Syllabus - CIS133DA Internet/Web Development Level I
3 Credits
| College: |
Glendale Community College |
| Semester: |
Fall 2011 |
| Section(s): |
14956 |
| Prerequisites: |
None |
| Instructor: |
Tim Sylvester |
| Office: |
Main Campus 01-122 |
| Email: |
tim.sylvester@gcmail.maricopa.edu |
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to give you a basic introduction to the INTERNET. It will survey various tools that are used to access the Internet. The course covers several major areas:
- Electronic communication
- Creating Web Pages
- File transfer
- Information retrieval
| The work for this class will be done on Windows based computers using Internet Explorer (version 8 or below). |
See the schedule for details on homework, reading assignments, tests and due dates.
A variety of classroom presentation techniques, including some or all of the following, will be used:
class discussion - to answer questions and/or review material
computer demonstrations
practice computer exercises
Course Objectives
- Define and distinguish between the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW).
- Identify common uses of the Internet/WWW.
- Explain the concepts of culture, ethics, and privacy as they relate to the Internet/WWW.
- Describe procedures and requirements for connecting to the Internet/WWW.
- Describe key technologies used by the Internet/WWW.
- Identify and use popular asynchronous communication services available on the Internet/WWW.
- Demonstrate Browser Basics.
- Use various research information and resources available on the Internet/WWW.
- Create a Basic Home Page with HTML.
- Enhance Web pages using HTML.
- Analyze and evaluate various resource discovery systems available on the Internet/WWW.
- Use popular resource discovery systems available on the Internet/WWW.
- Perform information search and retrieval operations using Internet/WWW services.
- Perform Internet/WWW file transfers.
- Control Input with Web pages.
- Plan, design and publish a web site.
II. REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS
The following two items are required for this course:
| A USB flash memory stick. |
| HTML - Illustrated Complete - THIRD Edition
The lessons for this class indicate
the specific pages to read and do. Please carefully note the changes as listed in the lessons. The web pages that are developed as you go through this text, are graded as your project's practice work. |
 |
HTML Illustrated Complete, Third Edition
Vicki Cox, Lynn Wermers, Elizabeth Eisner Reding
Course Technology - Thompson Learning
ISBN: 0-619-26844-1 © 2007 |
III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
Satisfactory completion of this course requires the following:
A. Lessons and Textbooks
This course is structured in a series of Lessons. Classes meeting the entire semester will typically cover one Lesson per week. Classes that are shorter in length than 15 or 16 weeks, will typically cover more than one Lesson per week. Please see the CIS133DA home page for schedule for your section. Schedule class dates are tentative and subject to change.
The instructors have found that the students are most successful by completing the following prior to each class:
- Determine which Lesson(s) will be covered in the next class.
- For each Lesson:
- Complete the assigned reading from the text(s).
- Read the information in the Lesson, including any links that are not marked
as
.
- Additional information will be found at the links.
- Complete the lab work or practice exercises listed.
- Write down questions and/or difficulties for class discussion.
During class, questions about the Lesson(s) will be answered. If you do not prepare in advance for each class you will have difficulty with the material.
B. Attendance and Class Behavior Policy
Attendance will be taken every class. Attendance is required for successful completion of the course. There is a MAXIMUM OF FOUR (4) UNEXCUSED ABSENCES absences allowed. Anyone exceeding this total may be withdrawn from the course by the instructor. Official excused absences are those stated in the 2011-12 Student Handbook.
Cell phones and pagers must be muted and not on the student’s desk during the entire class time (this includes any lab or testing time). Monitors MUST be turned off when indicated by the instructor. Violation of either of these items may result in being withdrawn from the class despite acceptable attendance.
C. Project Assignments
After you have completed the Lesson, you should be ready to start the project listed at the end of that Lesson. There are 16 project assignments. Information about each assignment is available in BlackBoard. The assignments and their requirements will be discussed during class.
Assignments are due by the end of the day listed in the class schedule. Assignments will be accepted for up to ten calendar days after the due date but they will have a 30% penalty from the possible maximum score. NO ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED MORE THAN TEN CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE DUE DATE.
D. Exams
There will be two take home exams. The Midterm is worth 100 points and the Final is worth 120 points. The exams are due at the start of the class on the date shown in the schedule. The first exam will cover the material through Lesson 7 and Project 7. The second exam will cover the material from the remainder of the class. Each exam will have two parts. The first part is multiple choice questions. The second part is fill-in or short answer questions.
If you are absent on the date of an exam and if your absence has been pre-arranged, you may hand in the exam at the time determined by the instructor. If the absence is unexcused, there will be a 30% late penalty.
E. Posting of Information
Any student who posts to a newsgroup or discussion list (distribution list, listserv, listproc etc.) answers to test questions, completed projects (or any portion thereof) or addresses to web pages that are part of projects (except the Major Project) will receive a score of 0 (zero) for that item.
IV. GRADING
A. Grading Scale
Grades are an evaluation of the student's learning. Your grade will reflect your level of competency. Your grade will be based on the following point system:
| Lesson |
Assignments |
Exams |
Points |
| Pre Course Assessment |
|
|
10 |
| 1 Internet Basics |
Project 1 |
|
20 |
| 2 Browser Basics |
Project 2 |
|
40 |
| 3 E-mail |
Project 3 |
|
40 |
| 4 Searching |
Project 4 |
|
40 |
| 5 Information from the Web |
Project 5 |
|
40 |
| 6 Creating an HTML Document |
Project 6 |
|
50 |
| 7 Creating Links to Web Pages and Other Files |
Project 7 |
|
50 |
| |
Midterm |
100 |
| 8 Communicating on the Web |
Project 8 |
|
40 |
| 9 Downloading Programs and Sharing Files |
Project 9 |
|
40 |
| 10 Formatting Page Elements with HTML |
Project 10 |
|
50 |
| 11 Adding Graphics and Multimedia |
Project 11 |
|
50 |
| 12 Cascading Style Sheets |
Project 12 |
|
50 |
| 13 Tables |
Project 13 |
|
50 |
| 14 Forms |
Project 14 |
|
50 |
| 15 Controlling Page Layouts with Frames and Tables |
Project 15 |
|
50 |
| 16 Major Project |
Major Project |
|
100 |
| |
Final |
120 |
| Post Course Assessment |
|
|
10 |
| |
|
TOTAL |
1000 |
B. Converting Points to a Grade
Your letter grade will be determined by the following scale (please take note that the grade of "D" is not available in this course):
| Grade |
Point Total |
| A |
1000 - 900 points |
| B |
899 - 800 points |
| C |
799 - 700 points |
| F |
699 - 000 points |
V. ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT POLICIES
A. Employee Acknowledgement
If you are an employee (full-time, part-time or work study), then you must send an email to tim.sylvester@gcmail.maricopa.edu with the subject line of "Employee" Please include your first and last names along with your class (CIS133DA) and section number.
B. Student's Requiring Special Accommodations.
The college will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Student should notify Student Services and their instructors for any special needs.
C. Incomplete grades
An "I" grade will be given only for situations involving serious personal emergency or lengthy personal illness. An "I" grade will be given only when ALL of the following conditions are met:
- The student must have completed at least 8 of 16 projects and the midterm exam.
- The student must request an incomplete prior to the last class.
- A written contract must be filled out and signed indicating what work must be completed and the scheduled completion date. The contract must be filled out and signed no later than the last class session.
D. Academic Dishonesty
Students are expected to do their own assignments. Instances of academic dishonesty will result in NO CREDIT for the assignments for all who participate; repeated instances will result in a final grade of F.
VI. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
It is the student's responsibility to read and be familiar with the course syllabus. Additionally it is the student's responsibility to be familiar with college policies covered in the Glendale Community College catalog and Student Handbook.
Students will be notified by the instructor of any changes in course requirements or policies.
Last updated: Saturday August 06 2011
