Possible research topics, Spring 2000
You can pick your own research topics, of course - there are just some things I'd like to see myself. FWIW -
Ideas for building learning applications for use within systems like Blackboard, WebCT, and Web Course in a Box
Survey of web hosts and services for skilled builders
Survey of other good training options - local and online courses and workshops - for skilled web builders
How to create interactive tests
Office 2000 - Is there anything of interest in it for web builders?
Accessibility - 4 layouts tested in a text reader: no table, unmarked table, marked table, frames
Human factors
Survey of e-commerce options and providers for light business, association, and institutional use
3 core freeware Java applications (www.gamelan.com, www.freewarejava.com)
3 really useful Photoshop techniques
Options for GIF animation
Master rollovers - How to do them with Javascript, CSS, FrontPage Hover applets, and layers
The Masonic secrets of low-bandwidth graphics
Understanding Macs, for Windows users and web builders
Quick time
First Page - Freeware Homesite-like editor with 500+ Javascripts included (www.evrsoft.com)
Mozquito - XHTML-FML editor to create dynamic forms (www.mozquito.org)
5 award winning, drop-dead education sites
5 deep, thorough, must-have reference sites on
- HTML
- graphics
- digital audio
- digital video
How to do a cascading menu without Java or plug-ins (prob with HTML 4 layers)
Moving CBT programs to the web - What are the options? What are the results?
MS Photo Editor - It's on every machine - does it do anything interesting?