COMS 326 Spring 2011

COMM 326 Web Production SPRING 2011 (Subject to Change) Jan 18, 2011 - April 27, 2011 \| Course of Study
Date	Topic	Assignment	Additional Readings and Support Files
Week 1 (January 18-21)	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/info	Managing web pages and Setting Web Permissions(By Dr. Bob Stepno) Simulation:* Basic File Structure Simulation: FTP Interface
Week 2 (January 24-28) Jan 24 Last day for UG students to Add/Drop		Assignment 1 (Google sites)	Also- WIX - Free Website
Week 3 (January 31-February 04) Feb 01Last day to Change P/F or Audit Options ALSO Census Date Jan 31 Last day for UG to apply for Spring Graduation		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 4 (February 07-11)		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 5 (February 14-18)		Assignment 3 Continued	History of the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Week 6 (February 21-25)		Assignment 4 DW frames \| and Tables
Week 7 (February 28-March 04) March 02 Mid-Semester grades due by 10:00 a.m. (W)		Assignment 5 DW layers
Week 8 (March 07-11)	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK	SPRING BREAK
Week 9 (March 14-18)		Assignment 6 DW CSS	Read: Liqiong, D., & Poole, M. (2010). AFFECT IN WEB INTERFACES: A STUDY OF THE IMPACTS OF WEB PAGE VISUAL COMPLEXITY AND ORDER. MIS Quarterly, 34(4), 711-A10. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Week 10 (March 21-25) (10/27/ registration for spring/summer classes begin)		Working with a CMS (Word Press)
Week 11 (March 28-April 01)		Working with a CMS (Word Press) Continued TEST 1	Study Guide
Week 12 (April 04-08) Nov 16 Last day for University Withdraw (from all classes) with grade of "W"		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 13 (April 11-15) April 12 Last day for Individual Class Withdraws (from One or More Classes-Not All Classes) with grade of "W"		WIX Work on Final Project
Week 14 (April 18-22)		Work on final Project
Week 15 (April 25-29) Last day of classes April 29	Final Project 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.	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	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 16 (May 02-05) Grades dues by 10AM 12/20/2010 Final Exams 12/13-16	Final Project DUE BY 05/02/2011