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Basic familiarity with HTML and XHTML is ESSENTIAL! Intermediate computer and keyboarding skills, an email account, access to the Internet, and basic browsing experience. As this class will be conducted via the World Wide Web, you must use a frames-capable browser that is current - such as Mozilla, Firefox, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, with JavaScript enabled.

Advisory COIN 61 or equivalent, and / or familiarity with HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0, and current Internet technologies (Web browsers, common graphics formats, Internet file extensions) are strongly recommended. Ability to configure a website, manage files on a remote server, and use of FTP tools is essential!

Two and one-half hours lecture, two and one-half hours lecture-laboratory, two hours terminal time. Please schedule 6-7 hours a week for this course (about an hour a day).

May be taken two times for credit.

Students are expected to:

• Attend all course lectures and labs. (for online: do all lessons, assignments, projects, quizzes, skills assessments, finals, participate in the online class discussion lounge)
• Complete and submit all assignments on time
• Complete a final project or assignments portfolio fulfilling the required competencies on time
• Participate in class discussions, peer reviews, peer critiques, collaboration, self-reflections and assessments
• Be motivated and active self-learners, explore
• Practice patience and persistence
• Have fun!

This is a hands on project-oriented course with class interaction through our web-based program. You will receive personal feedback from the instructor as well as interaction from classmates through web-based discussions on homework, assignments and projects. It's a lot of fun.

Macromedia Dreamweaver has everything you need to develop professional websites. Now you can build Macromedia Flash graphics directly in Dreamweaver without knowing Flash. Whether you use Dreamweaver's visual layout tools or its text-editing environment, the intuitive Macromedia User Interface makes it easy. You will learn

• Principles and methods of creating dynamic Web sites using the latest Web technologies without knowing how to code them JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets
• Techniques of authoring Web pages for different browsers and different end user platforms
• Principles of designing and maintaining efficient and successful Web sites

• Plan, storyboard (flow), and develop a project website, or add to a current website
• Define and manage the site structure and folder hierarchy and file transfer process
• Format font attributes, blocks, paragraphs with CSS and the property inspector menus
• Create text and HTML styles using DW's CSS style sheets
• Use advanced CSS styles, CSS-P, and layers to create enhanced website effects
• Layout out pages with tables, layers and absoutue positioning
• Use a Flash based image viewer gallery
• Use framesets
• Use templates, libraries, and snippets
• Create functioning forms interacting with a remote database for collecting and transferring data
• Integrate Flash video, QuickTime, and other streaming video within your website
• Develop enhanced Google webmaster skills including website visibility and traffic tracking skills
• Willingness to explore, create, use your imagination and share
  

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As this class will be conducted via the World Wide Web, you must use a frames-capable browser that is current - such as Mozilla, Firefox, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, with JavaScript enabled.

Dreamweaver
You should have a copy of DW8 and or DW CS2/3 installed. I DO NOT recommend downloading a free trial copy from macromedia, as you'll need to find a permanent solution within 30 days, leaving in a difficult position in the middle of your work. This is an intermediate course in DW8 which assumes that you have been using the software. You can purchase the educational version through academic software companies.

Educational Software Vendors

• Creation Engine
• Software4Less
• CampusTech
• Journeyed
• EdTech-CPS

You will be required to submit proof of current student registration to be eligible to purchase from these vendors. If you know of others, please post them to our class lounge.

The following grading scale will be used for all graded assignments and the final grade:
Percent / Grade
90-100 / A | 80-89 /B | 70-79 / C | 60-69 / D | 0-59 / F

You are registered for a letter grade unless you fill out a Pass/No Pass option card with the Registrar by the time listed below. A grade of A, B, or C receives a Pass. If you receive a D or F, you will receive a No Pass.
To take the class Pass/No Pass, fax your request to the admissions and records office. Fax 650-949-7048. There is currently no way to request Pass/NoPass online. Students need to check the Academic calendar for the dates by which this has to be done. The basic guideline is: Fall/Winter/Spring - Friday of the fourth week of instruction and Summer - Friday of the second week of instruction.

Regardless of status, students are expected to complete all work, take all tests and maintain regular attendance (participation in the class discussions, lessons, etc.). There will be no incomplete grades given. It is the responsibility of each student to monitor the academic calendar concerning these issues.

Grades will be based on the following criteria from the Grading Page. You are responsible for reading all the information on the grading page. I believe in Perfection-Based Grading meaning that once you complete an assignment and get a peer review from a classmate, you can submit early for my review.  If there are errors, you can resubmit for full credit by the required expiration time.

If you use the school labs you might be able to access a tutor who has knowledge of this class. Tutors are instructed NOT to give you the answers, NOT to give you private lessons for missed classes or otherwise, and NOT to do your work for you but rather to act as coaches to encourage your problem-solving skills.

Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are essential for anyone who is serious about being in a professional web development or multimedia environment. Tutors and Teaching Assistants for our class convene with the instructor to discuss the progress of students who use their services.

Drops: It is your responsibility to drop or withdraw from the course if necessary. You must fill out a drop card and turn it in to the Registrar. If you do not formally withdraw or complete the course, you may receive an F grade. Please contact me if you drop. If you miss 2 sessions, you may be dropped by the instructor. If you do not pay your fees by the required time, you will automatically be dropped by A&R (I cannot reinstate you either - so pay those fees!.

Deadline to drop with and be eligible for a refund is posted on Foothill's calendar.
http//www.foothill.edu/cgi/calendar.cgi
Check all the REGISTRATION HEADINGS for dates for the following:
Deadline to drop without a grade
Deadline to file pass/no pass cards
Deadline to drop the course with a W

Once you drop, an administrator will deny your access to the Etudes class.

I do not issue any incomplete grades for this course. Homework is required by assigned dates. Check the ETUDES ASSIGNMENT LINK for all homework expiration days and times.

What next?

Read through the syllabus, install Dreamweaver, create a local site, and practice FTP