Course Purpose/Objectives:

Provides students with skills to construct and enhance web sites. Topics include advanced web page design, multi-media, animation, web site publishing, and web site ad-ministration. Lecture 3 hours per week.

Text/Materials:

Text: Web Design Using Macromedia Dreamweaver by Miller and Padgett; ISBN 9780072560299.

Project files: Available through Web site or Instructor.

Software: Graphical Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator; plain text editor such as Microsoft Notepad, and Macromedia Dreamweaver software.

Handouts: Additional handouts may be provided during the course.

Blackboard: Blackboard is an online tool used to enhance the students learning experience.  Students will be required to post messages and/or assignments on the classroom site based on the assignment’s due date.  The tool will be used for the student’s convenience to track progress through the semester. 

Prerequisite:

(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): IST 129 or equivalent.

Teaching Methods:

1.      Lectures: Important material from the text and outside sources will be covered in class. Discussion is encouraged as is student-procured, outside material relevant to topics being covered.

2.      Demonstrations: Much of the class time will be used to demonstrate the practical use of the software for this course. Students are encouraged to carefully observe the demonstrations and also to go through the tutorial material in the textbook

3.      Assignments: Problems, cases, and readings will be periodically assigned to help support and supplement material found in the text. These assignments may require the application of various software packages. All assignments are due at the beginning of class on the date due. Late submission of assignments will be assessed a penalty of 25 % per week. No exceptions are made.

4.      Quizzes: Occasional unscheduled quizzes may be given to help ensure students stay up with assigned material.

5.      Exams: Two exams will be given. These exams will be timed so it is important that the student not only know the skills but also know them well enough to move quickly through the test. When the time for the test has passed, students will be required to turn in what they have completed at that point.

Grading:

Letter grades will be determined using a standard percentage point evaluation as outlined below.

A  - 90%-100%; B  - 80%-89%; C  - 70%-79%; D  - 60%-69%; F  - Below 60%.

The final grade will be computed on the following weights:

Attendance and Participation     -           5%

Assignments                             -           50%

Test                                         -           15%

Final Exam                               -           15%

In Class Web Project               -           10%

BlackBoard Assignment            -           5%

Course Policies:

Missed Classes: The student is responsible for obtaining material, which may have been distributed on class days when he/she was absent. This can be done through contacting a classmate who was present or by contacting the instructor during his office hours or other times. Missed or late quizzes can not be made up under any circumstances but with good cause and adequate notice, an early quiz may be given. There are no make-up exams. Only official excuses will be accepted. Any uncoordinated, unexcused missed exam will result in a score of 0 for that exam.

Withdrawal Students are responsible for withdrawing from class. Missing class does not automatically withdraw you from class.

Academic Dishonesty: Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, paper or project; failure in course; and or expulsion from the University. For more information, refer to the "Academic Dishonesty" policy in the University Undergraduate Catalog.

Need for Assistance: If you have any condition, such as a physical or learning disability, which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined it, or which will require academic accommodations, please notify me as soon as possible.

In Classroom Lab - Lab assignments will be completed for each chapter as assigned. The work may commence at end of class - if not complete at class end, assignments can be finished in the Academic Computing Lab and are due on the assigned due date.  Each page of your deliverables should contain your name, course-section number on the first page, due date, and chapter and exercise number for each exercise.  Lab work is graded and full credit may be earned if it is on time.  A 25% late penalty is applied to late assignments; no assignments accepted after one week past the due date. Please keep returned lab work in a notebook.

The Classroom - Cellular phones, pagers, CD players, radios, and similar devices are prohibited in the classroom and laboratory facilities. Calculators and computers are prohibited during examinations and quizzes, unless specified. Reasonable laptop-size computers may be used in lecture for taking notes.

1.      Theft of Software.  “Pirating” software is a crime that can be prosecuted in a court of law.  Any kind of cheating can lead to dismissal from TNCC.  See the Student Handbook section of the Catalog.

2.      Hours Required of Learning.  If you do not plan to spend many hours learning to work the computer, you will have trouble in this class.  You cannot learn to operate a computer or a software program solely by reading about it.

3.      Enrollment in Course.  As of Summer 1990, enrollment in a course is limited to Third two times.  If a student needs to enroll for a third and final time, he/she must submit a written petition to the Dean of Instruction for approval.

4.      Academic Computing Lab.  If you experience any kinds of problems in the ACL, see any staff member in the lab.

5.      “Students with disabilities who will be taking this course and may need disability-related classroom accommodations are encouraged to make an appointment with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities to register for support services if you have not already done so (Room #201 Griffin Hall 825-2857 (V) 825-2853 (TDD)).  Thank You.”

6.      The college has a free Tutorial Program.  If you find that you need a tutor, please contact Susan Gray in the Tutorial Center.

7.      Students will NOT bring children of any age, relatives, and/or friends to classrooms, ACL, or Testing Center.

8.      TNCC regulations state that no food, drinks, smoking, or gum chewing is allowed in the classrooms and other work areas.

9.      Unruly behavior will result in the student’s removal from the class or campus.

10.  Attendance Policy: You are expected to miss class no more than 20% of the time, which equates to 3 1/2 class meets per week.  Students must communicate at least weekly with the instructor.  A student who is judged absent for 20% or more of the scheduled class meetings (cumulative) may be dropped from the course by the instructor without notice. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROCESS THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO WITHDRAW FROM A CLASS.

11.     The ACL requires a current ID and your R&I.  Your disks will also be checked for viruses.  Please cooperate with the ACL staff by following lab rules. The ACL is near the tennis courts.

12.     “Students with disabilities who will be taking this course and may need disability-related classroom accommodations are encouraged to make an appointment with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities to register for support services if you have not already done so (Room #201 Griffin Hall 825-2857 (V) 825-2853 (TDD)).  Thank You.”

Turn in Requirements

1.  Floppy Disk

2.  Name  -  Class Section

Assignment #1 _________

Assignment #2  _________

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Eventually, assignments will be posted on the web, details will be provided.