Schedule for Web Design

Fall 2013

 

Week Topic Readings Due
Week 1
9/3-8

Introduction: Course Overview.

Web Basics: URLs, (X)HTML.
Week 2
9/9-15

Site Development Process: Planning & Site Development and Site Evaluation.

Dreamweaver: Create Web Page.
Week 3
9/16-22
Web Design Principles: Layout & Grid System.
Dreamweaver: Add Navigation & Pages | Test & Upload.
Castro
Ch1-3,6,15,16
Ch22
Short Assign1

 

Quiz1
Week 4
9/23-29
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Dreamweaver: CSS and and Stylizing Content.
Castro
Ch7,8,9
Ch10,11
Week 5
9/30-10/6

Web Design Principles: Summary.
CSS: Box Model and Floating Elements.

HTML 5 & CSS 3 - Key Concepts

Dreamweaver: Floating Elements.

Image Editing: Color & Image Formats.
Fireworks: Image Editing, Animated GIF.

Castro
Ch5,7,8,9
Ch10,11
Ex1
Week 6
10/7-13
Layout Design & Advanced CSS: Positing Elements.
Dreamweaver: Positioning Elements and Layout Design.

Castro
Ch5
Ch 7,8,9
Ch10,11
Group Site Analysis

 

Quiz2
Week 7
10/14-20
Interaction Design: JavaScript & Client-Side Scripting.
Dreamweaver: Rollovers and Image Maps.


Week 8
10/21-27
Navigation Design
Dreamweaver: Navigation Design.
Fireworks: Images for Navigation Button States
Ex1 Rev
Week 9
10/28-11/3
Dynamic Web
Programming Concepts
Server Side Scripting: PHP.
Databases: Introduction to MySQL.
Nixon
Preface
Ch1
Ch3
Ch8

Ex2
Week 10
11/4-10
Databases (2) (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (2) (PHP)

Nixon
Ch4-6
Ch10
Group Site Analysis Rev
Week 11
11/11-17
Databases (3) (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (3) (PHP)
Nixon
Ch4-6
Ch10
Week 12
11/18-24

Databases (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (PHP) Recap

Thanksgiving Break
Short Assign2

 

Quiz3

 

Ex2 Rev
Week 13
11/25-27

Working on Project and Thanksgiving.

Responsive Design.
Week 14
12/2-8
Working on Project.
Week 15
12/9-10
Course Review and Group Websites.

GW

PP