<CSIS 06 Web Page Authoring, Gavilan College>

Welcome to the information page for CSIS 06. Please send your email address to me at dvantassel@gavilan.edu so I will be able to contact you as needed.

You will be able to access the course by December 15, 2008, or if you e-mail me after enrolling for the class, I will set up an account for you and you can start on the course earlier. Click on the log on button below and follow the instructions. I will accept late adds to the course. You must log on and begin the course by posting your first discussion item within 7 days or you will be dropped to make space for students wishing to add. Please contact me by email if you have any questions.

How to
Log in:

You will be able to log into the class before the first week of classes.

Instructor:

Dennie Van Tassel, dvantassel@gavilan.edu
Office phone: (408) 782-0863 (e-mail works best)
Office: Morgan Hill site
Office hours: Sundays 4 - 7:30 PM

CSIS Department

Date, Time & Place:

Online
This class meets entirely online. Students will be required to complete assigned readings, writings, online discussion, quizzes or exams, and projects each week. There will be weekly due dates, but students may log on to complete work at any time during the week.

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 repeated three times for credit. Also listed as LIB 6 and DM 6.

Objectives:

Students will learn how to create Web pages using HTML. HTML is the language used to create valid Web pages. This the first course in our Web page classes.

Web Orientations:

The Gavilan Library will offer several orientations to online courses during the first two weeks of the semester. If you have never taken an online course, this orientation will provide critical information to help you be successful in this class. If you are unable to attend an orientation on campus, an online tutorial will be available. For more details see the schedule of orientations.

Texts:

The texts being used for the current semester are listed below. These may change:
HTML Complete Concepts and Techniques by Shelly, Cashman, & Woods, Course Technology, (ISBN 1-418-85936-2 [4th edition]) or (ISBN 0-619-25502-1 [third edition]). The 3rd edition is fine, since the book changed very little and much cheaper but only available via the Internet. The bookstore has the newer 4th edition. If you plan to take the next HTML course, CSIS 7 Web Page Authoring II, you should buy the larger edition of this book, HTML COMPREHENSIVE Concepts and Techniques by Shelly, Cashman, & Woods. Look at the syllabus for CSIS 07.
The books are available in the Gavilan bookstore or online.

Syllabus:

For more details, you can see the class syllabus for the current semester.