M / W – Spring 2020
Week 1 – Wed, Jan 22 | Introductions
- Introductions
- A Semester in Web Design
- Syllabus
- Course Overview
- Slack Signups
- History of the Internet (Video)
Week 2 – Mon, Jan 27 | HTML
- Text Editors (Sublime, Brackets, Text Wrangler)
- HTML Basics (PDF)
- HTML Files and Organization (PDF)
Week 2 – Wed, Jan 29 | HTML
- Navigation and Pages
- Project 1 Overview
- Project 1 Example
Week 3 – Mon, Feb 3 | Publishing
- Reclaim Hosting Overview
- Reclaim Hosting Registration
- FTP (Fetch or Filezilla)
- Using Fetch
Week 3 – Wed, Feb 5 | Work Day
- Project 1 Work Day
Sunday, Feb 9 – Project 1 and Slack Post 1 Due by 11:59pm
Week 4 – Mon, Feb 10 | CSS
Week 4 – Wed, Feb 12 | CSS
- Sample Style Sheet
- Flexbox Froggy
- CSS Exercise Work Day
Week 5 – Mon, Feb 17 | Design
Week 5 – Wed, Feb 19 | Photoshop
- Header Ideas
- Favicons
- Photoshop (PDF)
Week 6 – Mon, Feb 24 | Responsive Design
- Responsive Web Design
- Introduction to CSS Media Queries
- Pros and Cons of Responsive Design
- Responsive Design (PDF)
- Responsive Design Screens Example
- Meta Tags
- Project 2 Overview
- Project 2 Example
Week 6 – Wed, Feb 26 | Responsive Design
- Project 2 Work Day
- Troubleshooting Quiz Overview
Sunday, March 1 – Project 2 Due by 11:59pm
Week 7 – Mon, March 2 | Troubleshooting Quiz
- Project 3 Overview
- Project 3 Example
- Troubleshooting Quiz
Week 7 – Wed, March 4 | Multimedia
- Video Filming
- Video Editing
- Video Exercise Overview
- Data Visualization – AMCharts
- Data Visualization – Timeline
- Data Visualization – Storymap
- Project 3 Topic Student Pitches
Sunday, March 8 – Slack Post 2 Due by 11:59pm
Week 8 – Mon, March 9 | Bootstrap
Week 8 – Wed, March 11 | Bootstrap
Wednesday, March 11 – Slack Post 3 Due by 2:00pm
Week 9 and 10 – Saturday, March 14 – Sunday, March 29 | Spring Break
Week 11 – Mon, March 30 | Bootstrap
- Zoom Meeting @ 2PM – Join
- Bootstrap Module
- Project 3 Work Day
Week 11 – Wed, April 1 | Bootstrap
- Bootstrap Module
- Project 3 Work Day
- Project 3 Components Checkpoint Due April 3 by 11:59pm (2 Articles, 1 Multimedia)
Week 12 – Mon, April 6 | Bootstrap
- Optional Zoom Meeting @ 2PM – Join
- Project 3 Work Day
Week 12 – Wed, April 8 | Bootstrap
- Project 3 Work Day
Week 13 – Mon, April 13 | Bootstrap
- Zoom Meeting @ 2PM – Join
- Final Project Overview
- Final Project Examples
- Project 3 Work Day
Week 13 – Wed, April 15 | Bootstrap
- Project 3 Work Day
Sunday, April 19 – Project 3 and Video Exercise Due by 11:59pm
Week 14 – Mon, April 20 | WordPress
- Zoom Meeting @ 2PM – Join
- WordPress Module (Watch by April 26)
Week 14 – Wed, April 22 | WordPress
- Final Project Work Day
Week 15 – Mon, April 27 | WordPress
- Zoom Meeting @ 2PM – Join
- Final Project Work Day
Week 15 – Wed, April 29 | WordPress
- Course Evaluations
- Final Project Work Day
Sunday, May 3 – Slack Post 4 Due by 11:59pm
Week 16 – Mon, May 4 | WordPress
- Zoom Meeting @ 2PM – Join
- Final Project Work Day