Revised: December 28, 2000

IST 226 Schedule

This schedule will be changed often as material on the web is linked to it and exercises and projects are added.  

Date Topics Homework Due
October 23 (1) Class Organization, Accessing NOVA Email, FTP Instructions, JavaScript - Creating a Simple Script (Ch. 3) 
October 25 (2) Academic Prices for Web Design Software, Introduction to FrontPage; JavaScript - Functions and Data Types (Ch. 5), Strings and Arrays (Ch. 6), Conditional Statements (Ch. 7), Loops (Ch. 8),  Email to instructor with name, email address, and web site address
October 30 (3) JavaScript -  Built-In Objects (Ch. 9), Introduction to the Document Object Module (Ch. 10) Upload a home page to the server that contains a link to the first JavaScript exercise
November 1 (4) JavaScript -  Creating Custom Objects (Ch. 11), Responding to Events (Ch. 12), Window and Frames (Ch. 13), Forms (Ch. 14),  JavaScript Exercise 1 
November 6 (5) Images and Rollovers (Ch. 15), Creating Cross-Browser Scripts (Ch. 16), Style Sheets (Ch. 17), DHTML (Ch. 18) JavaScript Exercise 2 (Form Validation)
November 8 (6) Advanced DOM Features (Ch. 19), Multimedia and Plugins (Ch. 20), Debugging (Ch. 21), Improving a Web Page with JavaScript (Ch. 22), Creating  JavaScript Game (Ch. 23), VBScript, JavaScript Summary JavaScript Exercise 3 (Image Rollovers)
November 13 (7) FrontPage 2000, Previous Student Projects, DHTML Example, Button Making with Paint Shop Pro (Section 1) JavaScript Exercise 4 (DHTML)
November 15 (8) FrontPage 2000, Button Making with Flash (Section 2)
November 20 (9) Midterm, Project Guidance
November 27 (10) Dreamweaver, WordArt
November 29 (11) (continued from Nov. 27)
December 4 (12) Flash
December 6 (13) Flash
December 11 (14) Flash
December 13 (15) Final; Problem 1 Solution; Problem 2 Solution, Problem 3 fla File, Problem 3 HTML file

Comments to William M. Pegram, wpegram@nvcc.edu