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Credit- Degree applicable
Effective Quarter: Fall 2020

I. Catalog Information

CIS 89A
Web Page Development
4.5 Unit(s)

 

Formerly:

Requisites: Advisory: EWRT 211 and READ 211, or ESL 272 and 273.

Hours: Lec Hrs: 48.00
Lab Hrs: 18.00
Out of Class Hrs: 96.00
Total Student Learning Hrs: 162.00

Description: Fundamentals of Web page design and creation: designing, encoding, and maintaining pages on the World Wide Web using HTML and CSS.


Student Learning Outcome Statements (SLO)

 

• Student Learning Outcome: Create a web site using HTML and CSS and published to a web server.


II. Course Objectives

A.Explore web content
B.Construct basic web pages with a text editor
C.Organize, construct, and maintain a web site
D.Construct web pages using standard HTML and CSS
E.Create HTML elements
F.Organize and format attractive web pages using cascading style sheets
G.Develop CSS style rules for layout and formatting

III. Essential Student Materials

 None

IV. Essential College Facilities

 An Internet server to host the student web pages.

V. Expanded Description: Content and Form

A.Explore web content
1.Available User Agents
2.Types of Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
3.Obtaining web content
4.Using copyrighted material
a.Downloading files
b.Saving images
c.Saving pages
5.Documenting and crediting web resources
B.Construct basic web pages with a text editor
1.Creating and editing a web page with a text editor
2.Minimum required elements
C.Organize, construct, and maintain a web site
1.Organizing pages in a website
2.Transferring files to and from a web server
a.SFTP
b.HTTP
D.Construct web pages using standard HTML and CSS
1.Standard Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
2.Specifying document type definition and character encoding
3.Standards and guidelines
4.Validating web pages
5.Container and empty elements
6.Content categories
E.Create HTML elements
1.Using singleton tags and special characters
a.Breaks and horizontal rules
b.Character encoding and special characters
2.Constructing links
3.Using lists
4.Using images
5.Constructing and using tables
6.Constructing and using forms
7.Introduction to multimedia
F.Organize and format attractive web pages using cascading style sheets
1.CSS value and use
2.Syntax
3.Selectors
4.Using style attribute, style element, and external style sheet
5.Cascade, inheritance, and specificity
6.Using color
a.Foreground
b.Background
G.Develop CSS style rules for layout and formatting
1.Formatting concepts
2.Layout properties
3.Positioning
4.The box model
a.Dimensions
b.Padding
c.Margins
d.Borders
5.Typography
6.List properties
7.Table properties

VI. Assignments

A.Connect to and obtain data from web sites.
B.Design, create, and validate, revise web pages that use:
1.Lists
2.Tables
3.Forms
4.Images
5.Text
6.Color

VII. Methods of Instruction

 Lecture and visual aids
Discussion of assigned reading
In-class exploration of Internet sites
Quiz and examination review performed in class
Homework and extended projects
Other: E-mail discussion of web activities
Other: Review of student's pages

VIII. Methods of Evaluating Objectives

A.Verify that links in the student's web pages provide robust connections to other web sites, and that the names given in the student's links describe the information given in the other web sites.
B.Grade the web pages in the student web site, including a final project, to make sure they meet the requirements of the assignment, include appropriate techniques.
C.Validate web pages in the student web site using the W3C Markup Validation Service.
D.Grade the examinations, including a final examination, which include building parts of web pages, for correctness.

IX. Texts and Supporting References

A.Examples of Primary Texts and References
1.Willard, Wendy. "HTML A Beginner's Guide (Fifth Edition)", Osborne McGraw-Hill, 2013.
2.Lemay, Laura, Rafe Colburn, Jennifer Kyrnin, "HTML, CSS & JavaScript Web Publishing in One Hour a Day, Sams Teach Yourself: Covering HTML5, CSS3, and jQuery, 7th edition", Sams Publishing, 2016.
B.Examples of Supporting Texts and References
1.Castro, Elizabeth. and Bruce Hyslop. "HTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide (Eighth Edition)", Peachpit Press, 2013.
2.https://www.w3.org

X. Lab Topics

A.Build a Web site.