syllabus for

Website Development

COP2822, CRN 20609
Online, Full Term
Spring 2014 (201420) Term

(3 credit hours)

Note: passages shown with a light coral background are directly quoted from other Valencia documents.

Instructor: Steve Andrews

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: 20609

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

HTML5 and CSS (Comprehensive), 7e Woods | Dorin CENGAGEbrain.com ISBN-10: 1-133-52614-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-133-52614-8

Order this book by ISBN. Do not use older (or newer) editions.

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, 21 Apr and 11:59 PM, 26 Apr.
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/drop/refund deadline...(11:59 PM 14 Jan) 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, 14 January. (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 (21 March 2014). 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 Full Term: 6 Jan - 20 Apr 2014

Drop/Refund Deadline: 11:59 p.m. 14 Jan

Withdrawal deadline for W grade: 11:59 p.m. 21 March 2014

Classes Do Not Meet:

• 20 Jan — MLK Day
• 7 Feb — Learning Day
• 3–9 Mar — Spring Break

Other:

• 21–26 April — (optional) Final Exam Available
• 28 Apr — 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

• the College Catalog at http://valenciacollege.edu/catalog/;
• Policy Manual at http://valenciacollege.edu/generalcounsel/; and
• the Student Handbook at http://valenciacollege.edu/pdf/studenthandbook.pdf.

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.

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?

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/cop2822/2014_spring/20609/

etc

Student Code of Conduct

Valencia Student Competencies

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.

1. Orientation, Blackboard, ⁰⁰
   Ch 1: Intro to HTML, XHTML, CSS
2. Ch 2: inline styles ⁰¹
3. no chapter: validating your work ^XC1
4. Ch 3: hyperlinks, images, embedded styles ⁰²
5. no chapter: publishing your work ^XC2
6. Ch 4: tables, external styles ⁰³
7. Ch 5: image maps ⁰⁴
8. Ch 6: forms ⁰⁵
9.  SPRING   BREAK
10. Ch 7: "advanced" CSS ⁰⁶
11. Ch 8: multimedia ⁰⁷
12. Ch 9: JavaScript
13. Ch 10: more JS ⁰⁸
14. Ch 11: the DOM ⁰⁹
15. Ch 12: XML ¹⁰

The (optional) final exam will be available from 12:01 AM, 21 Apr until 11:59 PM, 26 Apr.