Revised: October 14, 2000
IST 129 Schedule
This schedule will be changed often. If you miss a class, please check on the web for the most recent schedule..
Date Topics Assigned Reading/Homework Due August 28 Class Organization, Schedule, NOVA Email Instructions, Browser Basics, Creating, Viewing, and Revising Web Pages, Text Formatting, Spaces August 30 Color, Browser Safe Color Chart, Transferring files to the server; FTP Instructions Meyers, Ch 1-4 September 6 Links Meyers, Ch. 5-7, Download WS FTP LE for Windows, or Fetch for the Mac, install it, and upload a web page to your web site. site. Email Instructor from email address where you want to receive emails; include your name and section number, and address of web site where your work will be hosted September 11 Putting Images on Web Pages, Finding and Using Web Graphics, Using HTML Editors Simple Linking Exercise, Meyers, Ch. 8, 9 September 13 Tables, Uses of Tables, Review of Basic HTML Tags, Website Proposal/Project Text and Image Links Exercise September 18 Link colors, <HR>, background images, alignment of text and images example Meyers, Ch. 12-13; Table Exercises September 20 Midterm September 25 Review of Midterm, Frames Meyers, Ch. 16 Website Proposal September 27 Forms Meyers, Ch. 14-15, Tables and Frames Exercise October 2 Editing Graphics, Imagemaps Meyers, Ch. 10-11 Forms Exercise October 4 Animated GIFs and GIF Movie Gear, Publishing and Advertising, Sound Imagemap Exercise October 11 Makeup day/free day -- Help with projects (attendance optional) October 16 Web Site Presentations, Course evaluation October 18 Final Website due Comments to William M. Pegram, wpegram@nvcc.edu