Course Web page: http://faculty.elgin.edu/mpelczarski
Name: Mark Pelczarski
Phone: (847) 214-7498
Office: ICT-124
Campus E-mail: mpelczarski@elgin.edu
Office/Lab hours, Spring 2012:
Monday 10-11am, 12:15-3:15pm
Wednesday 10-11am, 12:15-3:15pm
Thursday 8:30-9:30am on D2L
Friday 8:30-9:30am on D2L
Class Hours:
Self-paced, online. See the section below about
Schedule and Due Dates.
Recommended Text:
Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours by Julie Meloni and Michael Morrison
See the "Books" link on the course home page for details and other recommendations.
Software:
You will need multiple web browsers for testing (such as Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Opera),
an FTP client program (such as Filezilla or FireFTP),
and a text editor (Notepad++ is strongly recommended). These are all free for
download on the Internet. See the "Software" link on the course home page.
This course concentrates specifically on the syntax of web page markup languages. It is intended for those who wish to have more control over their web pages by being able to adjust what is created by page design software, and for those who will use this information for automatic page generation in their programming courses. All page editing will be done using a simple text editor.
Specifically, we will learn various elements of HTML (HyperText Markup Language), XHTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and XML (eXtensible Markup Language) for data. We will also look at new features arriving with HTML5 and start migrating our work to the upcoming HTML5 standard.
Assignments will involve creating and posting web pages that use elements of each of the topics learned throughout the course. The web pages will introduce and involve various elements of HTML, XHTML, CSS, HTML5, and XML as you progress through the class. There will be 7 assignments, one for each of the first seven sections listed below. There is no required assignment for lesson 8.
1. HTML and XHTML, FTP, creating a basic web page
2. CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
3. Links, external style sheets
4. Lists, image maps, and layout using CSS
5. Forms, tables
6. Migrating to HTML5
7. XML: eXtensible Markup Language
8. Advanced HTML5
This is a "self-paced" course, with conditions. You must keep a minimum pace as described below to pass the course and avoid being dropped. But you may also work through the course as quickly as you are able. Those of you with a little prior experience with HTML and FTP can probably go through the entire course in just a couple of devoted weekends.
Assignments are due by Sunday night at midnight at the end of the week of class specified below.
| Assignment | Week due | Dates for Spring 2011 |
| 1 | 3 | February 5 |
| 2 | 5 | February 19 |
| 3 | 7 | March 4 |
| 4 | 9 | March 18 |
| 5 | 11 | April 8 |
| 6 | 13 | April 22 |
| 7 | 16 | May 13 |
You may complete the assignments as early as you are able. Just send me an e-mail each time you complete an assignment and I will usually check it within a day or two. You do not have to wait for me before starting (and perhaps completing) the next assignment.
The only variance for the due dates is if you register for the course after the beginning of the semester. You will be allowed a proportional amount of time to catch up to the schedule, but you will still be expected to finish the final assignment by the date listed. For example, if someone registers for the course with just 7 weeks left in the semester, they will be expected to keep a pace of one assignment per week.
To allow adequate time for grading and corrections, late assignments will not be accepted in the last three weeks of the semester.
Your grade will be based on satisfactory completion of each of the assignments in a timely manner, and the quality of work represented by those assignments. A checklist is provided for each assignment. On-time completion of all checklist items for all assignments is the minimum requirement for a grade of B or better. A's are earned with exemplary work.