CSCI 220 - Web Page Design

The following, is general information concerning CSCI 220.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will introduce the basics of web page design. Everyone and everything has a web page these days. When another site is only a click away, web designers need to make their pages stand out from all the rest. Unfortunately, it is not just good content anymore. Flashy graphics are not enough. Web pages must be attractive and easy to navigate to attract and keep your audience.

COURSE GOALS & OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

Understand how to design sites that look good and function well.
Understand the incorporation of animation, sound, and video into Web pages.
Understand how to properly test a Web site.
Understand how to make sites accessible to all users—keeping in mind different browsers, platforms, bandwidths, etc.
Understand ownership, permissions, and copyright issues.
Learn how to use Front Page 2000/2002 to design a Web page.

DESIRE 2 LEARN

This course uses Desire 2 Learn (D2L) as a course management tool and as the main course communication tool. Items found on D2L include:

Class announcements
Course Syllabus
A tentative schedule
Current grades
Course handouts

DOWNLOADS

There are several program that you will find useful throughout the semester. If you will be doing some of your work at home, you may need the programs listed below.

Lab 2 contains a discussion of FTP and the use of the SSH FTP client. The campus computer labs also use the SSH FTP client. You can download this program here: SSH Windows Client v3.2.9. Download the executable file to your home machine and run it. Follow the directions as presented by the inatallation procedure.
Labs 3 and 6 through 8 make use of an editor. Notepad++ is a very nice and easy to use editor. It works just like Windows Notepad (which you may use if you do not want to use Notepad++) but has some additional features that support programming. You can download this program here: Notepad++. Download the executable file to your home machine and run it. Follow the directions as presented by the inatallation procedure.

MISCELLANEOUS

Student Web pages here
If you are a registered student, with a student ID, you can get software from WISC for a greatly reduced price.

If you have any comments about this page or CSCI 220, drop me an email: knautz at uwp dot edu.

Updated: Sept 2007 by THK.