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IST 250
New Media and the Web
Fall Semester 2017
InstructorWei-Fan Chen, Ph.D.
Office3 Technology Center
Phone(570) 675-9142
Class TimeWednesday 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Class RoomTechnology Center 020 (T20)
Office HoursThursday 10:00am – 4:00pm BY APPOINTMENT
COURSE OVERVIEW
This course provides an introduction to fundamental Web design concepts and techniques. HTML and JavaScript will be primarily introduced in this course. Students will acquire an understanding of how to integrate various Web design and programming technologies into Web pages. By using HTML and JavaScript, students will learn to create and manipulate static and dynamic program objects and eventually be able to apply previously learned programming principles to the World Wide Web environment.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Understand important issues on Web site design, development and management
Demonstrate important skills of HTML, from the basics of creating Web pages with graphics and links, using tables, and controlling page layout with frames, to more advanced topics including cascading style sheets, programming with JavaScript and JavaScript objects and events, creating a multimedia Web page, and creating a Web page with forms
Utilize current Web programming technologies to enhance Web page capabilities
Demonstrate Web programming skills by using JavaScript (control structures, functions, data structures and objects)
Create dynamic Web programming codes by using programming principles and algorithms.
COURSE ORGANIZATION
The IST 250 Web Site: This course has an active Web page that contains the syllabus, assignments, links to useful sites, and other valuable materials. Its URL is http://www.personal.psu.edu/wuc100/ist250/
COURSE TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
GRADING WEIGHTS
First Exam / 15%Second Exam / 15%
Lab Assignments (8) / 40% (5% for each)
Final Project / 20%
Attendance / 10%
Total / 100%
Note: Your grades will be determined based on your ability to complete the lab assignments (8), two exams, and the final project. Lab assignments are pass/fail, but can be resubmitted until accepted. Midterm and final are in-class examinations.
GRADING: Your grade is based on 100 possible points.
A: 100-94
A-: 93- 90
B+: 89- 86
B: 85- 82
B-: 81- 79
C+: 78- 76
C: 75- 70
D: 69- 60
F: 59- 0
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TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
Lab 1 Warm Up: Knowledge Test & Your First HTML Program
Lab 2 Basic HTML: Text Formatting, Links, Images, etc.
Lab 3 HTML Tables
Lab 4 HTML Frames
Lab 5 Image Map & CSS
Lab 6 First Exam
Lab 7 JavaScript (I): Overview
Lab 8 JavaScript (II): Control & Repetition Structures
Lab 9 Final Project Proposal Due
Lab 10 JavaScript (III): Functions, Arrays, and Objects
Lab 11 Forms/CGI and Web security: Data Validation & PHP
Lab 12 Web Evaluation
Lab 13 Final Project Work Day
Lab 14 Thanksgiving: No class
Lab 15 Final Project Work Day
Lab 16 Second Exam
Lab 17 Final Project Due
IST 250, Fall 2017