Semester: Fall 2001
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About the Course
Welcome to the course web site for Creating Web Documents. This is an exciting subject that is changing rapidly. I look forward to a rewarding semester in which we learn together about these emerging technologies.
Web authoring tools have
come a long way in the past few years, making it reasonably
easy to create a nice web site with little or no pain. Having
said this I must warn you that I am a big believer in the
"no pain - no gain" school of thought. We will not
always choose the easiest way to do things in this course.
Though one of our primary goals is, of course, learning how to
create attractive and functional web documents, it is not the
only one.
I would like you to come away from this course I have attempted to structure the course in order to achieve these goals. (See details in the Course Structure and Assignments section below.) The tentative schedule for lectures and labs can be found below. Those of you who are a bit anxious about the course might want to undertake one of the tutorials that are are linked to from the Web Resources page. (Click on the appropriate button in the navigation menu.) In particular the tutorial on basic internet skills called A Modular Approach to Teaching/Learning the World Wide Web and the HTML tutorial , WRITING HTML, A Tutorial for Creating WWW Pages, are good self-study guides to material that is relevant to the course. 
Course Structure: The class only meets once a week, for 4 hours. This is, at best, an awkward schedule. To get the most of what we have the time will be broken down into lectures, small group activities, and computer labs. We will make use of the class mailing list to communicate with each other outside of class. Attendance at all class is required. Participation in mailing list discussions on a regular basis is also required. There will be a strong emphasis on reading the text; we will not cover all the material in class. The classes will include clarification of important points made in the text. One way to promote in-class discussion is to write a question on the board before class.
Assignments: The heart of this course is learning to create web pages. The three projects provide you with the opportunity to combine creativity with the techniques that we will be learning. Collaboration between students is highly encouraged on these projects. Hand in only one copy of a collaborative effort (no more than two students). In addition to the projects there is a short weekly assignment meant to encourage you to process the course information on a regular basis. Late homework will not be accepted except under extenuating circumstances. You should expect to spend considerable time on the projects outside of the scheduled lab period. Course Exams and Grades: There will be a mid-term exam that will boil down to an HTML proficiency exam.
Stripped of its interfaces, a bare
computer boils down to little more than a pocket
calculator that can push its own buttons and remember
what it has done... - Arno Penzias Course Schedule:
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