IST 129 Schedule - Fall 2001, First Session - Instructor: William M. Pegram

This schedule will be changed often. If you miss a class, please check on the web for the most recent schedule. The readings in several different texts pertaining to the topics on the left are listed on the right; I do not expect you to read more than one source however.

Date	Topics	Reading related to Topics/Homework Due
August 29	Class Organization, Schedule, NOVA Email Instructions, Browser Basics, Creating, Viewing, and Revising Web Pages, Text Formatting, Spaces, Transferring files to the server; FTP Instructions	Meyers Ch 1-4; Maran Ch. 1-3; Niederst Ch. 7
September 5	Color, Browser Safe Color Chart, Links, Creating Folders	Meyers Ch. 5,6; pp. 272-278; Maran Ch. 4; Niederst pp. 28-34, 57-59; Meyers Ch. 7; Maran Ch. 7; Niederst pp. 133-137, 143-145;
September 10	Images, Finding and Using Web Graphics, alignment of text and images example	Download WS FTP LE for Windows, or Fetch for the Mac, install it, and upload a home page to your web site. Linking Exercise, Meyers Ch. 8, 9; Maran Ch. 5-6; Niederst pp. 157-164
September 12	School closed
September 17	Tables, Uses of Tables, background images	Meyers Ch. 12-13; Maran Ch. 8; Niederst pp. 176-201; Logo Linking Exercise
September 19	Link colors, <HR>, HTML Editors, Website Proposal/Project, Links to Past Student Projects, FrontPage Basics, FrontPage Exercise	Maran Ch. 9; Niederst pp. 96, 154-156, Table Exercises
September 24	Midterm
September 26	Review of Midterm, Frames	Meyers, Ch. 16; Maran, Ch. 11; Niederst pp. 209-225; Website Proposal
October 1	Forms	Meyers, Ch. 14-15, Maran, Ch. 10; Niederst; 233-250; Tables and Frames Exercise
October 3	Editing Graphics with PhotoEditor, Paint, and IrfanView, Imagemaps, Animated GIFs and GIF Movie Gear; Advertising Your Site, Design	Meyers, Ch. 10-11; Maran, Ch. 12; Niederst pp. 137-143, 201-205; Ch. 14-17 (chapters are more advanced than we'll cover); Forms Exercise, Meyers pp. 279-283; Maran Ch. 15; Niederst, pp. 98-101, Ch. 18;
October 8	No class - Non-instructional day
October 10	Stylesheets, Code Sample,	Maran, Ch. 13-14; Niedest Ch. 23; Imagemap Exercise
October 15	Web Site Presentations, Course evaluation
October 17	Final	Website due