<CSIS 151: XML Authoring, Gavilan College>

Welcome to the information page for CSIS 151. 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 June 16, 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 in before the class 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:

This course provides an introduction and overview of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and XML related technologies used to develop content and manipulate data for commercial web sites. XML is a revolutionary language which is rapidly becoming a Web development standard for business-to-business transactions, and for database manipulation and searching. The class will cover well-formed and valid XML documents, namespaces, schemas, cascading style sheets (CSS), and XSLT. This course has the option of a letter grade or credit/no credit. May be repeated three times for credit.

Objectives:

Students will learn how to create Web pages using XML. XML is the standard way to create valid Web pages used for database work. CSIS 151 transfers to both UC and CSU.

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:
New Perspectives on XML- (2nd edition) Comprehensive by Patrick Carey, Course Technology ISBN 1-4188-6064-6
The books are available in the Gavilan bookstore or online.

Syllabus:

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