LIBR 240-11
Information Technology Tools and Applications
Spring 2011 Calendar
Heather Ebey
E-mail
Office Location: Carlsbad, CA
Office Hours: Virtually by e-mail, Elluminate or Skype. Office hours in Elluminate are if needed when the question cannot be
resolved via email.
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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. The previous week's assignment is generally due on the day the new topic starts.
Week |
Start Date |
Topics (The order of topics may change according to class needs.) |
Previous Assignment Due (Due
8:00 a.m. PT unless otherwise noted on dropbox on Desire2Learn.) |
| 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: Wednesday, January 26, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. PT |
| 2 | Feb. 1 | Web standards; Core XHTML elements including links; DOCTYPE; validating XHTML |
Assignment 1: Browserhawk scans; introduce yourself in Desire2Learn discussion forum; directory on Unix with Web page; questions on reading |
| 3 | Feb. 8 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Part I — syntax;
Validating CSS; Using WDT CSS menu (WDT 2  ).Optional Elluminate Session: Cascading Style Sheets, Part I lecture. (Feb. 8th, 7:00-8:45 p.m. PT) |
Assignment 2: Validated XHTML Web pages |
| 4 | Feb. 15 | Images: optimizing for Web; image formats; image maps; CSS Part II - float and clear properties; the power of <div>; CSS id and class selectors |
Assignment 3: CSS (inline, embedded, external); start of mini web site that you will add to all semester. [This is not the final project, which you must complete in a different topic with all new material.] |
| 5 | Feb. 22 | Accessibility, usability, and cultural issues; unicode. Web 2.0 Part 1: Intro to blogs and installation of Wordpress on Unix; Web Development process and information architecture | Assignment 4: images displayed in web pages demonstrating use of <div>, float and clear |
| 6 | Mar. 1 | Tables: layout and data with accessibility;
modular design; server-side includes (SSI );
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Assignment 5: Answers to questions
on accessibility, usability, and cultural issues; install/configure/use WordPress blog on Unix |
| 7 | Mar. 8 | CSS, Part III: Web page layout with float or positioned properties;
Print and handheld style sheets. |
Assignment 6: Tables; Addition of SSI to mini-web site |
| 8 | Mar. 15 | Web 2.0 / Library 2.0, Part II; Integrating blogs, wikis, social bookmarking and tagging
(del.icio.us ); Blog themes and plugins; class collaboration (Zoho or Google Docs); [Virtual worlds (using Second Life) assigned but not due until May 10th.] |
Assignment 7: CSS layout (mini-web site re-do); CSS Garden; print and handheld style sheets. [Final Project Proposal due by Saturday, March 19, 2011, 11:59 p.m. PT.] |
| 9 | Mar. 22 | Overview of client-side scripting using JavaScript; Client-side vs. server-side programming; PHP pre-written server-side script. | Assignment 8: Web 2.0: social bookmarking; use a wiki; Blog theme and plugin; class collaboration in Web 2.0 application; posting in blog. |
| 10 | Mar. 29 | Spring recess March 28 - April 1 | |
| 11 | Apr. 5 | XML / XSLT; RSS | Assignment 9: JavaScript: meta redirect, back button, Lightbox 2 .; PHP script. |
| 12 | Apr. 12 | Web 2.0 Part III: Digital Storytelling ; Embedding multimedia in Web pages (e.g., using Flickr, YouTube, Viddler, Switchpod, blip.tv) (Web 2.0 emphasis) |
Assignment 10: RSS; XML/XSLT |
| 13 | Apr. 19 | Web 2.0, Part IV: mashups; widgets; IM; CMS | Assignment 11: Embedded multimedia that tells a story; posting on digital storytelling |
| 14 | Apr. 26 | Form element and form widgets; accessibility with <label> element; PHP form handler configuration. | Assignment 12: mashups and widgets in web pages |
| 15 | May 3 | 404 pages; more CSS techniques; Intro to HTML 5 | Assignment 13: Working form with accessibility |
| 16 | May 10 | Wrap-up; Web hosting; Search engine optimization (SEO) | Assignment 14: 404 page; HTML 5 technique; virtual worlds (Second Life); Final Project style guide due Saturday, May 14, 2011, 11:59 p.m. PT. [No late style guide.] |
| 17 | May 17 | Last day of instruction | Final project may be submitted between May 17th and Saturday, May 21st, 11:59 p.m. PT) |
| May 21 | Final Project Due (20% of total points) | Final Project: due by May 21st, 11:59 p.m. PT [No late final accepted. No final project files with modified timestamps after 11:59 p.m. May 21, 2011 will be accepted.] | |
| May 31 | Grades due from faculty |
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