CT-102 Introduction to Internet Applications

Spring 2008

 

Professor: Andrew Mehri

Contact Information:

        Email: amehri@capitol-college.edu

        Website: http://www.capitol-college.edu/~amehri/

        Office number: (301) 369-2800 Ext. 3611 M202

Class Time & Location: Tuesday – Thursday 1:10 P.M. – 2: 40 P.M. M101

 

Course Summary:  This course introduces the student the fundamentals necessary to start designing web pages.  Use of HTML, understanding standards for graphics, video and audio will be emphasized.  Understanding the differences between browsers and the capabilities of such browsers will also be scrutinized.  Tools such as tables, frames, forms and some other concepts will be used to implement web pages.  In addition programming using JavaScript will be introduced.  Finally, the process of publishing a site and advertising its presence will be a topic of interest.

 

Prerequisite: CT-101

 

Text: HTML 4 For The World Wide Web, Elizabeth Castro, Peachpit Press, 2000 ISBN 0-201-35493-3

 

Grading Policy:  This is a practical class.  Therefore emphasis on actual hands on is highly desirable.  The grading reflects such a philosophy as follows:

1.      Project 1 covers material up to chapter 12.  It is due at the same time the mid term.  Weight: 25%

2.      Project 2 covers all material from the book and beyond.  It is due before the final exam. Weight: 35%

3.      Mid term will be an exam to test retention of concepts covered up to chapter 12.  Weight: 15%

4.      Final exam will test for retention on most topics covered throughout the course. Weight: 25%

All projects are individual efforts that need to be documented, cited and presented.  The minimum requirements for any of the projects are topics covered within the course.  It is highly desirable, even encouraged that a student steps beyond the scope of a course to deliver a project of high quality.  It must be emphasized however that a student must have a handle on any material introduced to supplement a project.  In addition, copyright issues must be taken into consideration and the work of others must be respected.

 

Final Grade

Required Average

A

90% to 100%

B

80% to 89%

C

70% to 79%

D

60% to 69%

F

Below 60%

 

 

Class Schedule:  Note this is subject to change.

Week

Chapters

Topics

Events

1

2-3

Basic Web page structure

 

 

2

4

Describing context, formatting text

 

 

3

5, 6

Creating lists, nested lists

 

Project 1 Discussion

4

7, 8

Links; images

 

Project 1 Proposal Submission

5

9

Using images for navigation with image mapping

Project 1 Research and Progress Report

6

10

Creating animation; adding animation to Web pages

Project 1 Progress Report

7

11, 12

Sound and video; using Java applets

 

Project 1 Conclusion

8

13

Cascading style Sheets

 

Project 1 Presentation

Mid term exam/Spring Break

9

14, 15

More on CSS, intro to tables

 

Project 2 Discussion

10

15, 16

Creating complex tables; using tables for page layout

Project 2 Proposal Submission

11

17

Simple and complex frames

 

Project 2 Research and Progress Report

12

18

Naming and navigating frames

 

Project 2 Progress Report

13

19

Creating forms

 

Project 2 Progress Report

14

19

Adding interactivity with forms

 

Project 2 Progress Report

15

20

Introduction to JavaScript

 

Project 2 Conclusion

16

20

Using JavaScript; review for final

 

Project 2 Presentation

Final Exam

Note: Last day to drop March 25th

Spring Break March 10-14

Final Exams April 29 – May 5

 

Homework:  Every topic discussed will have an assigned homework from the book or elsewhere.

 

Assignments:  Personal, group and class projects.

 

ATTENDANCE:  Some material will NOT be in the textbook. The only way to be fully prepared is to be in class on a regular basis.

 

WRITING REQUIREMENTS: The ability to communicate ideas using established rules of the English language is an important outcome of everyone’s technical education.  In this course, you will be required to complete assignments for which writing is an important component, and attention to the grammar, spelling, and style of writing that you employ will have a significant impact on your grade in such assignments.  You may seek help at the tutoring resource center to improve your writing abilities, should you feel that such help is necessary.  You will find a writing guideline posted on the school website. 

 

INFORMATION LITERACY: Given the magnitude of information that we are expected to deal with in performance of our tasks, it is important to learn the proper ways of finding, retrieving, storing, processing and incorporating the right type of information.  This course may include assignments that would require the use of on-campus and on-line libraries, the Internet or other sources of publicly available information.

 

OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT:  In order to determine the level of learning achieved in this course through the semester, you might be given a pre-test that covers some of the fundamental topics covered in this course and possibly in the prerequisite courses, accompanied by an exit test toward the end of the semester.  The grades you receive in the pre-test and exit test will not affect your overall grade for this course.  They are used for the sole purpose of institutional assessment of learning outcomes.    

 

THE "INCOMPLETE" GRADE: There is occasionally a misunderstanding about “incompletes.”  College regulation specifies that an incomplete grade may be awarded only if the student has completed almost all the work for a course and has a valid, institution-approved, reason for being unable to complete it.  If you are awarded an incomplete grade, it is your responsibility to complete all work for the course within the first 4 weeks of the next semester or summer term.  After this time, the Registrar automatically converts the incomplete to an F.

 

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:  It goes without saying that all work handed in for grading must be your own, but you must go further than this.  Avoid situations that could compromise your integrity.   For example, do not allow others to copy your work.  If inclusion of another person’s writings in your submitted work is appropriate, then proper credit should be given to the author of that writing.  I will report any instance of suspected academic dishonesty to the appropriate committees of the school for further investigation and possible sanctions.

First Homework Assignment:  From your Capitol College email account send me an email to my address at amehri@capitol-college.edu with the following format:

Subject: Contact Information

Content:  Your first name, last name, email, phone numbers, and major

Please remember to type the course number in the subject area of all future mail that you send me.