Special Topics : Advanced Web Site Design
Course Outline (Fall 2004)
CSCI 3294

Dr. Thomas E. Hicks
Computer Science Department
Trinity University

 

Overview

This course shall examine web site design guidelines, tools, implementation, and techniques. The major project shall be a completely new web site designed around some central theme. The course will examine web page editors, image map software, gif animators, scripting languages, mail delivery, basic web server configuration, etc.
 

Class Web Page

The class web page will contain links to assignments, course outline, sample exam questions, etc.

Home Page For Dr. Thomas E. Hicks

http://carme.cs.trinity.edu/thicks/3294-WebDesign    

Home Page-Backup For Dr. Thomas E. Hicks [will often not be quite as up to date]

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~thicks/3294-WebDesign  
 

Required Textbook

None
 

Exams

None
 

Quizzes

None
 

Acceptable Attendance

Acceptable Lecture Requirements:

  1. Be in class at 2:30 on Wednesday
  2. Contribute to class discussion
     

Grade Breakdown & Scale

150 Pts --- Acceptable Attendance in 12 of 13 Seminar Sessions - Lectures worth 30 Pts Each
450 Pts --- Final Web Site Project - ~30 Hours
400 Pts --- Presentation(s), In-Class Labs, Out-Of-Class Labs

 

Attendance will be taken at 2:30 sharp. Seating will be assigned! If you are not there at 2:35, you are not there

If you are representing the university on a debate team, a programming team, a sports team, etc. that are either gone from campus on Wednesday afternoon or are leaving campus before 5:00 Wednesday, you may submit a written request from your coach, in advance, prior to the day of class; you will not be considered absent nor will you be responsible for the Notes and Summary.


 

Attendance & Class Participation
At least 12 of 13 classes
Classes Worth 30 Pts Each

150 points

~30 Hour Web Site Project
Due 11/10

450 points

Presentations, In-Class Projects, Lab Assignments

~ 400 points
Total ~1,000 points

Attendance will be taken at 2:30 sharp. Seating will be assigned! If you are not there at 2:35, you are not there

If you are representing the university on a debate team, a programming team, a sports team, etc. that are either gone from campus on Wednesday afternoon or are leaving campus before 5:00 Wednesday, you may submit a written request from your coach, in advance, prior to the day of class; you will not be considered absent nor will you be responsible for the Notes and Summary.

The Final Grade will be calculated by dividing the Points Earned By The Points Possible. Each student should record their quiz grades and retain all graded assignments from the entire semester. It is the responsibility of the student to maintain the number of points they have earned so that they can do a current grade calculation at any time. 
 

Grading Scale
 
A     93% - 100% 
A-   90% - 92.9% 
B+     87% - 89.9% 
B       83% - 86.9% 
B-     80% - 82.9%
C+     77% - 79.9% 
C       73% - 76.9% 
C-      70% - 72.9%
D+     67% - 69.9% 
D       63% - 66.9% 
D-      60% - 62.9% 
F     0% - 59.9% 

Students will receive at least the grades indicated by the scale above.

 

Can you send me email? 

Yes! I try to check my e-mail almost daily M-F but I am sometimes detained by students. I do answer many short questions. I do not debug programs mailed to me!

thicks@trinity.edu
 

Academic Integrity:

Some assignments will be team assignments. Most assignments will be individual assignments. With the exception of fellow team members, working on a team assignment, each student is to complete his/her own work. All exams shall be done individually by each student. It is this professor's feelings that those students who sacrifice their own integrity by falsely representing their work, or who knowingly aide others in doing so, have no place in higher education.

The general policy for cheating is an automatic "F" in the course, a letter submitted to student affairs, and the proper following of Trinity University academic integrity policy.

Take great care to erase all labs from university computers so that others may not submit your work as their own!  Do not loan any lab or project to a fellow student! Do your own work!

Before you resort to turning in someone else's work as your own, let's talk. If you are under undue pressure to aide other students in such a way that your own security is threatened, let's talk.  It is not worth failing a three hour course and risking your entire academic future!
 

Office Hours:-  Halsell 339A   [First Come- First Serve]
 

Day

From

To

Tuesday

 8:30 AM 11:20 AM

Wednesday

 8:00 AM 11:30 AM

Thursday

 8:30 AM 11:20 AM

I am almost always in my office or helping a student in a lab during office hours; if I must miss my office hours, I generally post a note on the door and/or send mail to my students and/or notify students in lecture. If  I am not physically in the office, I will have most often gone to one of the Halsell Labs to help one of my students. If  I am not in my office, check the CS Majors Lab [Halsell 340], check the Classroom/ lab [Halsell 228], the Virtual Reality Lab [Halsell 200] or the University Lab [Halsell 226]. Please let me know that you are waiting to see me.