Dept. Colloquiua

CS 101 Web Construction, Fall 2013, Instructor: Jeffrey Horn

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS (Sunday, December 8, 2013)

What's REALLY New:

· FINAL EXAM GUIDE is here. See below.

Not so New (Older Announcements):

· Assignment 6 is up. See below for details. We will discuss in class and have labs on A6 this week.

Assignment 5 is up, due Nov. 1, 2013. See below for details. We will discuss in class and have labs on A5 this week.

· No quiz this week!

Assignment 4 is up, due Oct. 15, 2013. See below for details. We will discuss in class and have labs on A4 this week.

· No quiz this week!

Assignment 3 is up, due Friday Oct. 2013. See below for details. We will discuss in class and have labs on A3 this week.

· No quiz this week!

· Monday Sept. 23 I will hand back Quiz 2 and go over the solution. Wed. Sept. 25 we will go over A2.

· Assignment 2 is up, for those who want to get started early! Otherwise, don't worry about it until next week.

· Monday is Labor Day; no class! See you again on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. No quiz next week, just A1 grading. Also, keep reading Ch.1.

Please bring your laptop/notebook computer to class this week for loading the course software (or do it on your own following the instructions on the syllabus).

· Welcome to class! Check out our syllabus (link is below).

This is where old announcements will go, so that you won't miss any news!

Administrativa

Syllabus
Jeff's Office Hours
Our text's web site.
Tutoring:

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

Click here for the latest CS tutor hours. (coming...) This semester the tutor is __________, and the last time I checked his/her hours were:

__________________ in NSF 1207 (Phone 227-2020 8am-5pm)
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):

Lesson Plan
Lecture Supplements
Assignments
Tests and Quizzes

LESSON PLAN (a rough guide, subject to change...)

Day	Date	LECTURE TOPICS (tentative)	READINGS (read before lecture, when possible!)	ASSIGNMENTS (in lab period)
1	Monday 8-26-13	Welcome and introduction to the course. Overview of course topics, mechanics, etc. (website, syllabus, software, etc.) Basic background on the internet vs. the WWW, HTML/HTTP vs. TCP/IP, HTML vs. text, etc. Introduction to assignment A1, including text editing, source code, development cycle, etc. Download and install software (plain text editor).	Chapter 1 (sections 1.1-1.6), pp. 1-12.	Begin work on A1, start some grading.
2	Wed. 8-28-13	URLs and the DNS Markup Languages (HTML, XML, XHTML, VRML, etc.) Download and install software (continued) Introduction to assignment A2	Chapter 1 (sections 1.7-1.9), pp. 13-22.	Continue working on A1 Introduce A2 (for those who want to get ahead)
	Mon. 9-2-13	NO CLASS! (Labor Day)
3	Wed. 9-2-13	Introduction to formal HTML (DTD, <head>, <body>, etc.) HTML syntax (elements, tags, properties) Lists (ordered, unordered, definitions) Nesting More on A2 including the anchor element <a>, etc.	Chapter 2, (sections 2.1-2.14), pp. 23-44.	By end of class period, finish all A1 grading. More on A2.

LECTURE SUPPLEMENTS

VIDEOS:

· Intro to CSS using background colors

· Syntax for Comments in CSS

WORKSHOPS and WORKSHEETS:

· Brian Krent's CSS Workshops:

Main page

Hexadecimal Numbers

ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment 1 "Software Setup"

Handed out: Monday, August 26, 2013
Due: Monday, September 2, IN CLASS!
Readings: None. (But you should be reading Ch. 1 of our Felke-Morris text. See Lesson Plan.)
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 "A1"
Within your new A1 folder, create a file named "A1.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 "Retro Web Page (circa 1995)"

Handed out: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Due: Friday, Sept. 13, 2013
Readings: All of the material for A2 is covered in lecture, but most is also covered in Ch. 2 of the Felke-Morris textbook.
Goals: Create a first, complete web page using some of the early web elements characteristic of the mid-1990s (see examples from he WWW directory book that I passed around in class, or just look at MY class web pages!). This will help you get started in web page development while also giving you a feel for the history of the web. Specifically, 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 "Images and Style Sheet Mechanics"

Handed out: Monday, September 23, 2013
Due: Friday, October 4, 2013 by email (see details, last task, number 10)
Readings from Felke-Morris text: (in addition to Ch.s 1 and 2 of course!) Ch. 3 sections 3.1-3.5, Ch. 4 sections 4.1-4.3.
Goals: Create a static web page with images in various roles. Learn CSS basics by using in-line styles and embedded style sheets.
Details:

Click here

· Assignment 4 "Class Ring"

Handed out: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013
Due: Friday, October 4, 2013 by email (see details)
Details: Click here

Assignment 5 "FORMS and Server-side Scripts"
Assignment 6 "Survey Forms"
Assignment 7 "FIND WALDO! JavaScript (with Image Maps)"

TESTS AND QUIZZES

Quizzes

1. Quiz 1: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013

2. Quiz 2: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013

Final Exam

DAY: Monday, December 9, 2013
TIME: 7pm - 8:50pm

o DURATION: Set aside 2 hours but you will most likely be able to finish well short of that.

o LOCATION: our usual classroom, NSF 1205

o GUIDELINES: here