Schedule for Web Design

Summer 2014

Week	Topic	Readings	Due
Week 1 5/27-6/1	Introduction: Course Overview. Web Basics: URLs, (X)HTML. Site Development Process: Planning & Site Development and Site Evaluation. Dreamweaver: Create Web Page.	Dreamweaver Help
Week 2 6/2-8	Web Design Principles: Layout & Grid System. Dreamweaver: Add Navigation & Pages \| Test & Upload. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Dreamweaver: CSS and and Stylizing Content.	Castro (v6): Ch 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 22 Dreamweaver Help	Short Assign1 Quiz1
Week 3 6/9-15	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 (v6): Ch 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Dreamweaver Help Fireworks Help	Ex1 Group Site Analysis
Week 4 6/16-22	Layout Design & Advanced CSS: Positing Elements. Dreamweaver: Positioning Elements and Layout Design. Interaction Design: JavaScript & Client-Side Scripting. Dreamweaver: Rollovers and Image Maps. Navigation Design Dreamweaver: Navigation Design. Fireworks: Images for Navigation Button States	Dreamweaver Help Fireworks Help	Ex1 Rev Quiz2
Week 5 6/23-29	Dynamic Web Programming Concepts Databases (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (PHP) (1)	Nixon Preface Ch1 Ch3 Ch8	Ex2 Group Site Analysis Rev
Week 6 6/30-7/6	Databases (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (PHP) (2) Databases (MySQL) and Server Side Scripting (PHP) (3)	Nixon Ch4-6 Ch10	Ex2 Rev
Week 7 7/7-13	Working on Projects. Responsive Design. Course Review and Project Evaluation Criteria.		Short Assign2 Quiz3
Week 8 7/14-18	Group Project Presentations.		GW PP