Course Outline -- Webmastering II 09-10

(Subject to refinement and revision, of course. )

Six Wk Big Topic Units Products / Remarks
1 HTML refresher

CS3 Shakedown unit

Work space unit

Tool set unit

Frames Unit

Note on file locations and workflow

A good place to work.

Note on FOSS toolset.

Portfolio folder started with TOC.

Work folder started with TOC.

Tools folder started with TOC.

A frames based sample site in your Tools folder.

2 Web technologies

Alphabet Soup Unit -- What's out there?

"A Room Of My Own" Unit

Web glossary in Tools folder with at least XX words and links

Annotated link page of FOSS Tools in Tools folder.

Annotated link page of great HTML Tutorials.

Note on "What technologies are must-learns" for a web author / developer

Note on Developer vs. Designer vs. Artist. What are they like? What am I like?

Note: Relate an advanced web technology to a special interest of your own.

3 Critique and Improve

I could do better Unit

I couldn't do better Unit

Annotated link page of other people's portfolios.

Revise an existing website. Add both to your Portfolio.

Find a simple, beautiful website that just a little bit over your head, and figure it out: "reverse engineering". Note.

4 Developing content

Negotiating a Topic Unit

Credible and Original Unit

Making content Unit

Develop a collection of your own IP about either an imaginary product, or about a research topic. Product: Folder of fantastic, "CREDIBLE AND ORIGINAL" material.

5 Career research Job Title unit Product: A small website about a certain career choice. Need not be an IT or design job.
6 Portfolio

Negotiating the Rubric Unit.

Presentation Unit.

Content Unit

Website Unit

Some of the rubric is non-negotiable. Some isn't.

Product: Website with great appearance, content, original and