- Contact Info
- Office: None
- E-mail: via Blackboard (preferred), or
sandrews@mail.valenciacollege.edu
- Note: All official communication will be sent to
your Blackboard Mail account.
Occasionally, I will copy important messsages
to your Atlas (live@edu) email account, but Blackboard Mail is primary.
- Phone: 407.310.2119 (voice messages only)
- Office Hours: None, but with a couple days'
warning, I will meet you in the lab any time it's open.
- Course:
- Website Development
The student will learn to construct web pages
containing animated graphics, forms, frames, style sheets, XML, and
Dynamic HTML. The course will also cover the software tools available
to create Webpages, as well as the hardware and software requirements
for setting up a Web site. (Special Fee: $34.00)
- CRN: 12655
- Credit: 3
- Prerequisites: none (See more on prereqs, below.)
- Meeting places/times:
online, on your own schedule, ONE OR MORE TIMES PER WEEK
- Course Outcomes
-
Each successful student will be able to:
- create web pages by writing XHTML code in a text editor
- add graphic elements to a web page
- create web pages including frames, forms, and style sheets
- add Dynamic HTML to a web page
- find and use various Web page design tools
- understand what XML is and what it is used for
- create a well-formed XML document and display it using a cascading
style sheet
- Educational Materials
-
Order this book by its ISBN. Make sure your
book is both "7th edition" and "Comprehensive".
Optional: It would be a very good idea to devote a USB "thumb"
drive for assignments.
- Assessment Methods and Evaluation
Calculation of final grade: |
Component |
Points |
10 assignments @ 8 points each |
80 |
Attendance
(Blackboard) |
10 |
(optional) Final Exam |
10
|
Total |
100 |
Extra Credit? |
TBD |
grading scale: |
Total Points |
|
Grade
|
0 |
- |
59 |
= |
F |
60 |
- |
69 |
= |
D |
70 |
- |
79 |
= |
C |
80 |
- |
89 |
= |
B |
90 and above |
= |
A |
assignments:
roughly one per chapter in the book, though some subjects will come from
outside sources
attendance:
Online students are required to keep up with—and contribute weekly
to—the Blackboard Message Board. Some weeks, I will ask pointed
questions, or direct you in some activity that requires a follow-up answer.
These questions constitute the "roll call" for this class.
Timely answers to these questions/directions will fulfill the weekly
"attendance" obligation and add to your attendance grade (10% of the class)
exam:
One (optional) final exam, worth 10 points, will be available online
between
12:01 AM, Dec 9 and 11:59 PM, Dec 15.
If you manage 90 points in this class before taking the final, there
will be NO REASON to take the final. If you have less than 90 points,
the final MAY raise your grade by one letter.
- No Show Policy:
-
Any student who does not attend class prior to the
START of the
no-show period (Oct 9)...will
be withdrawn by the instructor as a
no-show. This will count as an attempt in the class, and students
will be liable for tuition. If your plans have changed and you will not be
attending this class, please withdraw yourself through your Atlas account
during the drop period for this part of term. This is college policy.
- No Show Procedure (Assignment):
-
This policy is regulated and demanded by the administration of the college.
During the first weeks of class,
one assignment, labeled a00, MUST be submitted to Blackboard by
midnight, Oct
9 8 (Note that this date is past the due date for the
assignment.) If you do not submit this assignment
properly by this date, I
will remove you from the class as a no show. You will become immediately
responsible for payment of the class, but you will not be allowed to attend.
Please note that without this assignment, you
will be considered a no show
no matter how much communication takes place between student and instructor
within or outside of the Blackboard framework.
Please note also that the cutoff date for
this assignment is PRIOR TO the end
of the no show period. You will NOT have the entire no show period to
work the assignment. Turn it in on time or be dropped from the class.
- Withdrawal:
-
Per Valencia Policy 4-07 (Academic Progress, Course
Attendance and Grades, and Withdrawals), a student who withdraws from class
before the established deadline for a particular term will receive a grade
of "W". A student is not permitted to withdraw after the withdrawal
deadline of November 1, 2013.
A
faculty member is permitted to withdraw a student up to the beginning of
the final exam
period for violation of the class attendance policy. A student who
is withdrawn by faculty for violation of the class attendance policy will
receive a grade of "W". Any student who withdraws or is withdrawn from a
class during a third or subsequent attempt in the same course will be
assigned a grade of "F". For a complete policy and procedure overview on
Valencia Policy 4-07 please go to:
http://valenciacollege.edu/generalcounsel/policy/.
Please note that the attendance policy for this
class makes NO PROVISION for
me to withdraw you after the withdrawal date. If you miss the withdrawal
date for this class, you cannot withdraw, nor be withdrawn. You will be
stuck with the grade you earn.
- Important Dates:
- Fall TWK Term: Oct 2 - Dec 15, 2013
- Drop/Refund Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Oct 8
- No Show reporting period: Oct 9-18
- Withdrawal deadline for W grade:
11:59 PM, Nov 15, 2013
- Classes Do Not Meet:
- Oct 15 — Teacher Work Day (Osceola and L Nona)
- Oct 17 — Teacher Work Day (E, W and WP)
- Nov 27–29 — Thanksgiving Break
- Other:
- Dec 9–15 — (optional) Final Exam Available
- Dec 17 — Final Grades Available (Atlas)
See the college calendar for important dates and final exam schedule at
http://valenciacollege.edu/calendar
- Makeup Policy:
-
- Assignments may be turned in UP TO one week late, for UP TO half
credit.
- The final exam MUST be taken when it is offered.
- Academic Honesty:
-
Each student is required to follow Valencia policy regarding academic
honesty. All work submitted by students is expected to be the result of
the student's individual thoughts, research, and self-expression unless
the assignment specifically states "group project." Any act of academic
dishonesty will be handled in accordance with Valencia policy as set
forth in the Student Handbook and Catalog.
- College Policies:
-
A full description of all College policies can be found in
- Student Assistance Program:
- Valencia College is interested in making sure all our
students have a rewarding and successful college experience. To that
purpose, Valencia students can get immediate help with issues dealing
with stress, anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, substance
abuse, time management as well as relationship problems dealing with
school, home or work. BayCare Behavioral Health Student Assistance
Program (SAP) services are free to all Valencia students and available
24 hours a day by calling (800) 878-5470. Free face-to-face counseling
is also available.
- Office of Students with Disabilities
- Students with disabilities who qualify for academic
accommodations must provide a Notification to Instructor (NTI) form from
the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs
with the professor, preferably during the first two weeks of class.
The Office for Students with Disabilities determines accommodations based
on appropriate documentation of disabilities.
- East Campus: Bldg. 5, Rm. 216 Ph: 407-582-2229 Fax: 407-582-8908
TTY: 407-582-1222
- West Campus: SSB, Rm. 102 Ph: 407-582-1523 Fax: 407-582-1326
TTY: 407-582-1222
- Osceola Campus: Bldg. 1, Rm. 140A Ph: 407-582-4167 Fax: 407-582-4804
TTY: 407-582-1222
- Winter Park Campus: Bldg. 1, Rm. 212 Ph: 407-582-6887 Fax: 407-582-6841
TTY: 407-582-1222
- Special Rules
- More on Prereqs:
There are no college-required prerequisites for this course. So says
the catalog.
BUT!
That said, you should understand that this class is part of a technical
discipline, and as such, it requires a significant investment in time and
a rigorous attention to detail. You will be exposed to three different
languages, and you will be required to learn their vocabularies and syntax.
In addition, I should tell you that a certain level of proficiency with
your computer will save you days of startup time in this class and hours
of homework time every week. If you don't have these skills, I urge you
to develop them quickly. The attendants and tutors in the Computer Labs
can help you learn some of them. Can you:
- type at least 20 wpm?
- copy and paste within applications and between applications?
- locate and download programs and other files on the Internet?
Install programs from the Internet?
- locate files on your own computer?
- differentiate among several versions of the same file?
- Open Lab
The Academic Success Center (Building 4 second floor East
Campus) now houses the Open Lab for Business, IT & Public Services
Division. This area is located to your right after you enter the double
doors.
This where I will meet with you if you request a conference.
- Course Policies
- See my
Things You Ought to Know page, online.
- Disclaimer Statement
- This syllabus may be altered, at the instructor's
discretion, during the course of the term. It is the responsibility
of the student to remain current with changes in the syllabus.
The newest version of this syllabus can be found at
faculty.valenciacollege.edu/sandrews/cop2822/2013fall/12655/
- Weekly Activities & Assignments
-
The following list is only to give a general idea of how things
MIGHT progress. superscripts denote likely due dates
for assignments. DO NOT USE THIS LIST TO SCHEDULE YOUR ACTIVITIES.
It is ALWAYS
subject to change, and it's probably out of date already.
- Orientation, Blackboard, 00
Ch 1: Intro to HTML, XHTML, CSS
- Ch 2: inline styles
01
- no chapter: validating your work
XC1
Ch 3: hyperlinks, images, embedded styles
02
- no chapter: publishing your work
XC2
Ch 4: tables, external styles
03
- Ch 5: image maps
Ch 6: forms
04
- Ch 7: "advanced" CSS
05
- Ch 8: multimedia
06
- Ch 9: JavaScript
07
- (thanksgiving week)
Ch 10: more JS
08
-
Ch 11: the DOM
09
- Ch 12: XML
10
The (optional) final exam will be available from 12:01 AM, Dec 9
until 11:59 PM, Dec 15.