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Course Documents ... in chronological order.

First day of class is Tuesday, May 11.

Link to our Syllabus

  • Important Links
    1. Assignment WebSites
    2. W3C Markup Validation Service
    3. W3C CSS Validation Service
    4. Guidelines for Naming HTML Files and Folders
    5. Syllabus
    6. Letter Grades
    7. more Links
    		 Please note
    Listed here are dates and links to details for all Assignments (with point values). Assignments start on Mondays and are due at 11:59 P.M. on the following Sunday.
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    Week #
    1. May 11 - Welcome to class
      1. Visit and read BlackBoard's Assignments. Complete by 11:59 PM, Sunday, May 16 everything described in First Assignments.
      2. Also, read BlackBoard's Instructor, Syllabus & Policies, and Couse Materials.
      3. Read the Syllabus. Read it again. Ask questions.
      4. agree to HTML myself
      5. Reply to Welcome eMail (or tell George you didn't receive any eMail).
      6. Visit BlackBoard's Discussion Board -- participate!!!
      7. Visit this web page, CPST WebServer. This describes how you locate the WebServer you will use this semester to contain all the WebSites you develop. Once you know the URL for your HomePage on CPST Server, paste the URL in an eMail to your instructor (gnorth@tulane.edu). Sending URLs in eMail is how you will turn-in all assignments. The URL you send will look something like this: http://cpst.tulane.edu/~yname/index.html. If you have problems, or your URL doesn't work, send eMail anyway with an explanation of what happened.
      8. Before all else, each week, read the Tutorial in the textbook.
      9. Read the Tutorial again.
      10. Every Tutorial includes example HTML that you will use to complete Assignments.
      11. If you write example HTML yourself while reading Tutorials, you will be well prepaired to complete the graded Case Problem Assignments.
      12. BlackBoard's Course Materials contains links to "Data Files for Students" -- needed to complete example HTML, and to complete Practice Reviews, and to complete all Case Problems.
      13. At the end of every Tutorial you will find four (4) Case Problems. For your own learning, you will be well served by completing all 4 Case Problems, even though only one will be chosen for a Graded Assignment.

    1. May 12 - Tutorial 1 - Developing a Web Page
      1. Graded Assignment (30 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, May 16
        1. News
        2. Assignment
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Assignment WebSites
        2. Key Terms
        3. Hello World
        4. HTML mySelf
        5. HTML Template
        6. Strategy for writing HTML
        7. Tulane's CPST WebServer
        8. FTP
        9. PowerPoint Slides

    Week #
    1. May 17 - Tutorial 1 - Developing a Web Page
      1. Graded Assignment (40 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, May 23
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 1 Case Problem 4 - Body Systems
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. Democratic Web
        3. HTML Template
        4. Strategy for writing HTML
        5. PowerPoint Slides

    2. May 24 - Tutorial 2 - Developing a Web Site
      1. Graded Assignment (30 points), due 11:59PM, Sunday, May 30
        1. News
        2. Assignment - US Constitution
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. The Web Time Forgot
        3. Writing Space
        4. PowerPoint Slides

    3. May 31 - Tutorial 2 - Developing a Web Site
      1. Graded Assignment (50 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jun 6
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 2 Case Problem 3 - Diamond Health Club
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides

    4. Jun 7 - Tutorial 3 - Working with Cascading Style Sheets
      1. Graded Assignment (30 points), due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jun 13
        1. News
        2. Assignment - Shortcut Page
        3. Assignment - Home Page
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides
    Week #
    1. Jun 14 - Tutorial 3 - Working with Cascading Style Sheets
      1. Graded Assignment (60 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jun 20
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 3 Case Problem 4 - Travel Scotland!
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides

    2. Jun 21 - Tutorial 4 - Creating Special Effects with CSS
      1. Graded Assignment (70 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jun 27
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 4 Case Problem 4 - Gresham Children's Choir
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides

    3. Jun 28 - Tutorial 5 - Working with Web Tables - Midterm Exam
      1. Graded Assignment (200 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jul 4
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 5 Case Problem 2 - the Chamberlain Civic Center
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides

    4. Jul 5 - Tutorial 6 - Working with Web Forms
      1. Graded Assignment (80 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jul 11
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 6 Case Problem 4 - Millennium Computers
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides
    Week #
    1. Jul 12 - Tutorial 7 - Working with Multimedia
      1. Graded Assignment (90 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jul 18
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 7 Case Problem 4 - Boise Youth Symphony Orchestra
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. Key Terms
        2. PowerPoint Slides

    2. Jul 19 - Tutorial 8 - Designing a Website with Frames
      1. Graded Assignment (100 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Jul 25
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 8 Case Problem 4 - Mansfield Classic Theatre
      2. Other interesting documents
        1. PowerPoint Slides
    Finals Week
    1. Jul 26 - Tutorial 9 - Working with XHTML
      1. Graded Assignment (20 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Aug 1
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 9 Case Problem 3 - Travel Scotland!
      2. Final Exam (200 points) due 11:59PM, Sunday, Aug 1
        1. News
        2. Assignment
        3. Tutorial 9 Case Problem 4 - Maxwell Scientific
      3. Other interesting documents
        1. PowerPoint Slides

    Total point value of all Assignments is 1000.
    As per our Syllabus Letter Grading :
    1. is 940 to 1000 points
    2. is 860 to 939.999 points
    3. is 780 to 859.999 points
    4. is 700 to 779.999 points
      ... below 700 points is F


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