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Weekly coding assignments - EDIT 772

Mondays Wednesdays
1/3 - Class: Syllabus, final project, mailing list, schedule (this document)

Windows basics, Windows basics, GMU account activation and FTP, HTML basics, HTML codes, Dreamweaver basics

1/5 - Class: Review HTML codes, Dreamweaver functions

Navigation elements

Table coding, common technical layouts, templates

Basic graphics info

HW due by the end of class:

Assignment 1. Activate your GMU account, create the folder edit772 within your public_html directory, and upload your assignments page as index.html

Assignment 2: A page of experiments with layouts and text formatting using HTML code.  Try a poem, or some other text. Some poetry links are below:

Stuwwelpeter
Edward Lear
Edward Gorey - The Gashleycrumb Tinies

I need to know what topic you plan on using for your final project

1/10 Class: Review table coding and graphics

design.  More Dreamweaver if needed.  Forms and scripts.  In-class practice

HW due by the end of class:

Assignment 3: Your design treatment

Example design treatments

mason.gmu.edu/~tsiggins/edit772/design.html
mason.gmu.edu/~kcarter1/edit772/treatment2.html
mason.gmu.edu/~jlee2/edit772/designtreat.html
mason.gmu.edu/~ljohnso5/edit772/Design_Treatment.html

1/12 Class: Review navigation, design, forms

Engagementtroubleshooting, in-class practice

HW due by the end of class:

Draft site for your final project - This is the single most important deadline for the course!

Assignment 4: A page of experiments with graphics.  Make at least one graphic yourself, using a graphics program or an online generator like

www.cooltext.com
www.gifworks.com

1/17 - Student presentations: Your research projects (Assignment 5)

Extra link from class: Javascript

1/19 - Student presentations: Final projects