Web Design and Programming II
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CLASS SCHEDULE

Before first class: Students are strongly advised to read the class notices and fill out the Student Questionnaire. The questionnaire will be collected by the end of the first class.

Time and Location

First class meets at 5:30 in Room 162, Math-CS building.

Classes are on Mondays and Wednesdays.

  • VCD sessions (Mondays) are from 5:30 to 7:00 in room 215, Art building.
  • CS sessions (Wednesdays) are from 5:30 to 6:45 in room 162, CS building.

Important Dates

  • 1/31---CS_HW_1
  • 2/11---VCD_HW_1
  • 2/15---CS_HW_2
  • 2/19---MILESTONE_1
  • 2/28---CS_HW_3
  • 3/3---VCD_HW_2
  • 4/14---CS_HW_4
  • 3/24---VCD_HW_3
  • 3/26---MILESTONE_2
  • 4/14---VCD_HW_4
  • 4/23---CS_HW_5
  • 4/18---MILESTONE_3

Other Important Dates

    1/21       Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  No Classes. Offices Closed.
    3/12       Midterm Exam
    3/17-21    Spring Recess
    5/4        Classes End
    5/5        Final Presentation (5:45 - 8:00 PM)
Weekly Schedule

1/14 Monday: 5:30 Room 162 CS (Paul and Sanda)

Review policy, objectives, grading, attendance, projects, course notes, suggested references, lab sessions, computer accounts, TAs, mailing list for class, students exchange email addresses, team formation explained and team formation begins. CS and VCD objectives, homework, group project, design.

Questionnaire collected

Teams Formed

1/16 Wednesday: 5:30 Room 215 Art Building (Paul) Introduction to PHP

1/21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No Classes

1/23 Wednesday: Room 162 CS (Paul)
Continue on PHP

1/28 Monday: 5:30 215 Art (Sanda)

Review principles of design discussed in WDP1, including content and form, basic structure and the use of a grid for page layout. Introduction to Dreamweaver as a web design tool. (Sanda)

1/31 Wednesday:
PHP Classes and Session Control (Paul)

2/4 Monday: 5:30 215 Art (Sanda)
Tables, layers, page structure and templates in Dreamweaver (Sanda)

2/6 Wednesday:
PHP Objects and Image Processing (Paul)

2/11 Monday:
Navigation, rollovers, drop down menus, CSS, Javascripts. VCD Homework 1 Due. (Sanda)

2/13 Wednesday:
SQL, MySQL, and PHP (Paul)

2/18 Monday
Term Project Milestone I
Introduction to Flash; basic drawing, timeline, animation, tweening. (Sanda)

2/20 Wednesday:
More on SQL, MySQL, and PHP (Paul)

2/25 Monday:
Working in Flash; interaction, buttons, shape and mouse interaction, basic Action Scripting (Sanda)

2/27 Wednesday:
Javascript Objects, Inheritance (Paul)

3/3 Monday:
Working in Flash: integration of external elements into Flash. Assign VCD Homework 3. VCD Homework 2 Due today. (Sanda)

3/5 Wednesday:
More Javascript Objects, Inheritance (Paul)

3/10 Monday:
Working in Flash: integration of external elements into Flash. (Sanda)

3/12 Monday:
Midterm exam (5:30 to 6:45 in room CS 162)
Sameple CS exam from Paul. Sanda to give a hands-on midterm on the computer.

3/17 to 3/21 Spring Recess

3/24 Monday:
Introduction to Audio and Video. Assign Homework 4 today. VCD Homework 3 Due today. (Sanda)

3/26 Wednesday:
Term Project Milestone II
CS view of Flash ActionScripting (Paul)

3/31 Monday:
Finishing up ActionScript 3.0 and Flash CS3
Audio and Video on the Web (Paul)

4/2 Wednesday:
VCD Design Critique 1: Examine team project in class. Prepare students for successful completion of Milestone III. (Sanda)

4/7 Monday:
Term Project Milestone III
Students to work on Video project in class. (Sanda)

4/9 Wednesday:
Site Search and LWP, Web Server and Apache,
Access Control under Apache (Paul)

4/14 Monday:
Video Design Critique. VCD Homework 4 Due today. (Sanda)

4/16 Wednesday:
Understanding HTTP/1.1, Virtual Hosts and Apache VH Support (Paul)

4/21 Monday:
VCD Design Critique 2: Students to show further development and improvements on the team project. (Sanda)

4/23 Wednesday:
Virtual Hosts and Apache VH Support, Content Types, Handlers, and Content Negotiation in Apache (Paul)

4/28 Monday:
VCD Open Lab (Sanda)

4/30 Wednesday: (Lab will be open at 4:45)
Teams test work and rehearse for final presentation, open lab and questions (Paul and Sanda)

5/5 Monday: 5:45 - 8:00 p.m.
Final presentation for all teams Room 162 MSB (university final exam schedule) Each team has 27 minutes.

Team Presentations:

  1. Team Teem
  2. Killer Tofu
  3. Trio
  4. Blank
  5. Three Girls, A Guy, and a Website

Each team will have 27 minutes to present and demo its site. Here is the list of teams.

The team leader will do a brief intoduction and each member will explain the site and his/her individual contribution to the team project. Each team member must state his/her full name slowly and clearly. Remember this is an EXAM.

Team WebDav Sites

The team sites are
Team 01 Web-based Mathematics Education for Adult Learners
Team 02 Health Care Cupid
Team 03 A Restaurant Site
Team 04 Music Venue Site
Team 05 Real Estate Agent Site

Finishing

All teams and students must submit the following by the end of team presentations (or surely by Friday of exam week):

  1. Team report in hardcopy (at least 5 pages, must be well-written and free of spelling and grammar errors.)
  2. Individual report in hardcopy (at least 3 pages, must be well-written and free of spelling and grammar errors.)
  3. Upload all your site files to your team WebDAV repository and this is where you will demo your site at finals. The repository also must include the following:
    • complete website
    • cgi programs
    • art originals (in folder art/)
    • PDF files for the team and all individual reports
  4. See the projects page for more instructions and info on reports, final reports, and end-of-term submissions.