DMA 442:Advanced Web Design:Schedule

Class schedule :: :: Fall, 2009

About the Schedule

The Week column indicates what week the class is in.

The Date column contains the day and date of the class.

The Class Description column describes what we will do during that class. Classes are categorized as follows:

The Work Due column shows what assignment(s) are due that class.

The Reading Due column contains links or chapter/page numbers for readings, videos, and tutorials to complete for that class.

Lab work Projects and exercises are due on their "Work due" date BEFORE the class begins, so that they may be discussed and critiqued.

Schedule subject to change-Check this page frequently for updates!

Week Date Class Description Work Due Reading Due
1Monday1/15/07Martin Luther King Day - No classes  
 Wednesday1/17/07Intro  
 Friday1/19/07CSSCW1:Discussion topics. Build COM394 homepage on Chupa or your web server. 
2Monday1/22/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics Quiz/DiscussionCW2Stylin':Chapter 1-2. After reading, list several points about what you could have done/will do to improve the homepage you made for CW1. Project reading: csszengarden.com/.
 Wednesday1/24/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
 Friday1/26/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
3Monday1/29/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics Quiz/Discussion Stylin':Chapter 3-4
 Wednesday1/31/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
 Friday2/2/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
4Monday2/5/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics Quiz/Discussion Stylin':Chapter 5-6, EX1
 Wednesday2/7/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
 Friday2/9/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
5Monday2/12/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics Quiz/Discussion Stylin':Chapter 7-8
 Wednesday2/14/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work EX2:Web graphics and components
 Friday2/16/07XHTML/CSS/Web Graphics work  
6Monday2/19/07NO CLASS-President's Day  
 Wednesday2/21/07Critique PR1:CSS Zen Garden Template
 Friday2/23/07Critique  
7Monday2/26/07PHP Quiz on Blackboard. Discussion Codin':Chapter 1-2
 Wednesday2/28/07PHP-Discuss Codin' Chapter 1  
 Friday3/2/07PHP-Discuss arrays, functions  
8Monday3/5/07PHP Quiz/Discussion Codin':Chapter 3-4
 Wednesday3/7/07PHP  
 Friday3/9/07PHP EX3:Email forms
9Monday3/12/07NO CLASS-Spring Break  
 Wednesday3/14/07NO CLASS-Spring Break  
 Friday3/16/07NO CLASS-Spring Break  
10Monday3/19/07PHP Quiz/Discussion Codin':Chapter 5-6
 Wednesday3/21/07PHP  
 Friday3/23/07PHP EX4:Writing to files
11Monday3/26/07PHP Quiz/Discussion  
 Wednesday3/28/07PHP  
 Friday3/30/07PHP  
12Monday4/2/07Critique PR2:PHP/MYSQL Database Driven Site (on hold until further notice)
 Wednesday4/4/07Actionscript  
 Friday4/6/07NO CLASS-Easter Break  
13Monday4/9/07NO CLASS-Easter Break  
 Wednesday4/11/07Actionscript Watch: Flash Mp3 player pars 1, 2 and 3, Scrolling Thumbnail Panel, Flash XML Basics, both preloader movies, and all video movies. Make sure you download the files to your computer before waching them.
 Friday4/13/07Actionscript  
14Monday4/16/07Actionscript EX5
 Wednesday4/18/07Actionscript  
 Friday4/20/07Actionscript  Homework:

find a fix or at least research the png issue we're seeing with the widget.

Read http://www.easy-reader.net/archives/2006/02/18/png-color-oddities-in-ie/, http://www.w3.org/Graphics/PNG/platform.html, and http://www.w3.org/Graphics/PNG/platform.html. Oh, and this too.

15Monday4/23/07Actionscript  
 Wednesday4/25/07Actionscript  
 Friday4/27/07Actionscript  
16Monday4/30/07Review  
 Wednesday5/2/07Review  
 Friday5/4/07Review PR3:Portal Design featuring Flash Widgets