Wednesday Outline

Week 1 – Wed, Jan 22 | Introductions

• Introductions
• A Semester in Web Design
• Syllabus
• Course Overview
• Slack Signups
• History of the Internet (Video)

Week 2 – Wed, Jan 29 | HTML

• Text Editors (Sublime, Brackets, Text Wrangler)
• HTML Basics (PDF)
• HTML Files and Organization (PDF)
• Navigation and Pages
• Project 1 Overview
• Project 1 Example

Week 3 – Wed, Feb 5 | Publishing

• Reclaim Hosting Overview
• Reclaim Hosting Registration
• FTP (Fetch or Filezilla)
• Using Fetch
• Project 1 Work Day

Sunday, Feb 9 – Project 1 and Slack Post 1 Due by 11:59pm

Week 4 – Wed, Feb 12 | CSS

• CSS Introduction (PDF)
• CSS Properties – W3 Schools
• CSS Exercise Requirements
• Sample Style Sheet
• Flexbox Froggy
• CSS Exercise Work Day

Week 5 – Wed, Feb 19 | Design

• Design 101
• Header Ideas
• Favicons
• Photoshop (PDF)

Week 6 – Wed, Feb 26 | 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
• Project 2 Work Day
• Troubleshooting Quiz Overview

Sunday, March 1 – Project 2 Due by 11:59pm

Week 7 – Wed, March 4 | Troubleshooting Quiz

• Project 3 Overview
• Project 3 Example
• Troubleshooting Quiz
• 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 – Wed, March 11 | Bootstrap

• Bootstrap Module

Wednesday, March 11 – Slack Post 3 Due by 6:30pm

Week 9 and 10 – Saturday, March 14 – Sunday, March 29  | Spring Break

Week 11 – Wed, April 1 | Bootstrap

• Zoom Meeting @ 6:30PM – Join
• Bootstrap Module
• Project 3 Work Day
• Project 3 Components Checkpoint Due April 3 by 11:59pm (2 Articles, 1 Multimedia)

Week 12 – Wed, April 8 | Bootstrap

• Zoom Meeting @ 6:30PM – Join
• Project 3 Work Day

Week 13 – Wed, April 15 | Bootstrap

• Zoom Meeting @ 6:30PM – Join
• Project 3 Work Day
• Final Project Overview
• Final Project Examples

Sunday, April 19 – Project 3 and Video Exercise Due by 11:59pm

Week 14 – Wed, April 22 | WordPress

• Zoom Meeting @ 6:30PM – Join
• WordPress Module (Watch by April 26)

Week 15 – Wed, April 29 | WordPress

• Zoom Meeting @ 6:30PM – Join
• Course Evaluations
• Final Project Work Day

Sunday, May 3 – Slack Post 4 Due by 11:59pm

Sunday, May 10 – Final Project Due by 11:59pm