COMS 226 Spring 2011

COM 326 Web Design SUMMER 2011 (Subject to Change) May 16, 2011 - June 18, 2011 \| Course of Study
Date	Topic	Assignment	Additional Readings and Support Files
Week 1 (Monday May 16)	Course introduction Course of study Basic file structure FTP Copyright free resources Free hosting	Free Hosting Free resources (images, etc) FTP Link to all of the above sources/inf	Managing web pages and Setting Web Permissions(By Dr. Bob Stepno) Simulation:* Basic File Structure Simulation: FTP Interface
Week 1 (Tuesday May 17)		Assignment 1 (Google sites)	Also- WIX - Free Website
Week 1 (Wednesday May 18)		Assignment 2 (XHTML) Introduction to XHTML	W3C School W3C website Bandwidth Calculators File Size Calculator More information about adding an image to an HTML document. Converting/downgrading "FreeWebs" to simplt HTML: Tutorial
Week 1 (Thursday May 19)		Assignment 3 (Dreamweaver - basic site content) Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver - defining a folder/directory - adding links, text, and images	MP3 Sample Download Wave Sample Download .MOV (Quicktime) Sample Simulation: Embedding External (YouTube) Videos. RU Ad Club Promo
Week 1 (Friday May 20)
END of Week 1 BEGINNING of Week 2
Week 2 (Monday May 23)		Assignment 3 Continued	History of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Week 2 (Tuesday May 24)		Assignment 4 DW frames \| and Tables
Week 2 (Wednesday May 25)		Assignment 5 DW layers
Week 2 (Thursday May 26) (10/27/ registration for spring/summer classes begin)		Assignment 6 DW CSS
Week 2 (Friday May 27)
END of Week 2 BEGINNING of Week 3
Week 3 (Monday May 30)		Working with a CMS (Word Press)	Study Guide
Week 3 (Tuesday May 31)		Working with a CMS (Word Press) Continued TEST 1
Week 3 (Wednesday June 01)		DW Templates Tutorial Begin working on Final Project	Search Engine Optimization: Simulation: Optimization using HTML Free submission to multiple search engines Google Submission Yahoo Submission Free multiple submissions
Week 3 (Thursday June 02)	Wrap up assignments	Wrap up assignments	Wrap up assignments
Week 3 (Friday June 03)
END of Week 3 BEGINNING of Week 4
Week 4 (Monday June 06)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011	Final Project: Must create an entire web site with a minimum of one main page and five sub pages. The web site final project must be hosted on the student's RU hosting space and at least TWO other hosting servers (ex: Freewebs, GoDaddy, Hostway, Yahoo, Google, Free Servers, a CMS, etc.) Work on Final Project. FINAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS TEST 2 Final Project Design a working website using all of the competencies covered in the course. The site can be for an organization, individual, or business. Students may also create an electronic portfolio that provides evidence of his/her academic coursework, projects, and skills. For the portfolio site students will create a folder called "efolio" (lower case) on their "H" drive within the pulic_html folder. Content (25pts): Use good taste and professionalism in relation to text, images, and subject. The content should be accurate and relative to the website subject or theme. Layout (25pts): Must be layout consistent with design basic principles. Functionality (25pts): There should be no broken links and image files sizes should optimized for the web. Applicable video and sound samples should also be optimized for the web. The site should be easily accessible via any web browser at any bandwidth. Creativity (25pts): Use individual creativity while also utilizing techniques from the course and text. File should be viewable as a web page from the public_html folder by typing "www.radford.edu/~USERNAME/coms326/final."	Students who decide to do an electronic portfolio must create a folder within the pulic_html folder (outside of the mstd326 folder) called portfolio. This folder must be defined by Dreamweaver and linked to the main page (index.htm) within the mstd326 folder. About electronic portfolios: About electronic portfolios Northern Illinois University Examples of electronic portfolios:* Sample Menu An Advertising Sample Portfolio An Advertising Sample Portfolio (2) Advertising Sample Media Sample General Sample Various Samples portfolios.com/ (Employment) Ball State University Career Center (Employment) The Creative Group (Employment) VA Tech IT program (Academic) Sample Resumes and Cover Letters: ResumeResource.com Resumes and Interviews The Riley Guide
Week 4 (Tuesday June 07)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011
Week 4 (Wednesday June 08)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011
Week 4 (Thursday June 09)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011
Week 4 (Friday June 10)
END of Week 4 BEGINNING of Week 5
Week 5 (Monday June 13)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011
Week 5 (Tuesday June 14)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011
Week 5 (Wednesday June 15)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011
Week 5 (Thursday June 16)	Final Project DUE BY 06/16/2011	FINAL PROJECT File should be viewable as a web page from the public_html folder by typing "www.radford.edu/~USERNAME/coms326/final." E-mail URLs to Your Instructor Assignment due Thursday June 16, 11:00 AM The FINAL Project loses a letter grade per day that it is late