Introduction

General | Prerequisites | Course Focus | Course Activities | Internet Access | Advanced Work | Deadlines | Supplies | Books | Grades | Access to Grades | Attendance | Contacting Instructor | Course Work | Homework | Open Lab Time & Help | Technical Issues | Resources

General
Title: Design for the Internet I
Term: Fall
Number: 93117
Course: GDT 150
Section: 1
Credits: 4
Perquisites: GDT 100 and GDT 142 or PHO 127
Times: 2:30 - 5:25 PM
Days: MW
Room: TI104
Instructor: Paul Fortier
Dates: Sept 5 - Dec 19 (15 weeks)
Outline: http://orchard.wccnet.org/~pfash/GDT150

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Prerequisites
-Mac proficiency
-Foundation in Photoshop
If you would like to enroll in a similar course that does not have prerequisites, look into INP 200.

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Course Focus: priorities
This course is designed to develop your:
1.) web design skills
2.) technical skills
3.) software skills (Dreamweaver, Photoshop)

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Course Work
Exercises, Presentations, Demos & Discussions (in-class)
Homework
Projects
Quizzes (in-class, time stamped)

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Internet Access
Much of your work and assignments will be posted in your server space rather than submitted in paper form. If you do not have Internet access at home, plan on spending time on campus to post your work. All students should have a WCC student (web space and email ) account. If you don't have one, you must get one. Go to http://nwmail.wccnet.org/ and follow the instructions. If you have problems, check with the technicians in TI 108.

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Advanced Work
If the assignments and material presented in this course are below your skill level let me know and I will provide you with advanced work and different grading criteria.

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Deadlines
All assignments will have specific due dates. An assignment or exercise should be posted by 9 am the morning of the day it is due. If the work is turned in one day late without consulting with the instructor, the grade will be lowered one grade. Each week late after the due date will result in another grade lower. (For example, an assignment, one day late, that would have earned an A will earn a B. If that same assignment is a week late it will earn a C and so on.) Keep in mind that there may be several assignments overlapping and each may have its own due date. See your Course Work page for due dates.

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Supplies
(Bring to every class) One Mac Formatted Zip Disk 100mb, labeled with your name and class number.
Optional: Notebook and writing tools, pad of 8"x10" quadrille paper (grid planning pad), ruler, colored pencils.

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Books
Required: Web Style Guide, Yale Press, Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton
Recommended: Photoshop 6.0 for Windows and Mac Peachpit Press
Optional: Dreamweaver Hands on Training 4.0 (Lynda Weinman) & Visual Quickstart Guide for Dreamweaver (4.0?) Peachpit Press
Available in the WCC Bookstore or check out another option.

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Grades
Grading scale
-quizzes 10%
-exercises 40%
-homework 10%
-final project (original content) 35%
-participation in discussions, critiques, activities 5%

Letter grades are awarded as follows:
A 90%
B 80%-90%
C 70%-80 %
D 60%-70%
F 60%
Considerations: extra work or effort beyond assigned work.
I have never given an incomplete. If you expect to have this option available to you I would suggest you take this course from a different instructor.

Access to Grades
Your grades will be available to you via the Web through an individualized, password protected account. Your last name will be your log in name and the last four digits of your social security number will be your password. If you choose not to have your grades made available to you in this way then you have the responsibility of contacting me and requesting that your grades be sent to you. These will be sent within one week of your request.

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Attendance
Students are expected to attend class regularly. Assignments and material covered must be completed outside of class if class time is missed. Attendance is taken every class. If you know you will be absent on a certain day, please leave me a message before class begins.

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Contacting Instructor
Mail Box: Room TI 214
E-mail address: pfash@wccnet.org
Feedback on course activities is appreciated.
(Your GDT 150 Course Work page will link to a feed back form where you may send correspondence to me.)

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Class Activity
You are expected to come to class at the beginning of the class meeting time and to stay until the end of class. There will be scheduled breaks during class time. During class time, all students will be expected to work on assignments for this class as well as participate in discussions and class activities. Working on assignments for other classes, surfing the web or using e-mail during class time are not appropriate activities.

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Homework
Students will be assigned reading from required texts. Written assignments (covering reading material and design concepts) will be assigned. Although some class time for working on projects will be scheduled, students will also need to work outside of class time to complete assignments, projects and tutorials.

Open Lab Time
In order to allow enough computer time, the Mac Labs (TI-102, TI-104, OE-108 and OE-152) will have monitored, open lab time. Lab hours will be posted in the classrooms, outside next to the door. Please keep in mind when you use open lab time:

* No eating or drinking at the computers, no downloading or installing software on the machines.
* Lab time is for students to complete GDT and PHO class assignments. (The computer commons in the LRC is a better place for e-mailing)
* The lab monitor is not a tutor and may not know every version of software.
* Printing on color printers is not permitted during open lab.
* Save your work and gather your materials a few minutes before lab time ends so as not to interfere with incoming classes.

Current open lab times (check postings in office for additions/changes) Mac labs: TI 103 and TI 104

Help with some of the technical and software issues is available in the TI 108 lab. The LRC Computer Commons also has assistants who are trained on some of the GDT software. Call 734-973-3420. You may also access the Learning Support Services for tutoring help at: http://www.wccnet.org/dept/eels/lss/

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Technical Issues
WCC teacher, Sheila Bourgoin has developed some very helpful documents on the following issues:
Mac-PC (transferring files between Macintosh and Windows platforms)
FETCH (Using the FETCH program to FTP files to your server space)
Image Ready (Instructions for using the Image Ready software)
Defining and Naming (Rules for naming files and defining a site in Dreamweaver)
to minimize problems with FTP programs and operating system incompatibilities:
-never use non-alphanumeric characters or spaces in file names (eg; instead of "products & services.html" use "products.html") and
-always use lower case. (If WSFTP_LE begins changing your names to upper case upon FTPing then go into WSFTP_LE preferences and choose "force lower case" option.)
Replacing older content on your disk: When replacing a folder with another with the same name (eg; when you are finished working on your content and will put the folder back on your disk and you want to replace the folder on your disk with the newer content) drag your newer folder onto your disk NEXT TO the older folder with the same name. DO NOT DRAG THE NEWER FOLDER ON TOP OF THE OLDER FOLDER.
New Site Tutorial Step by step guide to definine and creating a new site in Dreamweaver for Mac. (Windows version)
Scanning This page has basic tips for using a scanner to get the best final product.

Resources
HTML Cheat sheet from Webmonkey.com
Free JavaScript is a good place to find free scripts for your Web pages.
World Wide Web Consortium
Web Standards Project
Well Appointed Web Developer This a great resource site compiled by WCC teacher, Cheryl Gracie. (application, image, design and tutorial resources)
Tucows.com is a site where you can download free software (like an FTP client which will allow you to post to your Web space
from your home computer. For Windows find the studentware: 'WS-FTP LE').
Discount Software This lists sites where software can be purchased for academic discount.
Journeyed.com Academic priced software including some high end graphics software.
www.usavedotcom.com $15 per year for domain name registration.
Discount Domain Registry About the same as above.
Free CGI scripts CGI and other scripts for Web developers
Free Custom Graphics - These sites allow you to create your own high quality graphics (headers, buttons, etc.).
photodisc.com -images
https://creative.gettyimages.com - images

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