CIS 213 Syllabus for Spring, 2008
This has NOT YET BEEN UPDATED for Spring 2009.
2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory, 3 units
Section 0555
Online - see online course information
Section 0556
Thursday
6:00 - 8:50 p.m.
(plus 2 online instructional hours per week)
Course Web Site: cis2.cuyamaca.net/jreed/213
Jodi Reed, MA
Computer & Information Science, Graphic Design
Cuyamaca College
(619) 660-4465
jodi.reed (at) gcccd.edu
office: room H-115
Fall 2008 Office Hours
Semester begins August 25
Monday |
online, 9:00AM - 11:00AM |
|---|---|
Tuesday |
10:00AM - 11:00AM |
Wednesday |
online, 10:00AM - 11:00AM |
Thursday |
10:00AM - 11:00AM |
Please request an appointment if you can't see me during office hours.
Topics/Themes
In this 3-unit course, students will use Macromedia Dreamweaver to complete a series of short assignments and projects. The course will cover 4 main topics:
- Overview of Web Technologies
- Production with Dreamweaver (including Cascading Style Sheets, Spry, Forms, and JavaScript)
- Database integration using Dreamweaver
- Design (including usability and accessibility)
Prerequisites
- Successful completion of Introduction to Dreamweaver (CIS 212) is recommended prior to taking CIS 213. You must be able to create Web sites with Macromedia Dreamweaver and you must be able to apply basic design principles (contrast, alignment, repetition, and proximity). See entry skills for a list of skills covered in CIS 212.
- Databases (CIS 140) is recommended prior to CIS 213 or during the same semester. You must know how to build and edit a simple Microsoft Access database by the 2nd half of the semester.
Check with me if you think you have any questions about the prerequisites.
Objectives
At the end of this course, each student will be able to:
- Efficiently produce and maintain web sites by applying production techniques such as external style sheets; include files and database integration.
- Use an authoring tool to create forms and insert scripts (WYSIWYG-generated or provided by a book or web site) for simple behaviors such as rollover buttons, window control, and navigation via pull-down menus.
- Use advanced authoring tool features to develop database integration. Web forms will allow the user to query the database, use a login name and password to authenticate, and display, navigate, insert, edit and delete database records.
- Describe usability and accessibility concepts and terminology, and synthesize design concepts presented in class to create a web site that is usable and accessible.
- Analyze the pros and cons of web features such as frames, Cascading Style Sheets and tables, especially with respect to usability and accessibility.
- Integrate multimedia content such as video or podcasts.
Grading and Assignments
~5% |
Simple Assignments |
Orientation and other simple assignments shown in the schedule |
| ~45% | Projects | Projects require integration of concepts and skills from several labs
and readings. |
| ~5% | Participation | Students are expected to post a significant question, answer, or comment
to the online discussion roughly once per week. Posts will be graded. Maximum per week: 10 points. |
| ~15% | Quizzes | Open book quizzes cover reading assignments and production skills. There
will be about 7 quizzes. (7 quizzes x 20 points each = 140 points) |
| ~20% | Final Project | The database project is a small, database-integrated Web site or a technical research topic of your choice. You may
choose your topic (subject to approval) and work individually or on a team.
(200 points) |
| ~10% | Final Exam | The final exam will cover concepts and skills from the entire semester,
but will focus on database integration. (100 points) |
Scale
A B C D
Due Dates, Make-ups, and Incompletes
Assignments are usually due to Blackboard a week or two after they are assigned. After the due date, you lose 50% and a month after the assignment date you will not be able to turn it in or get any credit. Be sure to SAVE and BACK UP everything you do. BEGIN ASSIGNMENTS early in the week they are assigned so you will have time for questions. ASSUME you will have technical problems and turn in work BEFORE the due date. I have built in plenty of time to allow for questions and technical difficulties as long as you begin on the date it was assigned, so there are NO EXCEPTIONS for due dates.
Quizzes and exams are available on Blackboard for two weeks only, and no make-ups are allowed.
An incomplete grade is given only when there is an emergency near the end of the semester.
Mature students meet deadlines in spite of difficulties, but there are times when personal or work situations demand a shift in priorities. Please contact your instructor if you need to discuss your situation. If you fall behind on more than 2 assignments you may be dropped from the class.
Textbooks - available at the campus bookstore or online
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To Be Announced |
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To Be Announced |
Materials
Students working on campus need a USB Flash Memory Drive the first week of class. Label it with your name and e-mail address and bring it to every class.
Most online students purchase their own copy of Dreamweaver. Gradware sells Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash together in the Studio bundle. See Collegebuys, Gradware, or campustech.com for academic prices.
To support your efforts to succeed in this class, I refer you to Supervised Tutoring services (CIS 198). All Supervised Tutoring sections are FREE to you. You need only enroll to receive services—no units or grades are given. Signing up for supervised tutoring allows you to use labs outside of your class times. Course software is available in room H-113 and some of the open lab computers. Please see the lab policies and open lab hours on the CIS department Web site.
Attendance & Participation
Students may be dropped for excessive absences or lack of progress in accordance with Cuyamaca College policy. Any student missing the first quiz or two project deadlines may be dropped from the course by the instructor, but it is always your responsibility to drop any course not attended. Failure to drop an unattended course will result in a grade of "F" on your transcript.
Course Communication
Post general questions to the Blackboard online discussion. You may also send email to jodi.reed (at) gcccd.edu or stop by during office hours. I also use Windows Live Messenger (screen name jrTeacher) and AOL Instant Messenger (screen name teacherCIS ) for quick questions -- PLEASE DON'T ABUSE THIS with daily questions -- try reading instructions & FAQ's first!
NOTE: I must respond to many requests each day, so my responses tend to be brief. Please don't take this personally. In general, I respond the same day or the next day. Please try again if you don't hear back within 2 days. I check email most often followed by Blackboard discussion and then voice mail.
Students with disabilities who may need accommodations in this class should notify me and contact Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) early in the semester so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. See www.cuyamaca.net/eops/dsps.asp for contact information.
Academic Integrity
When creating Graphics or Web sites, treat Web content as you would treat content from a published article or book. Stealing content is unethical, and students guilty of academic dishonesty will receive a zero for the assignment and may be suspended or expelled.
ACCEPTABLE |
CHEATING |
| including a brief quote from a Web page with the source cited |
copying entire pages or paragraphs and republishing it as your own |
| using graphics from a clip art site | using someone else's graphics without permission |
| discussing an assignment with another student | copying another student's work |
| studying for a quiz with other students | completing a quiz with help from another student |
Important Dates
| January 28 | Classes begin |
| February 8 | Last Day to Add Semester-Length Classes, Drop Semester-Length Classes Without a W, Last Day to Receive a Refund for Semester-Length Classes |
| February 11 | Census Day |
| February 15-18 | President's Day Holiday |
| February 29 | Last Day to Apply for CR/NC for semester length classes |
| March 17-22 | Spring Recess |
| March 28 | Last Day to Apply for Spring 2008 Degree/Certificate |
| April 25 | Last Day to Drop Semester-Length Classes |
| May 24-26 | Memorial Day Holiday Weekend |
| May 27-June 3 | Final Examinations |
| June 3 | Close of Semester |
| June 4 | Instructor Grade Deadline |
| June 5 | Commencement |
This course adheres to the policies outlined in the Cuyamaca College catalogue. For further information, see Academic Policies stated in the catalogue.