Read: CSS Specificity & Class vs. ID – This is quiz material.
Read A reintroduction to JavaScript and complete lessons #1 and #2 at Codecademy
Work on the Segway project and bring questions to class on Thursday. This project is due next Tuesday.
Blog Post – In your own words answer the question “What is Information Science?”
Create a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page. Bring this to class with you on Tuesday. We’ll cover publishing this to the web in class on Tuesday. If you need a code sample to refer to you can look at this snippet.
Please review class readings and in class HTML work. We’ll have a short quiz on Thursday. At this point you should have created your own copy of the prototype document we have been working in class. You’ll be asked to submit this next week so make sure you are keeping up.
Create Banner image for your sample page in Fireworks. The image should be as wide as your container div and between 80px and 200px tall and less than 40kb in size. Emailed tswallace@ualr.edu before class on Thursday. Have fun with this. You can make an image for anything. It could be a company, an event, a hobby etc. I’d like to see the following elements present in your design. Typographical Element, some sort of photographic element or vector artwork, and a consistent color scheme (Try Kuler).
Next class I’ll show you how to integrate this image into your template page properly. Please bring the file to class.
Assignment: Blog Post – Reflect on your presentation. What were your strengths & weaknesses? Identify areas you could improve and discuss possible strategies for doing so. Please be thorough. In addition to the post please share the presentation file with me via Google Drive or email.
Complete the planning document and sitemap and submit to me via email no later than next Tuesday.
Your assignment for Spring Break is to complete the following tutorials and submit the folder icon you create in the 3rd tutorial.
You should email this icon to me before class next Tuesday. Late submissions will not be accepted. I do not expect you to perfectly replicate the icon in the tutorial but I would like to see a solid effort from each of you. This is a challenging assignment so I encourage you to not wait until the night before it is due. Good Luck! If you’d like you can download a 30 day trial of Fireworks on your own computer so you can work off campus.
Assignment: Blog Post – Reflect on your presentation. What were your strengths & weaknesses? Identify areas you could improve and discuss possible strategies for doing so. Please be thorough. In addition to the post please share the presentation file with me via Google Drive or email.
Complete today’s lab assignment and upload. Sent me the url’s for each exercise no later than Thursday. Be prepared to discuss in class on Tuesday.
Be prepared to to present to the class on Monday. Make sure you follow the requirements listed here.
Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a blog assignment due no later than 10-22-13. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.
Style your prototype HTML Document from top to bottom. Upload the file to your web space and send the URL to tswallace@ualr.edu before class on Tuesday.
If you haven’t already, please read the following article on CSS Positioning and be prepared to complete an in class lab assignment on Tuesday.
Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a blog assignment due no later than 10-17-13. Make sure you discuss the following elements: Site URL, An assessment of the Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior of the site, Things you like about the site, Things you would change.
Style your prototype HTML Document from top to bottom. Be prepared to share this with me in class next week. I am not looking for perfection. I’d really like you to experiment with as many css properties as possible.
If you haven’t already, please read the following article on CSS Positioning and be prepared to complete an in class lab assignment on Thursday.
Read the following article on CSS Positioning and be prepared to complete an in class lab assignment on Thursday.
Create a Google Doc reflecting on the experience you had during the scavenger hunt last week. Discuss how your team decided to tackle the hunt, whether or not you felt like you worked as a team, and what you would do differently. When you complete this assignment you should share this document with tswallace@ualr.edu. Do not email me this document!. Use the built in sharing functionality of Google Docs. If you do not know how to do this you can look here for help. (minimum three paragraphs)
Review your favorite web-based service in a blog post explaining it’s functionality, the pro’s and con’s of using the particular service, and discuss the service’s potential for impacting the way you work. Post is due next Tuesday. Please be prepared to discuss in class.
Read – The history of the Internet and the web, and the evolution of web standards
Read: CSS Specificity & Class vs. ID – This is quiz material.
Review your favorite web-based service in a blog post explaining it’s functionality, the pro’s and con’s of using the particular service, and discuss the service’s potential for impacting the way you work. Post is due next Tuesday. Please be prepared to discuss in class.
Reading Assignment: CSS Basics
Write a blog post about 5 new tips/tricks you learned from the Power Searching with Google course. Please explain each technique and a situation where you might use it to find valuable information.
Create and Validate a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page.
You can email the html document to me or for additional credit upload to the server and send me the url. Send to tswallace@ualr.edu before 10.1.13.
Create and Validate a prototype HTML document that includes examples of all HTML elements covered thus far. For a list of requirements view this page.
You can email the html document to me or for additional credit upload to the server and send me the url. Send to tswallace@ualr.edu before 10.1.13.
Reading Assignment: CSS Basics
Be prepared for a Quiz on Thursday covering all readings and in class discussion.
Read Chapter 4 and Chapter 6
Review your favorite web-based service in a blog post explaining it’s functionality, the pro’s and con’s of using the particular service, and discuss the service’s potential for impacting the way you work. Post is due next Tuesday. Please be prepared to discuss in class.
Complete Class 3 and Class 4 of Power Searching with Google.
Watch – Accessibility for the Modern Web by Derek Featherstone
Begin working on your presentations for next week. When you have completed you presentation upload the file to Google Drive and share the link via email.
Complete the first two sessions of Power Searching with Google. In the coming weeks we will complete the entire course. Be prepared to discuss when we return to class next Monday.
Read (Quiz Material) Read Chapter 3
Begin researching apps in the Chrome Web store. Try and integrate them into your daily workflow. In a few weeks you’ll be asked to report back to the class via your blog.
Finish customizing your blog. Apply a new theme. Customize the sidebar. Add a few widgets. Display an rss feed from a site that you frequent. Begin working on your about page.
Read Semantic XHTML (Quiz Material) & Read Chapter 2.
Customize your blog. Apply a new theme. Customize the sidebar. Add a few widgets. Display an rss feed from a site that you frequent. Begin working on your about page. If you have not submitted your blog url to me please do so. Make sure to bring your Chromebook to class on Thursday for the orientation session.