Weekly Agenda

Please note that this page may be updated or revised throughout the semester as needed to adjust to the needs and pace of the students in this class.

Week 1: January 28
- HTML -

Discuss Syllabus, course materials & class web site
Form Client Site groups & schedule meetings
Create GCF Global Learning Account
Read Internet Basics Tutorial
Read CWRU's Introduction to HTML Chapters 1, 2, 3
Activity #1: HTML Practice

Homework:
Complete Internet Tutorial and take quiz
Read Wanna Be a Project Manager?

Week 2: February 4
- Project Management -

Discuss Client Sites
Discuss excerpts from Wanna Be a Project Manager?
Read CWRU's Introduction to HTML Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7
Activity #2: More HTML Practice

Homework:
Explore Webmonkey's HTML Teaching Tool & the W3School's HTML Examples
Web Site Critique #1
Begin client site goals worksheet
Read Web Style Guide Chapter 1 on Site Planning
Read Webmonkey's Information Architecture Tutorial: Lesson 1 (Defining your goals) & 2 (Audience and competitors)

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Week 3: February 11
- HTML Tables -

Discuss articles on project management & site planning
Discuss Web Site Critique #1
Discuss file names and paths
W3School's HTML Tables
Activity #3: My Homepage

Homework:
Create Yahoo! Geocities account
Complete client site goals, intended audience, and competitive analysis
Read Web Style Guide Chapter 5 on Typography

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Week 4: February 25
- Color & Font -

Discuss 256, RGB, and hexadecimal
Color Harmony
Color Symbolism
Creating Color Blind Friendly Web Pages
ColorMatch 5K
Webmonkey’s Color Codes Chart
Defining your site's style
Discuss Web Style Guide Chapter 5: Typography
Visit How to Make an Annoying Web Page
Activity #4

Homework:
Complete Client Site Outline
Revise your Home Page based on what you’ve learned about color & font
Begin work on Client Site Style Sheet
Read Web Style Guide Chapter 3: Site Design
Read Webmonkey IA Tutorial: Lesson 3 (Site content) & Lesson 4 (Site structure)
Prepare Client Site Content List

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Week 5: March 3
- Cascading Style Sheets -

CSS Tutorial: Starting with HTML & CSS
Cascading Style Sheets - Parts I & II

Homework:
Play with the mypage.html and mystyle.css to practice what you have learned about CSS
Catch up on any reading & client work you are behind with

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Week 6: March 10
- Organization & Navigation -

Discuss articles on site content & structure
Activity #5: Site Design
Anne Fensie's Guide to Creating Intuitive Navigation Structure
Review Cascading Style Sheets - Parts I & II

Homework:
Complete Client Site Style Sheet
Sketch Client Site Map & navigation bars
Read Chapter 4: Page Design
Read Webmonkey IA Tutorial: Lesson 5 (Visual design)
Sketch Client Site Page Layout Grid

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Week 7: March 17
- Page Layout -

View Client Site drafts
Discuss articles on page layout & visual design
Activity #6: Page Layout
Cascading Style Sheets - Parts III & IV

Homework:
Read Web Style Guide Chapter 7: Graphics, Choosing a file format for Web graphics, Optimizing graphics for Web sites in FrontPage, & Webmonkey's Web Graphics Overview
Complete Client Site map & navigation bars

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Week 8: March 24
- Web Graphics -

Activity #7: Graphics
Work on Client Site

Homework:
Create Client Site Home Page
List Client Site Graphics & bring image files on April 7
Read the W3C's Introduction to Web Accessibility

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Week 9: March 31
- Universal Design -

Principles of Universal Design
Bad Human Factors Designs
WAVE: test single pages of web content for accessibility
View Client Site Homepage first drafts

Homework:
Work on Client Site & apply universal design concepts

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