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Web Design!. John Paxton Montana State University - Bozeman CCSC Northwestern Region Saturday, October 8 th , 2004. Talk Outline. I. Course Overview II. Course Evaluation III. Curricular Implications. I. Course Overview. Summer 2003 3 credits 18 students

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Web Design!

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  1. Web Design! John Paxton Montana State University - Bozeman CCSC Northwestern Region Saturday, October 8th, 2004

  2. Talk Outline • I. Course Overview • II. Course Evaluation • III. Curricular Implications

  3. I. Course Overview • Summer 2003 • 3 credits • 18 students • Prerequisite: Computer Literacy • Textbook: Web Design & Development Using XHTML by Griffin, Morales and Finnegan • http://cs.montana.edu/paxton • 2 senior level course assistants

  4. Student Background • Traditional • computer science • art • English • business • Biology • Physics • environmental design • Professional • Real estate agent • Librarian • Office Assistant

  5. Outcomes • Design, implement and deploy a web site • Understand design basics • Understand how to code in XHTML 1.0 Strict • Understand cascading style sheets • Use the web effectively to locate information • Be introduced to client side scripting with JavaScript

  6. Outcomes • Be introduced to server side scripting with Active Server Pages • Be introduced to the concepts of XML and XSL

  7. Lectures • 65 minutes • All lecture material is available on the course website

  8. Labs • 65 minutes • All lab material is available on the course website

  9. Web Site Assignment • Phase 1: Proposal • Phase 2: Initial home page • Phase 3: Final site

  10. Web Sites • A spouse’s cartoon business • A university department • A public library • A father’s plumbing business • A spouse’s soap business • A personal photography exhibit • A Friends fan club

  11. II. Course Evaluation • Student Survey • 1 = excellent • 2 = good • 3 = average • 4 = below average • 5 = poor

  12. Student Evaluation • How useful was the text? 1.7 • How useful to learning the material was the homework? 1.8 • How useful were the resources for the class? 2.3 • How does this course compare with similar technical courses? 1.7 • What is your level of interest in taking an advanced course? 1.4

  13. Student Evaluation • Was this course challenging? 2.4 • Do you believe that this course provides you with valuable skills to prepare you for the workforce? 1.7 • Would you recommend this course to others? 1.5 • Importance of laboratory assignments? 1.5

  14. Instructor Evaluation • Enlist the support of a system administrator • Ensure that all necessary software and hardware is properly configured • Do not allow personal websites • Pair programmers and non-programmers • Allow 30 minutes between the lecture and the lab • Utilize course assistants

  15. III. Curricular Implications • Non-Majors • Majors

  16. Non-Majors • Computer fluency • Core curriculum course such as “Contemporary Issues in Science” • technology or science focus • help society make informed decisions • understand how knowledge is created • include a major, discovery-based learning activity • hone critical thinking, writing, oral communication • analyze information from multiple sources • work effectively in small groups

  17. Majors • Net-Centric Computing (NC) from ACM/IEEE Computing Curricula 2001 report • Introduction • The web as an example of client-server computing • Building web applications • Multimedia data technologies

  18. Majors • Social and Professional Issues (SP) • The history of computing • The social context of computing • Professional and ethical responsibilities • Risks and liabilities of computer based systems • Intellectual property • Privacy and civil liberties

  19. Thank you! • Comments? • Discussion? • Questions?

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