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About

This course aims to introduce to the students the tools and techniques necessary to plan, create, and evaluate visual information on the Web. It is a hybrid course, offered onsite as well as online. Students will learn to construct their own visual elements on Web pages and to create dynamic and interactive Web pages with computer application programs (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Flash). Furthermore, students will be introduced to two programming languages – JavaScript and PHP.

COMPUTER LANGUAGES

This course will cover four computer languages (encoding and programming languages). They are HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. The primary focus will be on HTML/XHTML. The secondary focus is on CSS. We will just spend one class on JavaScript and one on PHP.

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

We will use three computer programs in the course: Dreamweaver for Web page creation and maintenance, and for scripts editing (JavaScript and PHP); Photoshop for still image editing and enhancement; and Flash for animation creation (in .swf format).

SERVERS

You need a Web server with CGI (Common Gateway Interface) capability for practice and to host your assignments and exams. It should allow you to upload and run your own programs at the server side, and it should allow you to set different permission status to files and folders in your account. If you are using an ISP (Internet Service Provider) or a Web hosting company, you may contact the company to check if you already have such an account, and if not, you may have to sign up a Web hosting account that allows you to run your own CGI programs at the server side. There are number of free Web domain hosting sites. You have to check to see if they allow you to do CGI, PHP, and SSI scripts. In addition, the upload methods have to include either FTP or Browser, depending on whether you choose to use FTP or dreamweaver to transfer files to the server. If you are not sure about this, after signing up the Web server, you may contact customer service and ask the following questions:

1. Do I have the capability of running my own CGI scripts?
2. Does my CGI capability include support for SSI (Server Side Includes)?

If the answer is yes, you will be fine.

Here is a list of free Web hosts: http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php

You also need to sign up a second server to serve as a backup server. You may sign this up in the second month of the semester.

USE OF CANDIDATE WORK

All programs in New York State undergo periodic reviews by accreditation agencies. For these purposes, samples of candidates’ work are made available to those professionals conducting the review.  Candidate anonymity is assured under these circumstances.  If you do not wish to have your work made available for these purposes, please let the professor know before the start of the second class.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

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