Calendar
COURSE WEEK ::
Week 01 | HTML
Wednesday :: 04.02.2025
Welcome | Course Introduction & Welcome |
Lecture | HTTP, URL, HTML, & a Brief History of the Internet Understanding the Syntax of HTML |
Lab | HTML Anatomy Lab |
Demo | Introduction to Text Editors, IDEs, & CodePen Building Your First Web Page in Nova |
Exercise | Applying HTML Structure to Content |
Online Lecture | Introduction to Nova Understanding Browsers & Rendering Engines More on HTML: Common HTML Structures, Elements & HTML5 |
Resources | Class Notes: Introduction to HTTP, URL, & HTML Lab: HTML Syntax Lab Exercise: 01 Applying HTML Structure to Content Online Lecture Notes: Browsers, Rendering Engines, and More HTML |
Week 02 | HTML
Wednesday :: 04.09.2025
Due | Applying HTML Structure to Content Exercise |
Lecture | File Naming, Structure, & the Local Root Folder Creating & Managing Hyperlinks |
Lab | Basic Website File Management |
Exercise | Voices in Web Design Research |
Lab Exercise | Creating Links in HTML |
Resources | Class Notes: File Naming, Folder Structure & Hyperlinks Exercise: 02 Voices in Web Design Research Exercise: 03 Creating Links in HTML |
Week 03 | CSS
Wednesday :: 04.16.2025
Lecture | Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets Coding CSS Selectors & Rules |
Lab Exercise | Writing CSS Selectors |
Project | Introduction to Personal Website Project |
Online Lecture | Web Color Primer |
Resources | Class Notes: Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets Online Lecture Notes: Web Color Primer Exercise: 04 Writing CSS Selectors Project: Personal Website |
Week 04 | CSS
Wednesday :: 04.23.2025
Due | Voices in Web Design Research Exercise |
Lecture | Introduction to Web Typography Working with Google Fonts CSS Layout Properties for Type |
Lab Exercise | Applying CSS to Type |
Exercise | Working with CSS Typographic Properties |
Project | Introduction to Personal Website Project Templates |
Video | My Life in Typefaces (Matthew Carter) |
Resources | Class Notes: Introduction to Web Typography Exercise: 05 Applying CSS to Type Exercise: 06 Working with CSS Typographic Properties |
Week 05 | Web Imagery
Wednesday :: 04.30.2025
Due | Working with CSS Typographic Properties Exercise |
Online Exam | Exam over all demonstrations, readings and exercises (Released on Canvas Monday 04.28.2925 at 9:30 AM; Due by 9:30 AM) |
Lecture | Raster Image Optimization for the Web |
Lab Exercise | Image Optimization |
Demo | Working with FTP servers and FileZilla |
Online Lecture | Coding Imagery for the Web |
Resources | Class Notes: Raster Image Optimization for the Web Exercise: 07 Image Optimization Online Lecture Notes: Coding Imagery for the Web |
Week 06 | Personal Website
Wednesday :: 05.07.2025
Due | Personal Website Project (5:00 PM) |
Online Lecture | Working with SVGs |
Lab | Open lab time to work on Personal Website Project |
Resources | Online Lecture Notes: SVG Artwork & Icon Fonts |
Week 07 | CSs Layout
Wednesday :: 05.14.2025
Lecture | Intro to CSS Page Layout: Understanding the Box Model. |
Demo | Understanding .outerwrap and .innerwrap |
Exercise | Working with CSS Layout |
Ressources | Class Notes: Introduction to CSS Page Layout Exercise: 08 Working with CSS Layout |
Week 08 | HTML Forms
Wednesday :: 05.21.2025
Due | Working with CSS Layout Exercise |
Lecture | Introduction to HTML Forms: Syntax, function, & data submission. |
Demo | Structuring HTML Forms |
Lab Exercise | Creating & Styling HTML Forms (part one) |
Resources | Class Notes: Introduction to HTML Forms Exercise: 09 Creating & Styling HTML Forms |
Week 09 | HTML Forms
Wednesday :: 05.28.2025
Demo | Styling HTML Forms |
Lab Exercise | Creating & Styling HTML Forms (part two) |
Week 10 | Exam
Wednesday :: 06.04.2025 @ 11:00 AM
Due | Creating HTML Forms Exercise (11:00 AM) |
Exam | In-class online exam over all demonstrations, readings and exercises |
Discussion | Wrapping things up |
Thursday :: 06.05.2025 | Portfolio 2025
Portfolio Show | 3:30 PM–7:00 PM in Building 2 Student Center |