Outcomes (SLO's) that apply directly to the high-level skills you are expected to possess in the workforce:

  1. Technical Skills
  2. Application of Discipline Skills
  3. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
  4. Communication
  5. Professional Behavior
  6. Aesthetic Literacy and Appreciation
  7. Global Awareness and Responsible Citizenship

To achieve this goal, you are expected to achieve competency in the following course-level Student Learning Outcomes:

  • Apply web coding techniques to web-based exercises and implement appropriate skills in each exercise.
  • Arrange, assemble and construct a web-based project and deliver in appropriate format.
  • Demonstrate and employ effective and efficient web-server skills and techniques.

Additionally, when you have completed this course, you should specifically be able to:

  • Execute intermediate level HTML and XHTML programming skills, including debugging techniques.
  • Implement practical image editing techniques for web display.
  • Repurpose content from other media to web delivery.
  • Implement fundamental design principles into user interface designs.
  • Upload, update and maintain a basic web site.
  • Evaluate various web browser differences and functionalities.
  • Implement fundamental skills in file management and project organization.

Course Textbooks ..

Required
Learning Web Design (3rd Edition)
by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
O'Reilly
ISBN: 978-0-596-52752-5

Optional
The Non-Designer's Web Book, 3rd Edition
by Robin Williams and John Tollett
Peachpit Press
ISBN: 0-321-30337-7

Designing Effective Web Sites: A Concise Guide
by Johnson-Eilola
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0-618-07433-3

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS ..

Students with disabilities, whether physical, learning, or psychological, who believe that they may need accommodations in this class, are encouraged to contact Disabled Students Programs & Services as soon as possible to ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely manner. Their phone number is 795-6658 and they are located in Building 3000-Student Services, Room 3009, adjacent to Parking Lot 3C.

Class Attendance..

The summer schedule is very condensed. We cover the same amount of material as we would during a regular semester. If you check the schedule, you will see that during the first few weeks, we have class* 4 days a week. Many Exercises are assigned one day and due the next. During the 2nd half of our semester, most Projects are due approximately one week after being assigned. There is no specific time of day that you must do your classwork, but it must be turned in by 10AM on the scheduled due date.

  • If you are going to miss class, please let me know ahead of time.
  • If you turn homework in LATE or REDO it, let me know by email.

If you decided to stop attending/participating, you must DROP the class yourself. Do not expect me to drop you automatically.

  • Deadline to drop a class with no record and recieve a refund: June 25th, 2010
  • Deadline to file for Pass/No Pass grading option: July 2, 2010
  • Deadline to drop with "W" grade (withdraw): July 20th, 2010

*This means I send out the lecture material via email 4 days a week - Mondays through Thursdays. The lectures are also available on Blackboard in Course Content. You do not attend an actual classroom on campus.