COURSE SYLLABUS

CBTE 165 - Webpage Creation Using Dreamweaver

CRN# 56525 - fully online 3 Units
Associate Professor Karen Owen kowen@sdccd.edu 619-388-2235 Fall 2008

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Course Description

Students will develop skills used in creating a personal or business webpage. Working on a team or individually, students will, using a hands-on approach, plan, design, and create Webpages for an Intranet or World Wide Web site. Students learn to use a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) editor to create Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and add behaviors, and to use templates and library items to create Web pages containing hypertext links, video, graphic, and multimedia files.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

  1. Explain the elements involved in planning, designing, testing and maintaining a website.
  2. Produce a working multi-page website with text, image, links, tables, frames, forms and multimedia.
  3. Publish a multi-page website to the Internet.
  4. Control formatting on the web pages using cascading style sheets.
  5. Compare and contrast the differences between HTML and XHTML.
  6. Identify the major HTML tag types.
  7. Manage time and resources of projects from conception to completion.
  8. Identify and demonstrate the skills needed to work with clients and team members.
  9. Analyze the goals, purpose, and mission of a website and then develop design documents based on this analysis.
  10. Test and evaluate the website for ease of use, technical cohesiveness, and effectiveness of website goals.

Advisory: CBTE 101 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, CBTE 114 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, CBTE 161 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent, ENGL 051 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level W5, ENGL 056 with a grade of "C" or better, or equivalent or Assessment Skill Level R5

POLICES

Disabled Student Programs and Services

Students with disabilities who may need academic accommodations should discuss options with the Disabled Students Program and Services (DSPS) immediately.

Call or visit Disabled Students Program and Services (DSPS) located in the H-200 Building on the San Diego Mesa College campus. 

Academic Integrity

Enrollment in college assumes maturity, seriousness of purpose and self-discipline.  Every student is expected to fulfill the requirements of all classes for which they are registered. (See College Policy 3110.)

Attendance

It is the student's responsibility to drop all classes in which he/she is no longer participating.

It is the instructor's discretion to withdraw a student after the add/drop deadline. See the date for the last day to drop this class on the Important Date section below.

Important Dates

First day of class Aug. 25
Deadline to receive, process and pay for add codes and to drop classes with no “W” recorded * Sept. 5
Deadline to drop and be eligible for refund of enrollment fees and/or resident tuition Sept. 8
Withdrawal deadline - No drops accepted after this date; will receive a "W" * Oct. 31
Veterans' Day holiday
Nov. 11
Classes not in session – Nov 24-26
Thanksgiving holiday – Nov 27-28
Nov. 24-28
Last day to submit work; all work due by 11:59pm
Dec. 17
Last day of class
Dec. 17
*It is the student's responsibility to drop all classes in which he/she is no longer participating.
*It is the instructor's discretion to withdraw a student after the add/drop deadline (see date above for the last day to drop this class).

COURSE TEXTBOOK AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Textbook

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Hands-On Training ISBN 0-321-50985-4 by Garrick Chow

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Software:

Dreamweaver CS3 PC or Mac (If you do not have Dreamweaver CS3, go to the Learning Resource Center, fourth floor, or K404 at Mesa College.) This class will use Dreamweaver CS3 to be in sync with the software at Mesa College.

NOTE: There are minor differences between the PC and the Mac version.

You can purchase your software anywhere; here are a few places you can consider. (Prices and software packages subject to change. Follow the links to confirm the current prices and packaged software configurations.)

The Foundation for California Community Colleges
The Foundation for the California Community Colleges has negotiated a special price for students, for both Mac and PC. Select the software package that needs your educational needs; pricing and software offerings can change at anytime. CollegeSoftware.org

Please note: Dreamweaver CS4 has been released in a beta version. At this time, there is not release date from Adobe. Check the Adobe website for information about Dreameaver CS4.

Mesa College Bookstore http://www.bookstore.sdccd.edu has a variety of software. Call the bookstore, visit their website, or stop by to see their current selection.

Make sure that any software you purchase will work with your computer and operating system. Shop around for the service and price that best matches your needs. Links and pricing may change. If you notice a change before I do, please let me know.

Blackboard Hardware and Software Requirements

Hardware

Technical hardware and software requirements

Use the browser tuneup to check that your browser settings will work with your Blackboard online course management system.

Software

Students who do not have access to the equipment, software, and services necessary to take this course at home may use the resources at Mesa College. Computers are available for use in the LRC or the CBTE Department classroom K404. Local public libraries may also have these resources available. Map of the Mesa College campus

Internet Access

You will also need to have an ISP (Internet Service Provider) in order to take this course online.

NOTE: Students have had problems accessing their course website and their system locking up when they use AOL—if possible, avoid AOL.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CBT 165

  1. Print out this syllabus and read it.
  2. You may order your textbook for this course online or buy it in the Mesa College Bookstore.  For complete ordering directions, read the section in this syllabus on textbook and ordering Information. 
  3. You must log into your course website at least once prior to 8 am on Sept. 5. This will insure that your instructor knows you intend to complete the coursework.  If you do not log into the course prior to this date, the instructor will drop you from the course for nonattendance and a spot will open up to allow someone on the waiting list to add the course by the last day to add. Please note, as written above in the Attendance section, it is the student's responsibility to drop and withdraw from classes, and that it is the instructor's discretion to withdraw a student after the add/drop deadline if it appears that no work or progress is being made on the course work.
  4. Before starting work on this course, study the Blackboard Training - Student Orientation tutorials, which show you how to use the Blackboard Vista tools so that you can successfully complete this online course. 
  5. The assignments and quizzes that you will be turning in to be graded are listed in this syllabus. To access all the work for each week, from the homepage, click on the Lessons icon.
  6. If any of the assignments or quizzes are missing, you will receive a ZERO for that assignment.
  7. Each quiz may be redone. You will receive the higher of the two grades.
  8. Please allow a minimum of 72 hours for assignments and tests to be corrected, a response to be sent to you, and your grade to be entered into the grade log. If I do not check your submissions or email during the weekend, I will do so on Monday.

  9. Any changes to this syllabus will be posted.
  10. Be sure to check both your E-mail and the Discussion Board frequently.
  11. Sometimes unforeseen circumstance arises that prevents the student from finishing his/her work for the course. The final decision on whether to grant an incomplete grade will be based on several factors and is entirely up to the instructor.  If you are requesting an Incomplete to be given to you for this course, you must contact your instructor before the end of the course.

COURSE WORK AND GRADING SCALE

Week Topics Activities and Assessment Pts
  Click on the LESSONS icon in your online course. This link will take you to the weekly lessons containing all the tasks for that week.

Note: There are alternate/option video tutorials listed on the weekly lesson pages. You are encouraged to watch them if your particular learning style would benefit from them.		  
Week 1
  Introductions and orientation View "Meet Your Professor"  
Chapter 1
Getting Started
 and
Chapter 2
Interface in your textbook, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Hands-On Training ISBN 0-321-50985-4
by Garrick Chow		 Review the Training - Student Orientation to learn how to use your course management system - Vista. Click on the Using Vista Tools icon.
 
Read the syllabus  
Read Chapter 1
Read Chapter 2  
Discussion board - Introductions 10
Quiz on Chapter 1 - Background 10
Quiz on Chapter 2 - Interface 10
Week 2
  Chapter 3
Managing Your Site and Chapter 4
Learning the Basics		 Read Chapter 3  
Read Chapter 4  
3 Assignments 30
Quiz Ch. 3 and 4 10
Week 3
  Chapter 5 Linking Read Chapter 5  
Assignment - Chap-05 website 10
Discussion Board - tell the class about the subject for your 4-5 page website (you will begin working on your website in week 8) 10
Week 4
  Chapter 6 Working with Cascading Style Sheets Read Chapter 6  
Assignment - Chap_06 website 10
Week 5
  Chapter 6 Working with Cascading Style Sheets con't Review the criteria for your website (due last week)  
Complete the Design Doc.com 50
Quiz 10
Week 6
  Chapter 7
Working with Typography 		Read Chapter 7  
Assignment - Chap_07 website 10
Discussion - Share a website you like 10
Quiz 10
Week 7
  Chapter 8
Working with Tables		 Read Chapter 8  
Assignment - Chap_08 website 10
Quiz 10
Week 8
  Chapter 9
Using Layouts Tools		 Read Chapter 9  
Assignment - Chap_09 website 10
Start to work on your website  
Week 9
  Chapter 11
Adding Rollover Images		 Read Chapter 11  
Assignment - Chap_11 website 10
Discussion - Share a website for web designers 10
Quiz 10
Week 10
  Chapter 12
Using XHTML 		Read Chapter 12  
Assignment - Chap_12 website 10
At the w3schools website, complete the XHTML tutorial and quiz; save the final score page and submit it through the Assignment box. Take the quiz as often as you want until you get 100%. http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.asp 20
Discussion - Find one website that offers good information for web designers - either tutorials or knowledge - and share it with your classmates. Include the URL. 10
Week 11
  Chapter 14 Applying Behaviors Read Ch. 14 Behaviors pp. 348-355 (skip the rest of the chapter pp. 356-357  
Assignment - Chap_14 website 10
Website project progress report (quiz format; you will receive full points) 10
Week 12
  Chapter 16 Templates and Library Items Read Chapter 16  
Assignment - Chap_16 website 10
Week 13
  Chapter 19 Inserting Media Objects Read Chapter 19  
Assignment - Chap_19 website 10
Optional: Add a free search engine to your website http://www.freefind.com/ (You need a website URL you control to add the search engine.)  
Quiz 10
Week 14
  Chapter 20
Using Spry Tools		 Read Chapter 20 10
Quiz 10
Week 15
  Chapter 21
Getting Your Site Online - and upload your website 		Read Chapter 21 (instructions for uploading your site to Tripod.com)  
Assignment - submit your website for grading 200
Share your website with classmates on Discussion board 20
Week 16
  Final Exam Final Exam – 50 points 50

A = 90-100% B = 80-89% C = 70-79% D= 60-69% F = 0-59%

Your grade will be based on your assignments, quizzes, projects, and discussion postings.

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