Computer Science

Required Textbook

Creating Web Pages with HTML 3rd Edition
Patrick Carey. THOMSON Course Technology. ISBN : 0 – 619 – 10114 - 8

Suggested Textbooks

HTML For The World Wide Web 4th Edition.
Elizsbeth Castro. Peachpit Press. ISBN : 0-201-35493-4

Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days.
Laura Lemay. Sams. ISBN : 0-672-32204-8

Beginning JavaScript
Paul Wilton. Wrox. ISBN : 1 – 861004 – 06 - 0

Suggested Web Sites

www.echoecho.com
www.w3schools.com
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html#HE3

Course Description

The objectives of this course are:

Introduce students to developing web pages using HTML/XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript.

Course Requirements

Class Preparation

• Each student is responsible for carefully and thoroughly reading and/or completing all assigned material before the next class.
• If a student misses a class session, it is his/her responsibility to find out about the material covered and any out-class assignments given.

Class Assignments, Exams and Grading Criteria

Assignments:

Assignments are given a due date.
No assignment is accepted after the due date.

Exams:

• Midterm Exam/Project.
• Final Exam/Project.

If, for some circumstances beyond your control, you have to miss either test/project, you must inform your instructor prior to the due date to work out some arrangements, and avoid a 10% per day penalty.

The instructor holds the right to accept or reject your request.

Quizzes:

• There will be 50-minute quizzes administered during the quarter.
• A quiz may just be a list of multiple-choice questions, writing short html document, filling the blanks, or a combination of all.
• All quizzes must be completed within the class time session.
• You will receive a grade for every administered quiz
• If you miss a quiz, you cannot make it up.
• Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped.
• You will be advised of an upcoming quiz at least 3 calendar days in advance.

Any changes to the rule, because of unusual circumstances, are made at the discretion of the instructor.

Participation:

• You are expected to participate in class by asking questions and working on HTML related materials only.
• Working on materials other than the course materials is not acceptable

Attendance:

• Attendance is a prerequisite to Learning.
• You are expected to attend every class session.
• You are expected to be on time to limit disruption.

Final Grade:

The final grade is computed according to the following formula:

Final grade =(30% * Assignments) + (30% * Quizzes) + (20% * Midterm) + (20% * Final)

Letter Grade:

Percentage Grade 96 – 100 A
91 – 95.9 A-
87 – 90.9 B+
82 – 86.9 B
78 – 81.9 B-
75 – 77.9 C+
72 – 74.9 C
69 – 71.9 C-
67 – 69.9 D+
63 – 66.9 D
60 – 62.9 D-

Incomplete Policy:

At the end of a quarter, a student may be granted an incomplete grade (I). Student must request in writing extra time to complete his/her work. However, an incomplete is rarely given. Approval for a grade of I is only granted in unusual, documented circumstances.

Code of Academic Integrity/Plagiarism:

Integrity is expected of every student in all academic work. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student’s submitted work must be the student’s own. Students engaging in academic dishonesty diminish their education.
Conduct prohibited by the Code consists of all forms of academic dishonesty, Including, but not limited to: cheating, plagiarism, and submitting an assignment or other work and falsely represents it as his/her own.
Plagiarism is defined as taking the language, ideas, or thoughts of another, and representing them as your own.

Course Topics

1. HTML Basics
2. Controlling HTML Text
1. paragraph
2. line breaks
3. preformatted text
4. Ordered and definition lists
5. unordered lists
6. tables
3. Creating Anchors and Links
4. Fonts, Colors, and Graphics
5. Using Frames
6. Cascading Style Sheets
1. Selectors
2. Fonts
3. Colors
4. Links
5. Lists
6. Cursors
7. Creating Web page forms
8. Using JavaScript to build interactive web pages
1. Introduction
2. Data types and Variables
3. Decisions, Loops, and Functions
4. Introduction to the Browser objects