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CSCI 217
Class Topics and Material

HTML denotes the text: HTML and XHTML
STYLE denotes the text: Web Style Guide

Date Class Topic Reading Assignment
Aug 25 Introduction Basic Internet information
Aug 30 Basics continued  
Sep 1 Web Searching Bare Bones 101 (USC-Beaufort Library tutorial) (See Resources.)
Sep 6 Evaluating Web Content ICYouSee tutorial (Cornell U Library) (See Resources.)
Sep 8 Web Design and Getting Started STYLE Chapters 1, 2; Samples, Nielson's articles (Resources)
Sep 13 Unscheduled holiday  
Sep 15 Basic HTML & hyperlinks HTML Tutorial 1, 2; STYLE Chapter 3
Sep 20 Lists Same as above
Sep 22 TEST 1 ---------
Sep 27 More: site design, FTP STYLE Chapters 4, 6
Sep 29 Font, formats, and style sheets HTML Tutorial 3.1, 7; see Example -Web Site #1 due
Oct 4 More: style sheets STYLE Chapter 5; another Example
Oct 6 Images HTML Tutorial 3; STYLE Chapter 7
Oct 11 Adding multimedia HTML Tutorial 8.1, 8.2; STYLE Chapter 8
Oct 13 Tables HTML Tutorial 4
Oct 18 Frames HTML Tutorial 5
Oct 20 Forms HTML Tutorial 6, Sample 1, Sample 2, and the Result
Oct 25 Introduction to Cold Fusion CF samples; Web Site 2 (Preliminary) due
Oct 27 Catch up: Cold Fusion (cont) ---------------
Nov 1 TEST 2 ---------------
Nov 3 Intro to Java applets HTML Tutorial 8.3; Web Site 2 (with comments) Final version due
Nov 8 More: Java applets Anfy; See Resources,
Nov 10 Introduction JavaScript HTML Tutorial 10
Nov 15 More JavaScript, cookies  
Nov 18 JavaScript (cont)
Nov 21-25 No Class Fall Break
Nov 29 Legal issues References
Dec 1 Legal issues (cont) -----
Dec 6 Wrap-up Web Site: Final version due
8 AM, Saturday, Dec 10:    Final Exam