| Week | Information |
|---|---|
| Assignments due in one week unless otherwise stated. I may add some things during the week, so double check the schedule each week! Please keep copies of all work you submit until you receive your final grade at the end of the semester. | |
| Week #15 Week of December 14th |
Your final exam has been emailed to you. It is due one week from the date mailed (that makes it due next Saturday, December 19th). Contact me if you have any questions or if you did not receive the final. |
| Week #14 Week of December 7th |
Last week of assignments. Next I will give you the final. This week I would like you to do some research on Systems Analysis and Design. Please read: What is systems analysis and design Then do some research and read 3 more articles explaining systems analysis and design. Assignments: Write a short paper explaining systems analysis and design. Be sure to site the sources. |
| Week #13 Week of November 30th |
This week is another chance for you to pick a project that you find interesting.
Let me know! |
| Week #12 Week of November 23rd |
This week I would like you to find two software packages related to the kind of work
you are involved in. For example, if you were in payroll you could find a software package
on payroll. I would like you to test them either on line or download and test. |
| Week #11 Week of November 16th |
Do some research on cloud computing. Write a short paper on the topic. Go to google docs and set up and account and make me a collaborator and invite me to come in and view and comment on your paper on cloud computing. |
| Week #10 Week of November 9th |
Please let me know some area you would find interesting. A movie it is! |
| Week #9 Week of November 2nd |
Please do some research in the following areas:
1) Evaluation: Notes from ex student (Ceasar Cabral) on placement: Techniques for placement I would also like you to look at some sites that deal with evaluating the information you find at a web site: Evaluation from Cornell Evaluation from Berkeley Evalution from Ohio Evaluation from Maryland 2)Web ethics: Bloggers code of ethics Copyright and Fair Use Quiz 3)Searching: Search tools chart Yahoo advanced search Google searching Write a short paper, reporting back the things you learned and any additional sources you found. |
| Week #8 Week of October 26th |
I want you to look at a variety of tools on the web. Assignments: I want you to set up a blog. You can use blogger or another source. I want you to set up a bookmark site and put in 10 articles you find on web development. I would suggest delicious. I want you to do some research on hosting, sites you can use to host a site. One site to explore is Brinkster. Look for free sites and put some pages up at the site. |
| Week #7 Week of October 19th |
This week I would like you to do some research on how to attract people to your web site. Assignments: Write a short paper explaining how to attract people to a web site. List your sources. |
| Week #6 Week of October 12th |
Let me know where you stand on the web site! I need a status report. Do you need more time or should we move on? |
| Week #5 Week of October 5th |
Continue working on your web site! Assignments: Fill me in on what you have done! |
| Week #4 Week of September 28th |
This week, I would like you to do some research on XHTML and CSS (cascading style sheets).
You can find information on this on line and you can also find information at my CIS44 site. When you write the XHTML, you should take the top four lines in the source from this page and use it as the first four lines in your XHTML. Notice that the HTML tag is included in the first four lines so you simply start with the head tag. Code with first 4 lines of XHTML View the source and use the first four lines at the top of your XHTML for good validation. Remember, the fourth line includes html. Assignments: Write a couple of pages using XHTML and CSS (they can be related to your project or just practice pages). The pages should link together. |
| Week #3 Week of September 21st |
This week I would like you to do some research on packages that can be used to develop a portfolio
and some research on what should go into a portfolio. I would like you to see if you can find some
pages to test. I would also like you to review your HTML and make sure that you are comfortable
making a basic web page. That is another way you can do a portfolio. This course has room for you to pick some things you find interesting to work on, let me know if you have any ideas. Assignments: Please report back to me on your research and also write an HTML page that could be the introductory page for a fairly professional portfolio and send it to me. |
| Week #2 Week of September 14th |
Your main project for this course is to develop a capstone project that deals with
the effective use of computers in a career area that you are involved in or considering. Do some research and find out how computers are being used in your field of choice. You can decide on the scope for your proposal. Your final project should include a portfolio, a presentation and a web site devoted to the topic. The portfolio should be done on line. Working toward this objective, I would like you to continue playing with the graphics package or a graphics package and I would like you to work with a presentation package. You can use PowerPoint or an open source package. I have worked with OpenOffice Impress. Assignments: Prepare a presentation on some topic, the goal is not the topic, the goal is to try multiple features. Please send me the presentation and an explanation of what you tried. (due in 2 weeks) Keep working with the graphics package to try to get more comfortable or go back to one you are comfortable with and continue experimenting with graphic mainipulation. |
| Week #1 Week of September 7th |
I want you to pick an application package that can be used to create graphics/images
that you do not know and learn how to use it effectively.
You can pick a package in our lab, a package that allows for a free trial download, or
freeware/shareware. Note these are references I have been given, not that I have tried! Note also that this software might be helpful when you do your project! Possible places to look include: SourceForge software Adobe tryouts About article on Free Graphics Software Assignments: I want you to report back to me what package you used, the process you went through to learn the package, the problems you encountered and the steps you took to overcome them. Show me a product! |