Monday

Elements of good Web Design

 

 introductions, course syllabus, and requirements

use of desktop, operating system and network

introduction to telecommunication terms, concepts, equipment

Electronic mail accounts on zoo

using browsers

anatomy of a URL

connecting to an intranet server to download

copyright laws and implications

designing webpages

bookmarking sites: good models

storyboarding a site
Tuesday

Working with graphics and text

 rubric for publishing

use of simpletext, saving text files and moving between applications.

using HTML to format text: 

working with background colors

working with tables

gifs vs jpegs

scanning pictures

digital pictures

working with graphics: modifying graphics, illustrating,,

graphic tools on the Internet

locating and sharing HTML resources

Including graphics into html documents

Coding for graphics
Wednesday

Getting Ready to Publish

 Editing graphics in Photoshop

Working with layers

Creating Original Backgrounds

Creating Stylized Text

Creating Slide Shows

Gifs vs Jpegs

Animating Gifs

Making Image Maps

Site work time
Thursday

Using Composers

 Using HTML Composers: Netscape Communicator

How to Problem-solve mistakes

Editing sites with partners

Adding Frames

Adding Sounds and Music

Adding Video

Keeping sites current: Big Brother etc.

Site work time
Friday

The Main Event: Going Live and Presenting Projects

 Worktime

FTP protocols

Uploading on Mac and Windows machines

Site permission

Editing and expanding sites

Sharing our work

Course evaluation