Course Description: While developing English language skills, this course introduces students to web page development concepts, features, functions, and applications using FrontPage.
Objectives: By
the end of the course, students should be able:
Instructional Methods: Classes include language development and critical thinking sessions followed by hands-on practice and drills. Students will complete periodic summary exercises that require application of all skills learned to date. Each student will create a portfolio of finished output.
Grading: The final grade is based on the following:
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Class Participation |
25% |
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Assignments |
50% |
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Exams |
25% |
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Total |
100% |
The grading scale is: A=90-100%, B+=85-89%, B=80-84%, C+=75-79%, C=70-74%, D=65-69%, F=60-64%
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Week |
Topics |
Assignments and Tests |
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1-2 |
Mapping the text and
course: introduction to the course and
the book, including learning aids. Overview: introduction to FP; the FP screen, menus,
toolbars, and commands; using help. |
Read Lesson 1 and explore
the FP screen as you follow along. Lesson 1 Review
Exercises. After completing the 3
review exercises, write complete sentences for each item incorporating the
correct answers. |
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3-4 |
Getting started with
FP: HTML primer, tags, and document
components; creating a new FP Web. |
Read Lesson 2 and explore
the FP activity as you follow along. Lesson 2 Exercises,
including Review. Write a paragraph further
summarizing Lesson 2's Lesson Summary.
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5-6 |
Elements of Web page
creation: creating a new page,
hyperlinks, lines and symbols, banners, etc.
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Read Lesson 3 and explore
the FP activity as you follow along. Lesson 3 Exercises,
including Review. In a paragraph or more,
describe how and why hyperlinks form the basis of the WWW. |
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7-8 |
Web page images: inserting inline and background images;
modifying image properties, thumbnails and alternative representations. Creating and modifying
tables: Oral practice: using a table grid as a layout tool. Review for exam. |
Read Lessons 4 and 5 and
explore the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 4 and 5
Exercises. Write a paragraph or more
explaining how tables can help create complex page layouts. Bi-monthly exam, week 8. |
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9-10 |
FrontPage themes: FP Web themes and customizing themes. Publishing your FP
Web: publishing to a server. |
Read Lessons 6 and 7 and
explore the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 6 and 7
Exercises. |
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11-12 |
Review: applying what you have learned to date. Oral practice: what you have learned to date |
Create and publish a web page, following the directions in
Lesson 8. Write a paragraph or more
describing your web page and its creation.
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13-14 |
Site structure and
navigation: navigating a web site,
creating a table of contents, creating an image map, etc. Shared borders and frames. Oral practice: describe a linear, a hierarchical, or a
combination Web site structure. |
Read Lessons 9 and 10 and
explore the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 9 and 10
Exercises. Explain the following: "Web site structures are usually either linear or
hierarchical, and may be a combination to the two" (p. 183). |
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15-16 |
Style sheets: external and embedded style sheets. Review for exam |
Read Lesson 11 and explore
the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 11 Exercises,
including Lesson Review. Bi-monthly Exam, week 16. |
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17-18 |
Web page
interactivity: collecting user
feedback and data, creating a guest book, making your site searchable,
etc. Oral practice: explain
how you will use FP in the future.
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Read Lesson 12 and explore
the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 12 Exercises,
including Lesson Review. Write a letter to a friend
who does not use FP explaining what you can do in FP and how you will use FP
in the future. |
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19-20 |
Discussion groups: creating, modifying, and managing
discussion groups. Special effects: hit counters, marquees, hover buttons,
transitions, and banner ads. |
Read Lessons 13 and 14
explore the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 13 and 14 Exercises,
including Lesson Review |
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21-22 |
Multimedia: MIME types, adding background audio and/or
inline video to your site. Oral practice: showing others what you created for
exercise 16-1. |
Read Lesson 15 and explore
the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 15 Exercises. Apply what you have learned
to date, following directions in exercise 16-1. |
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23-24 |
Advanced FP
components: understanding FP
components, include page, scheduled picture, and substitution. Review for exam. |
Read Lesson 17 and explore
the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 17 Exercises. Bi-monthly exam, week
24. |
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25-26 |
Web Databases: FP databases, creating database connections,
database results wizard, etc. Oral practice: database use to make the Web site more
powerful. |
Read Lesson 18. Lesson 18 Exercises. In a paragraph or more,
explain how databases can make your Web site more powerful. |
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27-28 |
Scripting and active
content: scripting basics,
client-side scripting. |
Read Lesson 19 and explore
the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 19 Exercises. In a paragraph or more,
explain how scripts can be used to fulfill a variety of tasks |
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29-30 |
Integrating Office
2000: sharing data among Office 2000
applications, integrating FP and Word, integrating FP and Excel or Access or
PowerPoint. Oral practice: explain the design for your final
project. |
Read Lesson 20 and explore
the FP activities as you follow along. Lesson 20 Exercises. Plan an FP project, get it
approved by your instructor, and begin the project |
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31-32 |
Work on final project. Review for exam. |
Complete and submit final
project. Bi-monthly Exam, week
32. |
rev. 2/04, 10/06, 2/07