Dept. Colloquiua

CS 101   Web Construction,  Fall 2010,  Instructor:  Jeffrey Horn

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS (Wednesday, November 3, 2010)

What's REALLY New:

• Assignment 6, FORMS is assigned.   See below.
• Assignment 5, FORMS is assigned.   See below.

Not so New (Older Announcements):

• Assignment 4 the Famous CLASS RING (!) is assigned.   See below.
• Jeff is out sick today (Monday, Oct. 4, 2010).  Class cancelled.   Watch your emails for any announcements.  See you Wednesday!
• Assignment 3 due date is finalized:  Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 (end of day)
• Quiz 1 solution is here and all quizzes have been graded.   Pick your up!   (Avg. was very high:  11.5 out of 12 max. pt.s, not counting the zeros for those who missed the quiz...)
• Assignment 3 is up.
• Welcome to class!
• (This is where old announcements go.)

Administrativa

• Syllabus

• Our text's web site. 

• Tutoring:

  • We have our own, departmental, CS tutor (for 101 and other CS courses)

    • Dave Lyon:   Available in NSF 1207 at 1-3pm  Tuesdays  and  4-6pm Thursdays

  • The All Campus Tutoring Center (ACT) also has some tutors for CS 101

    • ACT web site

    • CS 101 tutoring schedule (from ACT web site; go here for latest):

Lecture Notes

• Assignments

• Programming

• Tests and Quizes

LECTURE NOTES

VIDEOS:

• Intro to CSS using background colors

• Syntax for Comments in CSS

WORKSHPS:

• Brian Krent's CSS Workshops:

  • Main page

ASSIGNMENTS

• Assignment 1  "Software Setup"
  • Handed out:      Wednesday, August 25, 2010        
  • Due:                    Monday, August 30, 2010    IN CLASS!
  • Goals:  Become familiar with basic concepts of text files (as web pages), editors vs. browsers, organization using folders.
  •  Details:
    • Graded S/U (pass/fail)
    • Use any TEXT editor you like (e.g., NotePad, WordPad, etc.)
    • Create a folder named "A0"
    • Within your new A0 folder, create a file named "A0.html"
    • Put some basic information into it, like your name
    • Save it and view it in a browser.
    • Show me.
    • Then edit the file again and add some more info.  Save it, view it in a browser, and show it to me.
• Assignment 2  "Lists and Links (plus good style and nesting!)"
  • Handed out:   Wed. Sept. 1, 2010
  • Due:       Monday, Sept. 13, 2010
  • Goals:  Create a static web page with lists and hyperlinks, and good structure, meaning proper nesting of html elements and good style (indenting and comments).
  • Details:   Click here.
• Assignment 3  ""
  • Handed out:   Wed. Sept. 15, 2010
  • Due:       Sept. 28, 2010
  • Goals: 
  • Details:   Click here.
• Assignment 4:  The Class Ring!
  • Click here for details.
• Assignment 5:  FORMs
  • Click here for details.
• Assignment 6:  JavaScript
  • Click here for details.

FINAL EXAM

•  DAY:    Monday, Dec. 6, 2010
• TIME:    7pm
  • DURATION:  Set aside 2 hours (but most will finish easily within one hour)
  • LOCATION:  our usual classroom, NSF 1209
  • GUIDELINES:  click here.