IST 195 Schedule

This schedule will be changed often.  Chapter references are to Teach Yourself JavaScript in 24 Hours.  If you miss a class, please check on the web for the most recent schedule..   

Date	Topics	Reading related to Topics/Homework Due
Week 1 (1/13)	Class Organization, Accessing NOVA Email, FTP Instructions, Putting JavaScript in Web Pages, User Input and Displaying Results
Week 2 (1/20)	"Core JavaScript": Functions and Data Types (Moncur, Ch. 5), Strings and Arrays (Moncur, Ch. 6), Conditional Statements (Moncur, Ch. 7), Loops (Moncur, Ch. 8); Date Object (Moncur, Ch. 9); JavaScript Examples	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
Week 3 (1/27)	Debugging (Moncur, Ch. 21), Math Object (Moncur, Ch. 9), Introduction to the Document Object Model (Moncur, Ch. 10), Windows and Frames (Moncur, Ch. 13)	Date Assignment
Week 4 (2/3)	Responding to Events (Moncur, Ch. 12), Forms (Moncur, Ch. 14), including Dynamically Changing Forms	Status/setTimeout/Popup Assignment
Week 5 (2/10)	Images and Rollovers (Moncur, Ch. 15), Browser Detection (Moncur, Ch. 16)	Windows/Dynamically Changing Form Exercise
Week 6 (2/17)	Cookies	Image Rollover Assignment
Week 7 (2/24)	Midterm, ImagePage
Week 8 (3/3)	Review Midterm, Cookies (cont.), Stylesheets (Moncur, Ch. 17)
(3/10) Spring Break	No class
Week 9 (3/17)	Frames to Pass Values Example and Code, DHTML (Moncur, Ch. 18), DHTML Example and Code, Relative and Absolute Positioning Example and Code	Cookies Assignment
Week 10 (3/24)	Imagemap HTML, Imagemap Hierarchical Menu Example, Images for Imagemap Example, Multimedia and Plugins (Moncur, Ch. 20), Controlling Flash Movie with JavaScript	Form Validation/ DHTML Assignment
Week 11 (3/31)	VBScript - Introduction, Code Sample related to Introduction
Week 12 (4/7)	VBScript - Code Sample for setTimeout, Form Calculation and Verification, Image Rollers, DHTML
Week 13 (4/14)	Active Server Pages and Linking to Databases
no class 4/21
Week 14 (4/28)	Web Site Presentations, Course evaluation
Week 15 (5/5)	Final	Website due

Revised: November 29, 2001; Comments to William M. Pegram, wpegram@nvcc.edu