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Home - Course Web Pages - Spring 2010 - LIBR 240-11 Calendar

LIBR 240-11
Information Technology Tools and Applications
Spring 2010 Calendar

Heather Ebey
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Office Location: Carlsbad, CA
Office Hours: Virtually by e-mail, Elluminate or Skype. Office hours in Elluminate are as needed via an email request from the student.

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This calendar is subject to change with fair notice. An Elluminate session indicated as optional will be recorded and is required viewing. Optional means that you can attend it live or view the recording later at your convenience.

Week
Date
Topics
(The order of topics may change according to class needs.)
Assignment Due (Due 8:00 a.m. PT unless otherwise noted on dropbox on ANGEL.)
1 Jan. 26 Getting set up; SSH/SFTP;
How the Web works: client-server relationship;
Working with the Unix server;
file management; HTML & graphics editors 		Mandatory live attendance Elluminate session for introduction to course, overview of procedures, discussion of first assignment and Q&A: Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. PT
2 Feb. 2 Web standards;
Core XHTML elements including links; DOCTYPE; validating XHTML		 Assignment 1: Browserhawk scans; intro on ANGEL; directory on Unix with Web page; questions on reading
3 Feb. 9 Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Part I — syntax; Validating CSS
Optional Elluminate Session: Cascading Style Sheets, Part I lecture. (Feb 9th, 7:00-8:45 p.m. PT)		 Assignment 2: Validated XHTML Web pages
4 Feb. 16 Images; image maps; CSS Part II - float and clear properties; the power of <div> Assignment 3: CSS (inline, embedded, external); start of mini web site that you will add to all semester. [This is not the final project but prepares you for it.]
5 Feb. 23 Accessibility, usability, and cultural issues; Web 2.0 Part 1: Intro to blogs in installation on Unix; Web Development process and information architecture Assignment 4: images displayed in web pages demonstrating use of <div>, float and clear
6 Mar. 2 Tables: layout and data with accessibility; modular design; server-side includes (SSI link goes to non-SJSU web site); Assignment 5: Answers to questions on accessibility, usability, and cultural issues;
install/configure/use WordPress blog on Unix
7 Mar. 9 CSS, Part III: Web page layout with float or positioned properties;
Print and handheld device style sheets.
 Assignment 6: Tables; Addition of SSI to mini-web site
8 Mar. 16 Web 2.0 / Library 2.0, Part II; Integrating blogs, wikis, social bookmarking and tagging (del.icio.us link goes to non-SJSU web site); Blog themes and plugins; class collaboration (Zoho or Google Docs); CMS overview; [Virtual worlds (Second Life) assigned but not due until May 11th. If you don't have an avatar (pre-203 students), I highly recommend using a Community Gateway such as Caledon Oxbridge or Virtual Ability to register.] Assignment 7: CSS layout (mini-web site continued); CSS Garden; print style sheet. [Final Project Proposal due between March 2nd and Saturday, March 26, 2010, 12 noon PT.]
9 Mar. 23 Overview of client-side scripting using JavaScript; Client-side vs. server-side programming Assignment 8: Web 2.0: social bookmarking; use a wiki; Blog theme and plugin; class collaboration in Web 2.0 application
10 Mar. 30 Spring Recess March 29 - April 2.  
11 Apr. 6 XML / XSLT; RSS Assignment 9: JavaScript; Lightbox 2 link goes to non-SJSU web site .
12 Apr. 13 Web 2.0 Part III: Digital Storytelling link goes to non-SJSU web site; Embedding multimedia in Web pages (e.g., using Flickr, YouTube, Switchpod, blip.tv) (Web 2.0 emphasis) Assignment 10: RSS; XML/XSLT
13 Apr. 20 Forms; PHP server-side programming and form configuration. Assignment 11: Embedded multimedia; posting on digital storytelling
14 Apr. 27 Web 2.0, Part IV: mashups; widgets; IM Assignment 12: Form with accessibility; PHP scripts (poll, random quotes)
15 May 4 404 pages; meta redirects; more CSS techniques; Form output processing (PHP display; Excel) Assignment 13: mashups and widgets in web pages; Final Project style guide. [No late style guide.]
16 May 11 Wrap-up; Web hosting; Search engine optimization (SEO) Assignment 14: 404 page, meta redirect; virtual worlds (Second Life)
17 May 17 Last day of instruction Final project may be submitted between May 11th and Saturday, May 22nd, 11:59 p.m. PT)
  May 22 Final Project Due (20% of total points) Final Project: due by May 22nd, 11:59 p.m. PT [No late final accepted. No final project files with modified timestamps after 11:59 p.m. May 22nd will be accepted.]
  May 28 Grades due from faculty  

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