Yikes! The Final

by Heather Hogan on December 13, 2006

Ive just now been informed that we (GCOM Web-Art-Stars) do not follow the school’s Final Exam Schedule!  I’m very sorry for all the confusion.
Our final will take place at the normal class time:

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 at 9AM to 11AM

Sorry again, see you Friday.

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Last Two Classes

by Heather Hogan on December 7, 2006

December 8

  • Review forms and simple form tool
  • Get ideas for usability questions for final portfolio review
    • Simple tasks for the viewer to perform
    • Things that should be on every page
  • Amazon Affiliates aStore
  • Common CSS problems and solutions
  • Review Templates and Persistent Navigation Indicators
    • Build a site, create a template
    • Create pages from that template

December 15

  • Final Preparations
    Class time devoted to finalizing your projects, answering questions and troubleshooting.

Friday, December 22 from 9-10:50 am

  • Final Review
  • Everything must be done, linked, and uploaded to the server at this point
  • Bring a notebook or papers and pens to take comments

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Final Deliverables: The Breakdown

December 7, 2006

Task
Deliverable
Possible

Task 1
Called links.htm
1

10 pts
9 links, 3 categories
2

2 Heading sizes
2

Specify fonts
2

Email the link to me
1

Style and thoughtfulness
2

2 thru 4
Named Meaningfully
3

30 pts
Use of photo
2

200-words
1

Email the link to me
3

Style and thoughtfulness
6

Use of Template
5

CSS use and application
5

Non-redundant styles
1

At Least 8 styles
1

Home page
1

Consistent Navigation
1

Color Consistency
1

Validation
site validation for section 508
5

5 pts

Gallery
Creation of Gallery
4

5pts
Link to Gallery
1

Midterm
Clear as to content
3

25 Pts
Contact info
2

readable text
2

effective [...]

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Forms

December 4, 2006

…free online form builder with reporting through an online interface…

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Finals Schedule

December 4, 2006

Our Final will be held on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 at 9AM to 11AM Wednesday, December 20 from 8:40-10:40 am. I will post the final grading rubric and usability questions this week…check back soon. Be sure to get/bring a notebook for comments.

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Discuss Final Project / Printable Versions / Site Map

December 1, 2006

You have now built a template site with a home, about, links, gallery, midterm links. Polish your completed Web site. Be sure that you link to all your work and have contact information. You can add your resume for bonus points! Add a site map- one page that links to all [...]

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Shadow Tutorial

November 17, 2006

You said shadows and rounded corners, heres both. Go to the completed page and once it’s open go to file> save page as, and put the entire web page somewhere you can find it. Open it in Dreamweaver and get to building. On this page I have included the CSS in the [...]

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Let the Wizard Do It

November 8, 2006

Its a little embarrassing how excited I can get over web developer tools, I promise I do have a life off-line. But here it is, a site that builds simple and elegant code for you, for free. Accessify.com The big bonus that I think all of you will love is the list-o-matic, which [...]

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Firefox 2.0 is out now!

November 3, 2006

Get it here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
The BEST 3 things in this version:

Spell check in form fields- in real time with auto corrections
tabs history- if you close your browser accidentally, it will ask if you want to return to the tabs you had open.
Tie between pretty new icons and individual close buttons on each tab…or the integrated search [...]

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Redesign Project

November 3, 2006

Many of you have not finished your midterm and personal site- so you should finish those first! But for those who asked, here are your three choices for pages to redesign. I chose them pretty randomly, I hope that at least one is of interest to you. Too keep from piling too [...]

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