(Lessons 1-7, pages 1-25).
Link to online version of this chapter as a PDF (may be slow to load).
This is provided in case you don't have your textbook with you. Note that this is the only chapter that is available online; next week, bring your XHTML and JavaScript Level 1 books with you to lab.
Detailed instructions are provided below to guide you through this activity.
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to do all of the following (these are listed on p. 1 of the Essentials for Design, XHTML Level 1 textbook):
See activity01 for details if you do not remember how to do this. Activity01 also explains how to log off and get logged onto the cisc103 account.
See activity01 for details if you do not remember how to do this.
See activity01 for details if you do not remember how to do this.
I took a lot of care in selecting the texts for this course. Having said that, no text is perfect, and there are a few flaws in the ones we have. What is even more unfortunate, is that a large number of them occur right on the first page! However, I don't want you to be overly alarmed... I don't think this will be a typical occurence.
Creating content for the Web is an inter-disciplinary activity. This course (CISC103) supports the interactive media minor, which is an inter-disciplinary program combining material from Computer Science, Visual Communications, Technical Writing (English), and Communications.
In support of that inter-disciplinary approach, I've chosen texts from two perspectives: the Deitel/Deitel text comes from the Computer Science perspective, while the "Essentials for Design" lab manuals come more from the design and artistic perspective.
Unfortunately, sometime when these fields overlap, folks extend themselves outside their areas of expertise. My expertise is in Computer Science, and thus I can easily spot the places in the "Essentials for Design" books where folks got the Computer Science a bit wrong. What will be harder for me to spot is the places in the Computer Science material where folks get the "artistic and design" considerations wrong. I'll rely on members of the class from that discipline to help out in that regard.
In any case, here are a few things in this week's reading that you should watch out for:
JavaScript Level 1, p. 2:
These are just for background; the actual computer work starts on the next page.
At the top of page 5, you are asked to create a folder on your hard drive called "Work_In_Progress". Throughout the "Essentials for Design" series books, you are advised to do this. Before you do so, however, we need to make a few small adjustments to the instructions:
If you run into problems along the way, ask your TA for help. When finished, ask your TA to check your work, and give you a participation grade for this assignment. That grade will be recorded on WebCT.
If you don't finish today, try to come back sometime during the week and finish up. If you need to finish up outside the lab, you can transfer your files to a "USB key drive", take the home and work on them, then transfer them back to the H: drive when you come to the lab next week. Ask your TA if you need help with this process.
Whether you finish today or not, your final step today is to be sure that you save all your files, close all your windows, and log off the cisc103 account when you are finished.
If you would like to continue working and get a little bit ahead, repeat the same steps as above for Chapter in your Essentials for Design, JavaScript level 1 book. If you don't have it available, the first chapter (only) is available online as a PDF file (download may be slow).
This activity counts as a particpation grade. (Information on "participation grading" appears on the course syllabus.)
Specific details on what the TA will look for to be sure the activity is completed sucessfully will be posted later this week. In the meantime, if you complete all steps as described in the textbook, you'll be covered.
Copyright 2005, Phillip T. Conrad, CIS Dept., University of Delaware. Permission to copy for non-commercial, non-profit, educational purposes granted, provided appropriate credit is given; all other rights reserved.