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Category Archives: Spring 2013

Jquery Lab

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Assignment

Find a Jquery tutorial on the web. When evaluating the script make sure that the page is still usable without Javascript enabled. You should pick something that can be integrated into your current site to meet the above mastery requirement. Submit the URL to me via email of the working script. Due Tuesday.

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Javascript

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Assignment

Find a Jquery tutorial on the web. Begin working on the implementation and bring to class on Thursday. When evaluating the script make sure that the page is still usable without Javascript enabled. You should pick something that can be integrated into your current site to meet the above mastery requirement.

Resources 1 | 2 | 3

 

Introduction to JavaScript

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Assignment

Complete lessons #3 and #4 at Codecademy.

Read the following Article on Progressive Enhancement. Send me an email (tswallace@ualr.edu) explaining progressive enhancement in your own words. Please discuss why it is important to use progressive enhancement and include a link to another article you found and read relating to the topic. Due before class Tuesday.

Creating Site Imagery

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Assignment

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.

Fireworks

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  • Fireworks Workspace
  • Creating Shapes
  • Working with Typography
  • Cropping and Resizing

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 on the Tuesday following Spring Break. 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.

CSS Lab

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Spend today’s session styling all elements in your html document. While styling, pay close attention to not create duplicate styles. Read the following posts and try to incorporate these ideas into your workflow

Please upload the completed assignment and send me the URL. I will be grading effort on this assignment. I expect you to have problems being new to this. Use your resources and give it a go. If you take the day off and spend 10 minutes working on the assignment, your grade will reflect that decision. Good Luck and have a nice weekend.

Due before class on Tuesday.

 

Structure, Content, Design, Behavior

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Assignment

Evaluate your favorite web site based on our discussion of Structure, Content, Design, and Behavior. This is a written assignment that should be emailed to me (tswallace@ualr.edu) no later than 1-24-13. 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.