syllabus for

Website Development

COP2822, CRN 17160 Online, Full Term
Fall 2014 (201510) Term

(3 credit hours)

Note: passages shown with a light coral light salmon wheat 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.

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: $42.00)

CRN: 17160

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

HTML and CSS (Comprehensive), 6e Patrick Carey Course Technology ISBN-10: 1-1115-2644-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-111-52644-3

If you buy this book from the Valencia online bookstore, please select  EAST ONLINE BOOKSTORE 

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, 8 Dec and 11:59 PM, 13 Dec.
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.

Important Dates:

Fall Full Term: 25 Aug – 14 Dec 2014 (Classes end 7 Dec; exams week begins 8 Dec.)

Drop/Refund/No Show Deadline: 11:59 p.m. 2 Sep

Withdrawal deadline for W grade: 11:59 PM, 7 Nov 2014

Classes Do Not Meet:

• 1 Sep –
• 9 Oct – College Night (East)
• 26–30 Nov – Thanksgiving Break

Other:

• 8–13 Dec — (optional) Final Exam Available
• 16 Dec — Final Grades Available (Atlas)

See the college calendar for important dates and final exam schedule at
http://valenciacollege.edu/calendar

No Show Policy:

Any student who does not attend class by the No Show/Drop/Refund deadline (11:59 PM, 2 Sep)...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, 2 Sep. (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 (7 November 2014) See Important Dates for the Withdrawal Deadline for the part of term of this course. A student who is withdrawn by faculty for violation of the class attendance policy will receive a grade of "W". This class has no such withdrawal policy. 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 6Hx28:4-07 please "go to"
http://valenciacollege.edu/generalcounsel/policy/.

See College calendar for important dates and final exam schedule at
http://valenciacollege.edu/calendar.

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.

Makeup Policy:

• Assignments may be turned in UP TO one week late, for UP TO half credit. Assignments not turned in by this cutoff date will receive zero points.
• Extra Credit, if offered, can not be turned in late.
• The (optional) final exam MUST be taken when it is offered.

Standards of Classroom Conduct:

Valencia College is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning and to the development of responsible personal and social conduct. By enrolling at Valencia College, a student assumes the responsibility for becoming familiar with and abiding by the general rules of conduct as listed in 6Hx28: 8-03 and the Student Handbook. Even though Faculty manage the classroom environment, the primary responsibility for maintaining a respectful and civil learning environment rests with the students. Students who violate the Student Code of Conduct may be referred to the Dean of Student's Office for disciplinary action, which may result in a sanction up to and including expulsion.
http://valenciacollege.edu/generalcounsel/policy

Since we do not meet in a classroom, I want to stress that your main requirements for conduct within this class are to respect your fellow students, your instructor, and yourself.

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.

• 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/cop2822/2014fall/17160/

Weekly Activities & Assignments

The following list is only to give a general idea of how things MIGHT progress. It is ALWAYS subject to change:

1. Orientation, Introductions, Blackboard, Exercises, etc.
2. The Web PAGE (t01)
3. The Web SITE (t02)
4. FTP
5. XML, XHTML, HTML5 (t09)
6. validation
7. CSS (t03)
8. CSS (t04)
9. Tables (t05)
10. Web Forms (t06)
11. Multimedia (t07)
12. CSS layouts (t08)
13. the Mobile Web
14. (1/2 week) the Mobile Web
15. JavaScript (t10)
16.  Final Exam Week

The (optional) final exam will be available from 12:01 AM, 8 Dec until 11:59 PM, 13 Dec.