Kennesaw State University

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Spring, 2008

CSIS 4300 Web Development

MW 5:00 – 6:15

CL 2008/CL 2009

 

 

 

 

Course Description:

This course emphasizes how to plan, design, and develop Web sites that are visually appealing and easy to navigate. The experienced programmer will learn how to develop and test HTML code. Using leading software tools such as HomeSite, Dreamweaver, and Adobe Photoshop, students will learn to build Web pages and to create and manipulate digitized images. Principles of composition and design are illustrated, and tools and techniques of the software packages are demonstrated. Coursework consists of skill-based exercises and original projects. Project requirements are based on the use of art as a medium for conveying an extrinsic message. Evaluation is based on creativity, originality, use of fundamental design principles, mastery of technique, and overall effectiveness of designs. Peer reviews will be used to help students develop an appreciation for different design methods and a better understanding of their designs.
NOTE: This course is a major elective for IS majors only.

Prerequisites:

CSIS 3600 Systems Analysis and Design.

Textbook and Resources:

This/these textbook(s) will be used to support the learning outcomes for this course, through readings, examples, and exercises.

  • Required: The Web Warrior Guide to Web Design Technologies; Gosselin, Sklar, Slaybough, Guthrie, Soe, Lopez

 

 

Instructor:

Sherri Shade

Office:

CL 3021

Website Address:

http://science.kennesaw.edu/~sshade

 Phone Number:

770-420-4474

 Office Hours

MW 2:00 – 4:00 , or by appointment

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course a student will:
• be able to plan and develop well-designed Web sites that combine effective navigation with the balanced use of graphics, text, and color.
• understand fundamental principles of HTML/XHTML and be able to write Web pages in HomeSite, a powerful text-based editor.
• be able to create Web graphics using Photoshop and ImageReady.
• know how to optimize images for the Web.
• understand the effects of browser and computing platform variations on Web design choices.
• understand advanced concepts such as HTML forms, cascading style sheets, and JavaScript.
• comprehend the artistic aspects of Web design.
• gain a critical eye for evaluating Web site design.

 

 

Policies:

Attendance:  Regular attendance is required and expected.  Any class sessions missed by the student are the student's responsibility to make up, not the instructor's. Some Individual Assignments will be done as take homework, and some assignments will be completed in class. There is no makeup for missed assignments that are completed in class.

Group Projects: Each student will be assigned a website project to work on. Groups will consist of 3 class members. If 1 class member drops the course, the group of 2 will remain intact. If a group loses 2 members and only 1 student is left, they can choose to be reassigned to another group or continue to work on the project on their own. Students are expected to have consistent communication with their groups. Each group member will 'grade' their other group members, this grade can positively or negatively impact the student’s individual grade for the project.

Project Milestones/Exams: You must be in attendance for Project Milestone dates and Exam dates. If you have an exceptional situation where you are not able to be in class these days, you must get with me before the class and we will discuss your options. If you miss a Project Milestone date or an exam without discussing the situation with me first, you will receive a 0.

Diversity Statement:

All courses offered by the Computer Science and Information Systems department will adhere to the KSU policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, national origin, or sexual orientation.

Withdrawal Policy:

The last day to withdraw without academic penalty is 3/10/08. Ceasing to attend class or oral notice thereof DOES NOT constitute official withdrawal from the course. Students who simply stop attending classes without officially withdrawing usually are assigned failing grades. Students wishing to withdraw after the scheduled change period (add/drop) must obtain and complete a withdrawal form from the Academic Services Department in the Registrars Office.

A new University Withdrawal policy is in effect Fall semester, 2004. Below is an excerpt from the catalog. For further details, please refer to Academic Policies at: http://www.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/acadpubs/ucat2004-05/i.acadpolicies.pdf , page 42 or the 2004-2005 printed catalog.
Students may withdraw from one or more courses anytime before the last three weeks of the semester. However, as of fall 2004, students will be allowed a maximum of eight total withdrawals if they enter KSU as a freshman. Transfer students will be allowed one withdrawal per fifteen credit hours attempted, for a maximum of eight. Students who choose to pursue a second degree at KSU will be allowed two additional withdrawals.   Students who entered KSU before the fall of 2004 will be allowed one withdrawal per fifteen credit hours attempted for a maximum of eight after the institution of this policy. To withdraw they should complete an official withdrawal form in the Office of the Registrar. Students who officially withdraw from courses before mid-semester will receive a  W in those courses and receive no credit.   

 

Enrollment Policy:

Only those students who are enrolled in the class may attend lectures, receive assignments, take quizzes and exams, and receive a grade in the class. If a student is administratively withdrawn from this course, they will not be permitted to attend class nor will they receive any grade for the class.

 

Email Policy:
The instructor guarantees replies to emails received from your Kennesaw email account (netid@students.kennesaw.edu). Emails sent from other email domains may not reach the instructor's mailbox. In order to ensure receipt/responses to your email be sure that you communicate with the instructor via your Kennesaw email.

Electronic Devices

In order to minimize the level of distraction, all beepers and cellular phones must be on quiet mode during class meeting times. Students who wish to use a computer/PDA for note taking need prior approval of the instructor since key clicks and other noises can distract other students. Recording of lectures by any method requires prior approval of the instructor. Students using a laptop in class should not check their email, browse the web, or in other way detract from the focus of the class.

 

Classroom Behavior

Students are reminded to conduct themselves in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provision. For more details, visit http://ww.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/acadpubs/ucat2003-04/x.genpolicies%20.pdf . Students who are in violation of this policy will be asked to leave the classroom and may be subject to disciplinary action by the University.

Student Email and Web Account Access:

KSU uses a central authentication server that will allow one username and password to be used by all KSU users to access an increasing variety of applications (email, WebCT etc.)  This unified network identification is referred to as your "NetID". The source for university-provided email and web space for students is located at http://students.kennesaw.edu .  Students have access to this system once they have established their NetID.  This system will provide email service through a web based interface, FTP and SFTP.  

How to Activate your NetID:
To activate your NetID go to http://netid.kennesaw.edu and click on the "Sign up Now!" link.  You will be asked to provide information to verify your identity and set your password.  This password will only be for NetID enabled applications.

How to Look Up a NetID:
After you have activated your NetID, you can look up other users by logging into http://netid.kennesaw.edu and clicking on Directory Search.  

How to Send Email:
For student email, your NetID in combination with the new email address would look like netid@students.kennesaw.edu .

Web Address:
For student web address, your NETID in combination with the new server address would look like http://students.kennesaw.edu/~netid.

If you have problems please call the Service Desk at ext. 6999 or e-mail service@kennesaw.edu .

 

Tentative Course Schedule: Subject to change

 

 

 

 

 

Week

Topic

Chapters

 

1/7

Introduction
Web Design Environment 

 

 

1/14

Design Elements/SDLC
XHTML Part I


Chapter 1

 

1/21

XHTML Part I and Part II  

Chapter 1
Chapter 2

 

1/28

Dreamweaver Parts I and II 

Chapter 3
Chapter 4

 

2/4

Dreamweaver Parts I and II 

Chapter 3
Chapter 4

 

2/11

Dreamweaver Part II  

Chapter 4

 

2/18

 Cascading Style Sheets Parts I and II

 

Chapter 11
Chapter 12

 

2/25

 Cascading Style Sheets Parts I and II

Chapter 11
Chapter 12  

 

3/3

Spring Break

No Class

 

3/10

 Cascading Style Sheets Parts I and II

Chapter 11
Chapter 12  

 

3/17

Forms

 

 

3/24

Forms

 

 

3/31

Photoshop Parts I and II

Chapter 5
Chapter 6

 

4/7

Fireworks

Chapters 9-10

 

4/14

Testing, Accessbility, Documentation
Javascript, Dynamic HTML and Animation

 

Chapters 13-16

 

4/21

4/23

Javascript, Dynamic HTML and Animatrion

Final Project Presentations, Website and Documentation Due

 

 

4/28

Presentations

 

 

Final Exam

http://www.kennesaw.edu/registrar/Fall2007/exams.shtml

 

 

 Special Dates:

 

Last day to withdrawal without penalty

10/11/07

Last day of class (University)

12/4/07

Holidays

9/1 – 9/3 , 11/21 – 11/23

Final Exams

12/5 – 12/11

Graduation

12/12 – 12/13


Computer Labs:

 

 Please be aware of and follow all computer lab user policies.

Burruss Building
The labs on the fourth floor of the Burruss Building are open 7 days each week. See the schedule below. The Burruss labs are open most holidays however they are closed during most semester breaks. Be prepared to show your current student ID card upon entering the lab. The telephone number of the Burruss Building lab is 770-423-6110.

LAB HOURS:


Monday - Thursday

6:30 am - Midnight

Friday

6:30 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday

7:30 am - 7:30 PM

Sunday

10:00am - Midnight

SUMMER HOURS:


Monday - Thursday

7:30 am - 11:30pm

Friday

7:30 am - 5:00 PM

Saturday

8:00 am - 6:00 PM

Sunday

12 noon - 10:00pm

Science and Mathematics Building
The lab in SC 228 of the Science and Mathematics Building is open as listed below. The telephone number of the Science and Mathematics Building lab is 770-499-3351.

Monday - Thursday

9:00 am -8:00 pm

Friday

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Saturday

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Sunday

Closed

 

 

 

 

Owl Printing System:

 

 


The Owl Print system (student network printing/copying solution) is in place in the KSU library as well as all the open labs and lab/electronic classroom combinations across campus.  
Students must have an Owl Print card to use printing/copying services.

 




Assessment:

 

Assignments
Homework, in class labs, quizzes

15%

Web Reviews Postings/Presentations

15%

Midterm Exam

15%

Final Exam

25 %

Website Group Project – Website/Documentation/Presentation

30%

 

100%

 

Grade Evaluation

 

 

 

A

90% - 100%

B

89% - 80%

C

79% - 70%

D

69% - 60%

F

59% or below

 

Student Course Evaluation:


A standard questionnaire (described below) will be administered during the last two weeks of the semester in all classes. Additional questions developed by the college or instructor(s) may be included as well. It is important that each student provide meaningful feedback to the instructor(s) so that changes can be made in the course to continually improve its effectiveness. We value student feedback about the course, our teaching styles, and course materials, so as to improve our teaching and your learning. At a minimum, the following two questions will be asked: 1) Identify the aspects of the course that most contributed to your learning (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's approach to teaching and mentoring), and 2) Identify the aspects of the course, if any, that might be improved (include examples of specific materials, exercises and/or the faculty member's approach to teaching and mentoring).

Acquiring Final Grades:

The final grades for this course will be posted to the students permanent record using the KSU Banner system. Students may acquire their final grades by accessing their Banner account online. Grades are no longer mailed to students.Students needing verification of grades or enrollment should request either an official transcript or an enrollment verification through the Office of the Registrar.


APA Documenting Examples:

All MSIS students are required to have a copy of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual, available in the KSU bookstore and elsewhere.

When any portion of another author's work is used, whether it be from a course textbook or outside work, including the World Wide Web, in whole, in part, or paraphrased, that work must be cited. Proper citation formats are provided on the reverse of this document. Failure to do so can result in Academic Misconduct Proceedings.
Acceptable Reference Formats (from North and Blade, 1998 (see below) reprinted with permission)

There are two components to a proper citation: the text citation and the reference or endnote. The text citation will usually consist of the author's or authors' last name(s) and the year of the publication. The endnote citation will read as follows:

Books
Last-name, First-initial. (Date). Book title. City, State: Publisher.

A reference for a single-author book:

North, M. M. (1996). Virtual reality technology. New York: Best Press.

A reference for a multi-author book:

North, M. M. & Blade, R. A. (1998). How to build skills for research. Colorado Springs: IPI Press.

Journals
Last-name, First-initial. (Date). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), pages.

Journal Reference:
Here is an article in Volume 45, Issue 3, spanning pages 54-61.

Kelly, F. G. (1997). Networking made efficient. Journal of Computer Networking, 45(3),54-61.

 

Conference Proceeding

Vanner, F. D. (1996). A survey of medical issues using virtual reality. Proceedings of the Virtual Reality Medical Technology. 119-132. Nice, France.

 

APA Documenting Examples Continued:

 

World Wide Web (from http://www.apa.org/books/pubmant.html):
Available references from the web include: newspaper articles, newsletters, journals, research papers, government reports, online books or brochures)

Minimum requirements for documenting a reference from the web should include: a document title or description, a date (either the date of publication, update, or retrieval date), a complete URL. If possible, identify the author(s) of the document. Entire site no specific page.

 

Last-name, First-initial. (Date). Title. Publishing information. Retrieved from the World Wide Web on mm/dd/yy: URL.

 

Kidspsych is a wonderful interactive Web site for children (http://www.kidspsych.org).
No reference entry is needed.

 

Citing Specific Documents on a Web Site:

American Psychological Association. (1995, September 15). APA public policy action alert: Legislation would affect grant recipients [Announcement]. Washington, DC. Retrieved January 25, 1996, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html .

 

Individual document with no author identified or date:

ABC's Website Survey: (n.d.). Retrieved August 5, 2004, from http://www.abc.com.

 

An independent document (no author identified):

Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Association. (2000, August 22). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Retrieved August 29, 2000, from the World Wide Web: http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html .

If the primary author is not available for the body citation, the first key word is to be used:

(Electronic, 2000).

 

Academic Integrity Statement:

 

Every KSU student is responsible for upholding the provisions of the Student Code of Conduct, as published in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs. Section II of the Student Code of Conduct addresses the University's policy on academic honesty, including provisions regarding plagiarism and cheating, unauthorized access to University materials, misrepresentation/falsification of University records or academic work, malicious removal, retention, or destruction of library materials, malicious/intentional misuse of computer facilities and/or services, and misuse of student identification cards. Incidents of alleged academic misconduct will be handled through the established procedures of the University Judiciary Program, which includes either an "informal" resolution by a faculty member, resulting in a grade adjustment, or a formal hearing procedure, which may subject a student to the Code of Conduct's minimum one semester suspension requirement.

Students are encouraged to study together and to work together on class assignments and lab exercises; however, the provisions of the STUDENT CONDUCT REGULATIONS, II. Academic Honesty, KSC Undergraduate Catalog will be strictly enforced in this class.

Frequently students will be provided with take-home exams or exercises. It is the student's responsibility to ensure they fully understand to what extent they may collaborate or discuss content with other students. No exam work may be performed with the assistance of others or outside material unless specifically instructed as permissible. If an exam or assignment is designated no outside assistance this includes, but is not limited to, peers, books, publications, the Internet and the WWW. If a student is instructed to provide citations for sources, proper use of citation support is expected. Additional information can be found at the following locations.
http://www.apa.org/journals
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/cite.html
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/papers/copyright/ipdummie.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets.shtml
http://plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/%7ejanicke/plagiary.htm
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml
http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm