CSIS 6 Web Page Authoring
I: Summer (June) 2010
Catalog Description:
An introduction
to using Hypertext Mark-Up Language (HTML) and Extensible HTML (XHTML) to
create web pages which can be uploaded and displayed on the World Wide Web.
Students will use HTML/XHTML to create web pages with text in various sizes and
colors, links to other sites, background color or patterns, graphics, tables
and mailto links. Principles of design and color as they apply to screen
presentations will be included. This course has the option of a letter grade or
credit/no credit. May be taken three times for credit. Also listed as LIB 6.
Units: 2.0 Advisory:
CSIS 1 or CSIS 2 or CSIS 3/LIB 3 advised.
End
of catalog description.
Immediately,
AFTER YOU SIGN UP for this class send me e-mail, so I can send you
instructions.
Instructor: Dennie Van Tassel
Assignment sheet: If you sign up for the
class and tell me, I can e-mail you the assignment sheet for the class so you
can start early, but I will not send you the assignment sheet until you
sign up for the class.
Campus web address:
http://www.gavilan.edu
The
web site is good place to look for a wide variety of information, such as
college catalog, course description, phone numbers, etc.
Class Hours:
The Summer 2010 version of this class has normal lectures, Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 4:10 PM.
But you can also take it in online format
since the Web is used to provide homework assignments and collect homework.
Office Hours: Will be announced in class.
There are computers available at all 3 sites that you can use for doing
homework.
Instructor class
description:
This
class covers using the construction of web pages using HTML. We will work
through much of the assigned textbook.
Student Responsibilities: You need to work on this class several
times per week. Read the text. You need spend to several hours EVERY week on
this class. If you disappear AND stop working on this class, I may drop
you.
Texts & Materials: HTML Complete Concepts and Techniques by Shelly, Cashman, & Woods, Course Technology, The bookstore has the new Fifth edition: (ISBN 1-4239-2721-4). The 4th edition is much cheaper (ISBN 1-4188-5937-0). The very old 3rd edition (ISBN 0-619-25502-1) is also available on the Web, but it may not even be cheaper than the 4th edition. But if you have a copy of it, that edition is fine to use too. The older edition are only available on the Web, from sites like www.amazon.com or www.half.ebay.com If you are trying to save money compare shop on all editions, but to save time and money just buy the 4th edtion.
There are three version of
this book, which vary in regard to the amount of material the books cover. The
versions are Introductory (not enough for this class), Complete (needed for
this class), and Comprehensive (used for both CSIS 6 & 7)). So be careful
and do not buy the smaller Introductory version since it does not have
enough material for this class. If you plan to take CSIS 7 next, buy the
Comprehensive version, since it is also used for CSIS 7. Look at the syllabus for
the CSIS 7 class. You cannot take this
class with out the required textbook since I give you assignments out of the
book. You also need a flash drive to save your work each week, especially if you plan
to work at home and in the lab. The book is available for very cheap from
http://www.amazon.com or http://www.half.com.
Or you can use the above supplied ISBN and got to the
Web site: http://www.campusbooks.com/
and they will provide a comparison shopping for your textbook.
You can save yourself a lot of wasted time and learn
a lot more if you read the textbook. Read
the first 2 chapters of the book the first week. You need the textbook the
first day of the course, so if you plan to order it using the Internet, you
need to do it 2 weeks BEFORE the class starts.
This is a class for beginners, but you will need
some basic skills in text editing and operating system use such as opening and
saving files. You can probably learn most of the windows basics in the class.
For this Summer class, you need access to a
computer several times a week. You can do your work at home on a Macintosh or
PC.
Attend class: Do not get behind in the
class. The class is accumulative. What you learn this week will be used to do
the work next week. If you miss classes you will soon be lost. Plan to miss no classes. Bring your
textbook and all handouts to class each meeting.
Grading: This course has Credit/No
Credit Option. You will normally get a grade in the class, but if you fill out
a Credit/No Credit petition before 1/3 of the class has passed, you can take
the class for credit/no credit. Petitions are available at the office or registrar.
Please tell me if you do request a Credit/No Credit Option. In order to get a
Credit, you need to earn at least a C grade.
If you want or need a good grade because you want to
transfer to a 4-year school, are on academic probation, want a scholarship, or
just want good grades do the work
for a good grade. Don’t bother telling me you need a good grade the last week
if you have not done the work for a good grade.
Incompletes: I seldom give incompletes
and never give them just because you have not done the work. Almost no one ever
finishes an Incomplete. Occasionally, people that have been doing the class
work have severe family or personal problems and I do give them an Incomplete.
Drops: If you stop attending class,
you must fill out a class-drop form or you will get an F grade in the class.
This does not do you, the school, or me any good. So if you stop taking the
class, drop it at the A&R
office.
Special needs: If you have special needs
such as hearing problem, visual problems, or other needs, please tell me after
class and I will try to assist you.
After all that, this is a fun class. You will learn
a lot that will help you in your other classes and help you obtain useful job
skills.
I am interested in suggestions about assignments,
lectures, material covered.
We are very interested in suggestions for new
classes. If you have any classes you would like Gavilan College to consider,
give you suggestion to the instructor.
If you are having trouble using the computer for
this class, you may want to take CSIS 124 Windows Fundamentals and CSIS 126
Word Processing. Both classes would help you gain the knowledge that we assume
you have prior to taking this class.
Thank you for taking the class, and I hope the class
is fun and useful.
Next classes: The class you might want to take is CSIS 7 Web Page Authoring II, where we
continue on with the same topic. After that we have CSIS 84 JavaScript Programming and CSIS 85 Dreamweaver. JavaScript is used
for programming web pages. Dreamweaver is the best
web page authoring software, which creates HTML code for you.
Address
of this page: http://hhh.gavilan.edu/dvantassel/csis/csis06.html
Please feel free to send us your comments and questions.
Send e-mail messages to Dennie Van
Tassel at dvantassel @ gavilan.edu
Last revised on May 11, 2010.