CSC 220 - Web Design

Syllabus  Spring 2008

Dr. Gail Miles
Office  226 Mauney
Phone  7268

e-mail  milesg@lrc.edu

Overview

The course provides the means to learn both programming and artistic design. Topics that will be discussed and applications that will be learned will include XHTML. Cascading Style Sheets, Web Site Design, Web Site Development . The course will stress incorporating web features following good design principles. Class will be a combination of lecture and lab.
4 hours

Syllabus
EVALUATION : Your performance will be determined by:


Lab/ homework 23%

Individual/ Group Project work (1 group and 1 individual) 15%

Exams (6 exams - can drop one) 36%

Quizzes (equal to 1 exam) 6%

Final Exam 20%


Textbook and other material

TEXTBOOK: Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML by Falke-Morris Outside readings from web links BRING TO CLASS EVERY DAY
Also bring to class everyday:
A Flash Drive.
4x8 NoteCards

Course Policies

Class Policies
POLICIES: This Syllabus is a Contact between me and you. You are expected to know the policies as set forth here.

CONTACTING THE PROFESSOR: You are expected to use your L-R electronic mail account. If you need to get an account or update your account, you need to get this done the first couple days of the semester. If you need to contact me, send me an e-mail message through your account (or blackboard). That guarantees that we are not playing phone tag. I check my e-mail 4-6 times a day. There will be no excuses accepted concerning the inability to reach me. You can get to your account to send e-mail any time the library is open. If you have a PC in the dorm or at home, you can get on the account 24 hours a day. You can also leave messages on my voice mail (Ext 7268). My office hours are posted on my door. The standard office hours are listing in the web site.


MAKE-UPS OF EXAMS: Make-up exams are not ordinarily given. With exceptional circumstances (i.e. illness, college-related absences, or previous approval by the professor) exams may be made up if they are taken before the next class period after the test has been administered. It is your responsibility to make the arrangements for the make-up. If the test is not taken within the time allotted, you will receive a 0 for that exam.

CLASS ATTENDANCE: Because the class is a lecture and a lab, you are expected to attend and come to class prepared. Reading assignments should be done before the class. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to complete the work that you missed. The syllabus will guide you on what you missed Attendance is taken. If you miss more than 4 class periods, you will automatically FAIL the course (this is the School of Computing Sciences and Math requirement!). This includes ALL absences except illness which means that scheduled school absences are counted as missed days toward the 3. In most cases, you are aware of school scheduled absences at the beginning of the semester and must make sure you miss less than the 3

CLASS FORMAT: You are expected to be prepared to participate in labs every day. BRING YOUR BOOK TO EVERY CLASS. YOU CANNOT SHARE BOOKS. The Class schedule will outline all the activities that are covered and/or due.
IF THERE IS A CHANGE FROM THE SYLLABUS, I WILL SEND AN E-MAIL TO EVERYONE TO NOTE THE CHANGE. THE SCHEDULE WILL BE CORRECTLY MAINTAINED ON THE WEB SITE. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO REGULARLY CHECK YOUR E-MAIL.


WEB HOMEWORK; All web work will be done on the departmental web server under your account.


ACADEMIC HONESTY: You are expected to complete your own work. I reserve the right to ask you to explain your work and adjust your grade accordingly. Assignments are NOT team projects. If your are found to have cheated by copying work from another student, you will be reported to the Dean of Academics, fail the assignment if it is the first infraction or fail the course if it is not.


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